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 (Aural Effects) Audio / Video / Music - Production and Technical
Services 40 years of studio, stage and location audio production, for music, film, TV and broadcast news. During the pandemic, I created a music video for this song ("When 'd Sun Go Down") from my 2012
CD. This was for my many friends and family
that were forced to stay at home, and were not
lucky to have the beautiful sunsets that we have in Clearwater, FL I composed, arranged, performed or programmed all parts using synthesizers (except for the flute which I played). I engineered, mixed the
music, and produced, directed, edited all pictures (taken
by me, my friends, and some licensed), and video (shot at Clearwater Beach, FL). Click the link below to watch.
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offer the following services: Audio operating procedures/setup & training Location Production Technical Services for Audio & Video Stage and Studio Technical Consultant * Production/event
Manager Music production/arranging/sequencing Craig Jackson is an award-winning musician (keyboards and flutes)/
composer, who's scores are heard in NASA exhibits around the world, and composer/musician/video
producer, who's music video/documentary, "Journey
into Space" on MCA/Universal Home Video, was nominated for a 1987 Billboard/AFI Video Award,
and won Best Foreign Film at the 1988 Fiero di Milano. It received rave reviews in People, Video, Cash Box, Popular
Photography, Houston City and
American Cinematographer magazines, and was in Blockbuster Video for over 10 years.   Sr. Audio Designer for CNN TV in Washington, DC (2004-13) Audio Engineer (A1) for NBC (KPRC-TV2)
in Houston, TX (2000-04) Freelance Recording
Engineer, Producer, Arranger, Studio Tech (1987-2000) Sr. Audio Engineer/Staff composer for NASA Space Shuttle TV/film at JSC (1982-87) Chief Engineer of
Crystal Clear Sound 24 track studio in Dallas (1977-80) Tech services clients include: ABC's 20/20, CBS Hour Magazine, Energi Studios, McLoad Productions, MTV/Nickelodeon, Basil Nestor Productions, PBS Frontline, Texas Video & Post, U. S. Treasury Dept., First United Methodist
Church, First Choice Television, Billy Blues
Club, ACM Studio, HaQuyen Studios, North Harris County College, Peace Tabernacle
Church, Seoul Korean Baptist Church, Texas
Southern University MIDI Studio, and Avon Park Holiness Camp. ************************* Through his first company, Crackerjack
Productions, he provided production services and technical support for the
music/entertainment industry, mixing concerts and stage shows for some of the biggest names in jazz, country, and pop, and was producer/stage manager for such legendary venues as La Bastille in Houston and Willie Nelson's Whiskey River
Club in Dallas, TX. ARTISTS INCLUDE Wendel Adkins, Asleep at the Wheel, Ray Charles & Orchestra w/the Raylettes, Guy Clark, Billy Cobham, David Allen Coe, Chick Corea, Deodato, Flying Burrito Bros., Pete Fountain, Kinky Friedman & the Texas Jewboys, Steve Fromholz, Doug Kershaw, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Delbert McClinton, Larry Mahan, Chuck Mangione, Herbie Mann w/David "Fathead" Newman, Marilyn Maye, B.W.Stevenson, Dean Scott, Vince Vance and the Valiants, and for 10 weeks at the Tower Theater in Houston "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" musical. While
free-lancing in numerous other recording studios (1981-2000), he produced, engineered, and arranged for 100s of local, regional and national artists, bands, and choirs, including ARTISTS INCLUDE Alex Harvey, Dallas Arts Magnet Big Band, Dallas Arts Magnet Jazz Chorus,
Johnny Dee & the Rocket 88's, Eastfield Jazz Ensemble, First Praise-Turn Your Radio On, Delbert
McClinton, Larry Mahan, Fritz
Kersting Group, Sami Jo, Stephen Doster Band, Vince Vance & the Valiants, Jerry Jeff Walker. Craig Jackson also performs as a solo pianist-vocalist, one-man band and using a variety of musical combos. Serving the Tampa - Clearwater - St. Petersburg,
FL area For more info on live performances, or booking |
