About Me
The songs on this profile are from sessions I either recorded, mixed and/or co-produced and appear with the permission of the artists.****************************************************
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I am a producer/recording engineer based in Toronto and Central Ontario. I've been in the music biz for twenty five years, initially as a musician, then making the transition to the studio in the late 80's. I owned my own studio back in the late 80's - early 90's and freelanced at several studios around Toronto, York Region and Barrie after that. I've had the fortune of being awarded twelve gold/platinum albums...so far. From 1999 to 2007 I was senior engineer at Phase One Studios. Since 2007 I've been behind the controls of a new SSL AWS-900+ based studio at Lenz Entertainment working on several music, film and TV projects. I've engineered sessions for The Trews, Bono, Nelly Furtado, Hilary Duff, Rush, "Song For Africa", Big Sugar, Kardinal Offishal, Ludacris, Leahy, Jann Arden, George Canyon, Sass Jordan, Anne Murray, Jesse Cook, Natalie MacMaster, Dala, Michelle Wright, Jim Brickman, The Canadian Tenors, Liona Boyd, Olivia Newton John, Simon Wilcox, Billy Ray Cyrus, Engelbert Humperdinck, Amy Sky, Men With Brooms Soundtrack, Atomic Betty Soundtrack, Across The Universe Soundtrack, Too Fast - Too Furious Soundtrack, Passchendaele Soundtrack (Sara Slean), Canadian Idol, Caroline Neron, Edge City Outlaws, Mark Masri/Jim Brickman, Somerset Entertainment, G.Q., Xquisite, Red Grammer, Jodi Pedersen, Holly Stell, Belle Phoenix, Wooden Stars, Dawn Langstroth, St. Eves, Super Stack, Adam Crossley, Face2Face, Justin Hines, Annie Marleau, Andy Carey, Aaron Garner, Zoe Bentley, On Switch, Special Ed, Cherry, Nine Point Landing, Smith & Dragoman, Adam Simson, University of Toronto Gospel Choir, Michael Holt, George Evans, Matt Dean, Lickpenny Loafer, University of Toronto Gospel Choir, and Darcy Lynne Ward and many more. As a producer I have worked with Peter Murray, The Rails, Bluestone Band, The New Black, The Itch, Lifted, Big Beat Collective, Steve Middleton, Kirk Elliott, Aiti Maa, Pup, In Blue River Kansas City Shuffle and others.*****************************************************
**************TV credits include; Little Mosque On The Prairie, Wildcard, Canadian Country Music Awards, CBC's The Hour, Train 48, Mr. Meaty, Mansions, Big Voice, Gold Mind, What's Your News, Atomic Betty, Stratusphere, Party Mamas, Producing Parker, Jimmy Two Shoes and most recently I recorded and mixed the soundtrack for the movie "Celine" based on the life of Celine Dion which aired October 5, 2008 on CBC.********************************************************
**********Most recent news: The song "Christmas Is" by Jim Brickman and Mark Masri (recorded and mixed by Michael Jack at Lenz Entertainment) reached 18 on Billboard's Hot AC chart during the winter of 2008.
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The Song "Beautiful World - We're All Here" by Adam Crossley with Jim Brickman (recorded and mixed by Michael Jack at Lenz Entertainment) is currently 20 on the Billboard AC chart. (week of Aug 26, 2009)
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Dialogue and music mix for the soon to be released movie "Puck Hogs".
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Recorded and mixed two songs for the feature length documentary "Prom Night In Mississippi"
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Recorded and mixed the new Dala CD. The first single "Levi Blues" has been added to EZ Rock's 'Delilah' show across Canada and has been play listed on Sirius satellite radio.
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Mixed Jim Brickman's new TV special "Beautiful World" which is presently airing across North America on PBS. Also mixing the Jim Brickman/Mark Masri PBS Christmas show for a 2009 release.****************************************************
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I have also worked with, and learned from, some of the best record producers in the biz; Jack Douglas (John Lennon, Aerosmith, The Who, Cheap Trick), David Leonard (Prince, John Cougar Mellencamp, Paul McCartney, Collective Soul), Joe Chiccarelli (Elton John, Frank Zappa), Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Kiss, Alice Cooper, Jane's Addiction), Frank Filipetti (Hole, Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, 10,000 Maniacs), Russ Zavitson (The Wilkinsons, The Kinleys) Tommy West (Anne Murray, Jim Croce), Mark Plati (David Bowie, Prince), Bob Gallo (James Brown, Aretha Franklin), Gilles Godard (Curb Music Publishing-Nashville), Rhett Lawrence (Mariah Carey, Kelly Clarkson, Michael Jackson), Lauren Wild (Carly Simon, Rod Stewart) and Gordie Johnson (Big Sugar, Wide Mouth Mason)******************************************************
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