Recording Engineer / Producer John “Beetle” Bailey is the owner-operator of The Drive Shed Recording Studios in Ontario, Canada. Since graduating from the Music Industry Arts program at Fanshawe College in 1990, he has enjoyed a diverse career spanning work in almost every genre. From his early Rock & Roll days working with Triumph, Voivod, & Tom Cochrane, to his many years recording and mixing albums for Ian Thomas, The Rankins, Hilario Durán, Monkey House, Marc Jordan and Amy Sky, Olivia Newton-John, and Matt Dusk… John’s been busy at The Drive Shed with recent and upcoming releases from Molly Johnson, Alex Cuba, Sultans of String, Billy Newton-Davis, Babygirl, and more to come!
John has earned Juno awards for “Recording Engineer of the Year” in 2007 and 2020, and Juno nominations in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2021 and 2022.
He also earned a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Engineered Album, Alex Cuba’s “Sublime” LP in 2020, and won Producer(s) Of The Year 2021 and 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award with Chris McKhool (Sultans of String). In 2022 John placed a Grammy on his shelf for mixing Alex Cuba’s Best Latin Pop album, “MENDÓ.