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You are listening to the Full Open of the music package "Stories We Tell"
composed, performed, engineered and mixed by Craig Jackson

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Services/Clients/Credits 

Staff Audio Engineer/Producer
CNN/Turner Broadcasting (Wash D.C. Bureau) - Currently Audio Designer for live and taped TV.

KPRC-TV (NBC Houston) - Audio eng.  for live broadcasts and video production. 1/00 to 1/04
Sam Houston Race Park - (Houston, TX) Designed/installed/new audio system. TV Audio eng. for live racing. 1997-98
Ha Quyen Recording - (Houston, TX) - Arranger, musician, prod., eng. of Vietnamese music. 1994
AVM - (Houston, TX) Audio, video, and MIDI facility - A/V eng, editor. 1990-94
Limelight Recording Studio - (Dickinson, TX) - Arranger, prod, eng. 1988
NASA TV/Film (Johnson Space Center)- Lead Sound Technician for Space Shuttle TV, audio eng. for special events, staff composer for films, assistant in design/installation of new systems.  1982-87
Sugar Hill Studios - (Houston,TX) - 2-16 tr studios - eng/prod. - 1982
Cedar Ridge Studio - (Houston, TX) - 24 tr studio - mgr, eng, prod - 1981
Studio Seven - (Dallas, TX) - VO/commercial production eng/editor - 1980
Crystal Clear Sound Studio - (Dallas, TX) 24 tr studio mgr, eng, prod. 1977-80

Artists recorded include:
Alex Harvey, Wendel Adkins, Vicki Britton, Blitz, (orch cues for magician Walter “Zaney” Blaney, Dallas Arts Magnet Big Band, Dallas Arts Magnet Jazz Chorus, Edwards Hall Band, Johnny Dee & the Rocket 88's, Eastfield Jazz Ensemble, Bill Head, Heather Lee, Liberation, Lic, Delbert McClinton, Larry Mahan, Sami Jo, Stephen Doster Band, Ben Sanders, Vince Vance & the Valiants, Jerry Jeff Walker........

Remote recording:
First Praise "Turn Your Radio On"(16 pc.orch/30 vc.choir) -  Audio eng. for live multi-track digital recording.
Bill Head Sings (40 pc orch) - Audio eng. in  for video taping & multi-track
recording.
Gospel Extravaganza
- Audio eng. for live multi-track recording of 6 Gospel groups.
Jerry Burgess Quintet - Audio eng. for live live stereo digital recording.

Corporate clients (audio/video production)
Attorney General, State of TX/Consumer Fraud Division, U. S. Treasury Dept., ABC 20/20, Access Houston TV, CBS Hour Magazine, Gene's Video & Photography, McLoad Productions (Dow Chemical, Shell Oil), Don McLendon, MTV/NICKELODEON, Basil Nestor Productions (Barbara Jordan,Judge J. Hutchinson), Old San Francisco Steakhouse, PBS/ Frontline, POV Editorial (COMPAQ), Spot City (InfoClips, Snapper), Texas Educational System, Texas Video and Post (Popeye’s), The Production Company (Foley’s )..............

Audio system consulting/design/installation/technical service
ACM Studio, AVM (Audio/Video/MIDI) Studio, BBDO, B’nai B’rith, Billy Blues Club, Blue Iguana Club, Caribana Club, Club Rodeo, Energi Studios, First United Methodist Church (Downtown), First Choice Television, First United Methodist Church (West), HaQuyen Studios, Cornel Monroe Studio, North Harris County College, Peace Tabernacle Church, POV Editorial Services, Seoul Korean Baptist Church, Sound Masters Studio, Texas Southern University MIDI Studio, Yard Studio.....

Sound engineering for shows/concerts

1984 & 1985 Tremont House Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball -(Galveston, TX)
“Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” (10 weeks-Tower Theater in Houston, TX 1982)
The Great Caruso Opera Bar (Houston, TX 1981)
Willie Nelson's Whiskey River Club (Dallas, TX - 1976 -78) Sound mixer & stage/lighting director.
Touring showgroup “Wildwood” (18 months-mixer/stage director 1975-76)

La Bastille Jazz Club (Houston, TX-1971-73)

FOH mixing services for:
Wendel Adkins, Asleep at the Wheel, Vicki Britton, Ray Charles & Orchestra, Guy Clark,  Billy Cobham, David Allen Coe, Chick Corea, Deodato,  Dash Riprock & the Dragons,  Flying Burrito Bros., Pete Fountain, Kinky Friedman & the Texas Jewboys, Steve Fromholz,  Sami Jo, Doug Kershaw, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Delbert McClinton, Larry Mahan, Chuck Mangione, Herbie Mann w/David Newman, Marilyn Maye, Vince Vance and the Valiants, B.W.Stevenson, Dean Scott, Side of the Road Gang, Townes Van Zandt.....

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Film & video scoring
"Journey into Space"/MCA Universal - Producer/director/composer/performer/mixer. 1987 Billboard/AFI Award nominee, and 1988 winner of Best Foreign Film at the Fiera di  Milano. Excerpts shown on Showtime/TMC, Nickelodeon, VH-1. In Blockbuster Video for 10 years. Reviewed in People, Cash Box, American Cinematographer, Video…...
"Space Station"/NASA - (1986 European touring exhibit.)
"Our Masonic Heritage"/Aquarius Productions - (1985 film documentary.)
" Space-A New Place to Work"/NASA - (1984 World Fair main exhibit)
" Opening New Frontiers"/NASA - (1983 CINE Golden Eagle Award.)
"The Jet Bike"/American Heart Association - ( animated film strip.)

Craig Jackson is also an accomplished musician having studied Music Theory and Composition at the University of Houston, Eastfield College, and North Texas State University.

He has toured with the American National Touring Company of "Jesus Christ Superstar" as drummer/timpanist, and as keyboardist/sound engineer for "Wildwood".

He performed on keyboards, flutes, and congas with "Iribana", at the Caribbean entertainment club Caribana.

He has had several jazz groups including the Cracker Jack Quartet, Cracker Jack Quintet, and CATCH-22 , and has performed as a solo jazz pianist/vocalist for dozens of restaurants and social events in the Houston area.

When not on duty at CNN in Washington, D. C., you might catch his kool, jazzy sound in local hotels and restaurants.

For information on purchasing videos and CDs please e-mail craig at rlfx.com

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