Jim Gardiner

An award-winning composer, arranger, orchestrator, producer, and 2 times Grammy Nominated recording engineer with 42 platinum and gold album awards to his credit. Gardiner discovered and mentored talent including Kenny G, En Vogue, BlaqueIce, Nikita Germaine, Rosie Gains, Yasmeena, Zinya Zee, and film composer Mark Isham. James co-founded Live Oak Studios Berkeley, CA. and co-founded with his producing partner Paula Telander Pajama Recording Studios, Touch-Tone Productions and Gardiner Music Mentoring, a place where students can learn, create and fulfill possibilities in the real world of music production, engineering, composition, and performance-based in Oakland, CA.