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MJ Audio

New England’s Premier Audio Production Company

Crew Bios

Myrna at work

Myrna Johnston

Company founder Myrna Johnston has been a live sound engineer since 1974. She has worked extensively in Boston venues for over 3 decades and has toured the US and Canada with a variety of artists.

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Dana Filloon

Dana is a senior member of MJAudio - he has been an integral part of the crew since 2002.

When not working as a sound engineer he is a drummer extraordinaire with the group JUNIUS

Shelley Jennings

Shelley is a licensed electrician and musician and room designer.
She heads the installation project department.

Ryan Klann

Ryan got his Bachelor's degree from Ohio University while majoring in Audio Productions with a Music Theory minor. After college, Ryan worked in several venues in Cleveland Ohio as a Front of House and Monitor Engineer. Being full time with MJ Audio since 2011, Ryan is a highly skilled engineer. He handles the day to day business of advancing shows, scheduling crew, and engineering.

Monitors at earth fest

Moira Shea

Moira is a live sound and touring engineer with 30 years experience. She also runs the electronics maintenance and repair shop at MJA.

Dan Mitchell

Dan is our shop manager, chief crew member, and office taskmaster. He Achieved his business degree while working full time with MJA. He is our go to person for building, flying, and rigging our systems. He is our main driver and equipment manager.

Dev Ray

Dev Ray has worked both on and off the road, on many different sides of the music industry. From being a producer/engineer in the recording studio and teaching audio at Boston University's Center for Digital Imaging Arts, to being a live sound engineer, tour manager, publicist, booking agent, guitarist and bassist. A graduate of the University of Rochester & Eastman School of Music, he then studied Music Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, graduating in 2004.

After Berklee, Dev spent six years touring and multi-tasking as he crisscrossed the country. In 2009 he began teaching, and in 2010 began working with MJ Audio. Dev continues to be a studio rat and also works for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Berklee College of Music, and many other companies. He is also on the Board of the North American Federation of Guitar Circles, where he works with Robert Fripp and others to put together various Guitar Circle courses and tours.

Jesse Savery

Jesse started with MJA in 2012 doing remote data entry, while working on his Bachelor's degree at the University of Oregon. He became our bookkeeper in 2014, optimizing many outdated and inefficient operating procedures. He has been our Office Administrator since 2016, and Accounts Specialist additionally since 2017.