About Jaminajar Music Production
Jaminajar Music Production was established in 1990. We specialise in the creation of musical content, sound design and audio post production for record production, film and television, advertising, multimedia and beyond.
Our facilities includes a world class recording and mixing studio and highly effective mastering capabilities for all delivery formats including the internet and mobile phones, CD audio and high resolution DVD audio all located within 5 minutes of the CBD in the fashionable Sydney arts district of Paddington.
For our interstate and international clients there is a broad range of accommodation options available to suit any budget, all within easy walking distance of the studio and also very close to lots of great cafes, restaurants, bars and theatres open all hours.
Because we offer full creative services and our own studio facility we're able to offer financially competitive packages without compromising service or quality in any way.
At jaminajar our aim is to provide a complete solution for all our clients music and audio needs. This encompasses - where required - artistic collaboration involving music composition, songwriting, musical performance, programming, arrangement, production, project management, and beyond. We also have access to a vast range of world class musicians and voices to enhance any project.
Jaminajar's owner and principal composer / producer is Paul Najar.
Studied classical and jazz piano from the age of six. Since leaving school I spent the following 6-8 years studying and working as a professional piano/synth player mainly in the Jazz & original pop/ rock area, and developing my compositional and engineering skills in a variety of original bands and studio positions.
After this time I was employed as the manager in charge of the keyboard department in what was at the time the largest professional music shop in Australia; Farrells Music. I already had a deep interest in electronic music and recording, so this was a great opportunity to explore those areas due to all the latest equipment being within arms reach on a daily basis. This was also around the time of the "MIDI" revolution in music production so this whole association proved to be a great opportunity for me. During this period, demand for my skills a a producer, session musician, arranger and composer became so great that after 12 months in music retail I left to become a full time music professional.
About 2 years later (1988) I was involved with a new act called Wa Wa Nee. We had four top ten hits from our first album. Shortly after the release of our second record the group split.
I then took on a series of contracts over the next four years with some of Australia's more famous recording artists, including, James Reyne, Jenny Morris, Margaret Urlich, Girl Overboard, Mark Williams, Mark Hunter, Joe Walsh and Savage Garden. Responsibilities, in varying combinations included, musical director, piano/Keyboard player, programmer, composer. For more details see the honour roll.
1990 saw the setting up of jaminajar music production. In the more than fifteen years since it's inception we have completed more than one hundred advertising campaigns including music for The Sun herald, Masterfoods, Landrover, Toyota, Westpac, Australian Tourist Commission,Suzuki, Sanyo, Coke and Rank Zerox; television station themes for various cable networks and channel nine news; production duties for the Baz Lurhman film Moulin Rouge; albums and singles for various recording artists including Three Divas and amba; musical scores and sound design for short and feature length films and music for multimedia applications including the emerging field of ringtones.
In 2000 I accepted an appointment as in house producer/ Studio Manager for Engine Room Music where I was involved in the development of Holly Valance & The Vines . During this time my studio was situated within the prestigious Studios 301 complex.
Currently and in addition to my duties at jaminajar, in mid 2005 I accepted a position with the School of Audio Engineering (SAE) to teach my own course in electronic music production.
