Jeff Blue

Jeffrey Blue (born November 21, 1967) is an A&R executive, record producer, and songwriter who is currently a music consultant for several major record labels and music supervisors. He has worked as the Senior Vice President of A&R and staff producer for Warner Bros. Records, Interscope Records, Virgin Records, Capitol Records, Sony BMG, Jive Records, RCA Records, and J Records. He specializes in discovering, developing, and signing unsigned artists. Blue most notably discovered Linkin Park, Macy Gray, Daniel Powter, and The Last Goodnight. In addition to signing Limp Bizkit and Korn to publishing deals, he has also written singles for artists such as Hoobastank, Macy Gray, Syndicate, and The Last Goodnight.

Biography Blue attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he studied Communications focusing on Media Law. Blue played drums while in college. He met Brad Delson at UCLA, then a student, who became his intern. After Blue left Zomba and joined Warner Records, he signed Linkin Park to their first record deal and executive produced the band's debut album Hybrid Theory.

Blue also developed and co-wrote with Macy Gray. He also signed rock bands Korn and Limp Bizkit to publishing deals. He was also the executive producer and co-writer for Queen of the Damned's soundtrack.

In 2012, Blue signed, co-wrote, and developed WERM after discovering the band on Music Xray. In 2020, Blue released, One Step Closer, From Xero to #1; Becoming Linkin Park, a book detailing his early work with Linkin Park. He also worked on a docu-series covering the history of A&R through and in conjunction with Mark Wahlberg's production company Unrealistic Ideas.

Currently, Blue is the founder of entertainment media production company, Century Park Entertainment.