meet the FOUNDer and CEO
meet the Founder and CEO
Janay N. Giles is an audio engineer and producer who is driven by her hope to provide a new, inventive listening experience for gospel music. As founder and CEO of Jes Us Productions, one of her greatest fulfillments and motivations is creating transparent music to touch the personal lives of listeners.
Janay is a four- year graduate in Music Technology with a Sound Recording Emphasis at Duquesne University. She has worked to produce and promote her own music. Her most recent works include her Singles “X-mas 2020” which took traditional Christmas songs and modernized them for today’s audience. She has also worked as a Live Sound Engineer through Opus One Production’s Internship program. Musically, Janay has worked as a church musician since the age of 14. She participates as a full time organist and pianist for her church’s music ministry.
audio engineer
In addition to working as a live sound engineer intern for Opus One Productions, Janay has audio engineered for Jes Us Production’s first released project “X-mas 2020”. Her experience with recording, editing, and mixing shines through on Jes Us Productions’ demo reel which she functions as the main recording, mixing, and mastering engineer.
Producer
Janay incorporates her style and musical background to reinvent music of today. With working on her own renditions of Kirk Franklin’s Melodies from Heaven, Erykah Badu’s On and On and timeless American Christmas songs, Janay invites her audience to a new listening experience.
Musician
Finding her musical niche, Janay began playing in church at the age of 14. Since then, she has become the full time organist and pianist for her hometown church. She names Kirk Franklin, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, D Angelo, Robert Glasper, and Moonchild as the influence to her blended style. Today, Janay continually plays for church as well as has an active role in recording and playing on her own projects.