Studio Recording, Productions & bookings
~ Just outside Nashville, TN ~
About Us
~Where the music always comes first~
Music First Productions Inc is a production studio and booking/promotion company just outside of Nashville, TN.
CEO/Producer John Salaway is a Grammy considered artist, songwriter and musician who has worked with some of the biggest names in the biz. He has a Bachelor's degree in Recording Industry/Music Business from MTSU. His own music has been featured on radio all over the world and he recently received a #1 on the indie radio charts and features on Ditty TV, WMOT, CBS, NBC, Americana UK, Glide Magazine, Wide Open Country Magazine, No Depression, Sirius XM, American Songwriter and many more. Currently nominated for Nashville multi-instrumentalist of the year, his recent music features guest musicians from the Foo Fighters, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cage the Elephant, Smashing Pumpkins, Anderson East & Peter Frampton's band.
John has been fortunate to share the stage or Studio with these amazing artists: Peter Frampton, Ben Folds, Chip Esten, Moon Taxi, Anderson East, Zach Williams, The SteelDrivers, The Zombies, Denny Laine (Moody Blues/Paul McCartney & Wings), The Wild Feathers, Geoff Emerick (Beatles studio engineer), Joey Molland (Badfinger), Gordon Kennedy (Garth Brooks band), Rami Jaffee (Foo Fighters), Peter Keys (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Lincoln Parish (Cage the Elephant), Katie Cole (Smashing Pumpkins), Troy Luccketta (Tesla), Kenny Olsen (Kid Rock), Ryan Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Stuart Mathis (the Wallflowers) & many more!
Studio engineer Joshua Koskela graduated from the United States Armed Forces School of Music in 1999. He then served in the USMC band as well as the Army band from 1999-2008 as a trumpet player, live sound engineer & recording engineer. After finishing his tenure of serving our country, Joshua attended and graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science in audio engineering, and an Associate’s degree in music in 2012. Since then, he has become one of the most sought after studio and live mixing engineers in Nashville.
Music First Productions' Studio
Music First Productions Inc's staff has worked with many Grammy winners and world renowned artists. Our productions have been featured on TV and radio around the world. We can also help provide professional songwriters, or any instrumentalist you need for your project!
Producing, Recording, Mixing, Mastering,
We can produce, record, mix and master at our studio or yours, or record tracks remotely.
Custom songs for you, songwriter demos, Commercials, Jingles and Film & TV work
We can supply award winning Nashville songwriters to create a custom song for you and your loved ones. We can also help you create a demo of your song even if you can't make it to Nashville to record! We have multiple Hollywood sync licensing contracts for film & tv work and experience creating background music for commercials, tv and youtube videos.
World class musicians on your songs
We can get any instrument you need on your recording from Nashville's best musicians! Drums, guitars, bass, piano, organ, synth, strings, horns, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, steel guitar, vocal harmonies, percussion, etc...
Proud to have partnered with eddie gore at rca studio c
Music First Productions, Inc.