Luckily, so do we.

Located in the heart of Charlottetown, Big Grey Sound Studio is a fully featured multitrack audio recording studio owned by award-winning producer, engineer and musician Jon Matthews (2009 and 2010 ECMA nominee for Recording Engineer of the Year). Since 2004, our mandate has been to offer professional, relaxed, high-quality recording services to musicians at an affordable price.

Together we’ll craft a final product that makes US as happy as YOU!

BIG GREY SOUND STUDIO is a 2009 and 2010 ECMA nominee for STUDIO OF THE YEAR, and WINNER of the 2008 and 2009 Music PEI STUDIO OF THE YEAR.

Last update 12.15.2009

5 ECMA and 18 Music PEI Award Nominations
For Big Grey Sound Studio and its clients in 2010!

Well, the numbers are in, and we'd like to congratulate our clients on their award nominations – well done, everyone!

Grass Mountain Hobos
ECMA Bluegrass Recording of the Year
Music PEI Entertainer, Group, Album, and Bluegrass Recording of the Year

Joey Kitson
ECMA Folk Recording of the Year
Music PEI Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Folk Recording of the Year

Colette Cheverie
ECMA Roots Traditional Solo Recording of the Year
Music PEI Folk Recording of the Year

The Sidewalks
Music PEI Alternative Album, Group and New Artist of the Year

Chas Guay
Music PEI Male Vocalist, Pop Recordiing and Album of the Year

Courtney Hogan
Music PEI Roots Traditional Recordiing of the Year

slung
Music PEI Bluegrass/Country Recordiing of the Year

Big Grey Sound Studio / Jon Matthews (us!)
ECMA Studio of the Year, Engineer of the Year
Music PEI Studio of the Year, Musician of the Year

:: 2009 ECMA and Music PEI Nominations

2009 ECMA and MUSIC PEI nominations:
RECORDING STUDIO OF THE YEAR!

2009 ECMA nomination:
STUDIO ENGINEER OF THE YEAR!

ADDITIONAL 2009 ECMA AND MUSIC PEI NOMINATIONS:

Meaghan Blanchard (2 ECMAs, 5 Music PEI awards)
Colette Cheverie (1 ECMAs, 3 Music PEI Awards)
J.J. Chaisson (2 Music PEI Awards)
New Royalty (1 Music PEI Award)

Good luck to all nominees, and thanks for trusting Big Grey Sound Studio to capture your music!

:: Lots Of Music from Big Grey Sound Studio

There have been a lot of very exciting projects out of Big Grey in the last few months. We recommend you check out new albums from Meaghan Blanchard, Colette Cheverie, J J Chaisson, The New Royalty and also, an awesome series of podcasts featuring exclusive interviews and acoustic performances by 15 of PEI's finest songwriters: Close To The Coast Radio.

We are currently working on a cool new recording for fiddler Courtney Hogan, and a really magical project with singer/songwriter/bassist Chas Guay - great songs, and the Island's best musicians all involved.

We are accepting winter bookings now, so if you're looking to have something new out for 2009, now is the time to get in touch to discuss your project needs.

:: A Busy Winter!

Winter 2008 has marked the busiest recording season ever for Big Grey Sound Studio. Here are some of the projects we're working on, in many different genres:

  • Multi-intrumentalist J.J. Chaisson just wrapped up a stellar traditional fiddle and guitar album, featuring contributions from many members of the Chaisson family.

  • One to watch for this summer is Hunter River singer/songwriter Meaghan Blanchard's 6-song EP. This one features a real who's who of crack session players, all bringing to life some AMAZING compositions from Meaghan...who just happens to also sing like an angel. We think this project is pretty special.

  • This summer should see the release of the debut album from Celtic Ladies vocalist Colette Cheverie. Hailing from Souris, PEI, Colette is a gorgeous singer and a master interpreter, and she has collected some dandy less-heard traditional songs, along with some tunes from her favorite UK songwriters. Mix in a phenominal cast of backing musicians, and you have a project that should turn some heads.

  • Jon Matthews and Sandbar Music's Lloyd Doyle have been colleborating on a new podcast which will feature the songwriters of PEI performing live in-studio and chatting about their creative process. Close to twenty of the Island's great solo and band songwriters came through the doors, and there were some special moments captured. Keep checking back for details on when the first episode will be available.

  • On top of all these, we've also been working on a classical folk album with Stephen Bouey, songwriter demos for Bryson Guptill, Ted Simmons, Eli MacDougall and Myles MacKinnon, vocal demos for David Foster Starsearch New Brunswick winner Richard MacDougall, and some mastering for ECMA nominee Matt Andersen.

Big Grey Sound Studio is now accepting summer bookings. Please contact Jon by phone or email (see contact info above) to discuss your recording needs!

:: Big Grey Sound Studio Named 2007 RECORDING STUDIO OF THE YEAR for Music PEI

Big Grey took home this great honour at the 2007 Music PEI Awards Gala held on November 10th at the Confederation Centre. Along with this, two albums recorded at Big Grey won a total of three awards: Cynthia MacLeod's Hot Off The Floor was named Instrumental Recording of the Year, and also Roots/Traditional Recording of the Year, while Fiddlers Sons Shoulder of the Road was named Country Recording of the Year. Chucky Danger's self-titled album, with pre-production and some tracking done at Big Grey, was named Rock Recording of the Year. Congrats to all!!!

:: Big Grey Sound Studio and its artists...nominated for a total of SIXTEEN PEI MUSIC AWARDS, including STUDIO OF THE YEAR!

We congratulate Jon Matthews, Chucky Danger, Fiddlers' Sons, Cynthia MacLeod and The Ross Family on their nominations. Good luck to all of you on November 10th! Tickets are now on sale for the awards gala. Visit www.musicpei.com for more details.