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About Me

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I'm self-taught at darn near everything I do or have done in my life.I love music - and have worked in different aspects of the music and entertainment industry since 1998. I'm pushing 30, so I'm starting to think about steady girl, family, kids, etc... but not THAT quickly. Still very much career-minded. With my work I travel regularly - all over the country and the world. So far I've been to Hawaii, Canada multiple times, Cancun, Mexico, Japan, Thailand, Caribbean (2x), and will be going to England this summer. I've been to nearly every of the mainland states, and looking forward to more travel as the years progress.
I haven't made the jump to NYC or LA like many of my colleagues, but then again some of them are moving back to Nashville, so maybe that should tell me something.
I don't consider myself a big fish in a small pond or anything. People know me, but I'm not kind of a big deal. I stay rather humble and have a difficult time taking compliments. I'm reasonably good at most areas of my profession, and like to think that I could hang with the best of 'em. Most of my professional colleagues think I'm a brainiac know-it-all, but I try not to hold that over anyone's head. Yes I'm smart, but it means more to me to be well-liked and loved.
Some of my unoriginal philosophy: Learn by doing. Open your eyes to the world around you and take it in, learning your valuable lessons along the way. Then, take the time to pass it on to the next generations. Don't hold on to your gifts and treasures too tightly. Give them away and you'll be blessed. Hoard them, and they'll be gone sooner than you know it. You never see a UHaul behind a hearse.
Well maybe here...
About me? DJ, Photographer, Videographer, Producer, Stage Manager, Sound Engineer, Socialite, Television Host/Talent, Singer, Trombonist...
I've had many folks ask about my photography - I'm not one to brag, so I'd say my shots are good. Some have said fantastic, but I know I have a lot to learn and there are career photographers out there who I admire and really look up to who, in my opinion, are MUCH better at it than I am. But anyway - here you go: PORTFOLIO
What EXACTLY DO I do, you may be asking?
Well here is my production resume !
You Are 40% Weird
Normal enough to know that you're weird...
But too weird to do anything about it! How Weird Are You?
You are a
Social Moderate
(41% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(28% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Totalitarian
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.. AOL IM: Westby Jeremy (remove spaces)
Yahoo: jeremy westby (again, remove spaces)

My Interests

running, jet skiing, dj, video, videography, live sound, sound engineering, production, producing, music, concerts, movies, action movies, comedy, computers, mac, OSX, Photoshop, photography, film, imported chocolate, red wine, good kisses, massage, art, a warm smile, a friendly hello, beautiful eyes, musical theatre, dance, deejay, big hugs, nice cats, church / Christianity, singing, playing trombone, trombone, jazz, funk, hip-hop (old school mostly), dance music, big-band, orchestra, classical, rock and roll all night

I'd like to meet:

Jesus Christ , Bono , Tom Waits , Scarlett Johansson , the President , my future wife, the new Pope ...The person that got me addicted to MySpace, Facebook , etc...

Music:

I don't want to take an entire MONTH explaining to you my music interests. Generally everything BUT southern gospel, twang country, 'the fat lady' (opera that kills brain cells, new 'dirty south''gangsta' rap (I DO like Tupac, Jay Z, Biggie, Dr. Dre, Snoop, The Roots, De La soul, etc...).I like MOST pop music and classics/hits back to the 20s and 30s when recorded music first was created.All in all I'm a big music buff and will generally appreciate most of what is brought to listen to.

Movies:

Action, Comedy, Drama, Chick-Flicks, Mockumentaries, Documentaries, Non-Fiction, SOME horror flicks (usually have to have some dark humor or comedy aspect to them -- like Freddy Krueger or something...)
Recently viewed: Wallace and Gromit - Curse of the Were-Rabbit (loved it!), Talladegah Nights (awesome!), Crash, RV, The Benchwarmers, War Of The Worlds, Better Off Dead...

Television:

tele-what? Fox News, CNN, The Weather Channel, and occasionally a movie on: TBS, Spike, TMC, HBO, Showtime, A&E, AMC, etc...
Recently viewed: Battlestar Galactica. I REALLY dig the blonde Cylon. Yeah. But now it's all about Keifer and '24' on the tour bus.

Books:

JRR Tolkein, CS Lewis, Tom Clancy, Dale Brown, Grisham... The Bible...

Heroes:

Obviously my mom and dad - who are still married after 32 years. Thank you. God my creator and Jesus my saviour. Everyone who has taught and mentored me in my life. Thank you.Oh and all you in the military serving our country -- I'd be right there with you if my eyes had been 20/20 10 years ago.Much love.

My Blog

Check out this event: Jeremys Birthday Soiree

Hosted By: Jeremy WestbyWhen: Monday Apr 28, 2008 at 7:00 PMWhere: Agave then The Stage then Paradise ParkNashville, TN 37203United StatesDescription:Jeremy Westby Click Here To View EventIt's my birt...
Posted by Jeremy Westby on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:06:00 PST

The Winds Of Change

I wanted to post something as a big ’thank-you’ to all of you - my really good friends, family, coworkers - basically everyone that has believed in me, taught me, mentored me and even crit...
Posted by Jeremy Westby on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:47:00 PST

February, Knight Rider, death of a great man, and further introspection

Well I just finished watching the new K.I.T.T. star of NBC's new Knight Rider series. I was a big fan of the original, being that it was on when I was 5-9 years old. Michael Knight ('The Hoff') was ...
Posted by Jeremy Westby on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:43:00 PST

Christmas, New Year’s and family health

Some of you've been asking about my grandparents and other family stuff so here goes.Found out a few weeks ago that both grandfathers are in poor health. One of them is 90+ so he's pretty up there an...
Posted by Jeremy Westby on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:59:00 PST

Hrmph... Murphy's Law in effect today

Not that my life isn't crazy enough as-is, but let's recap the goings-on over the last 24-48 hours:- Project I'd been working on for 12-15+ hours gets trumped for an admittedly better one(money lost, ...
Posted by Jeremy Westby on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:59:00 PST

Corvettes in Floridia

A Florida senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the road, he floored it to 80 mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had le...
Posted by Jeremy Westby on Thu, 03 May 2007 02:05:00 PST

6 reasons not to mess with children

(1) A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was ...
Posted by Jeremy Westby on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:33:00 PST

George Carlin rocks my world...

Bush wants us to cut the amount of gas we use. The best way to stop using so much gas is to deport 11 million illegal immigrants! That would be 11 million less people using our gas. The price of gas w...
Posted by Jeremy Westby on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:40:00 PST

Check out this event: WRITERS AT THE RUTLEDGE

Ok so seriously this will be one of the best music nights of the week. 1/3 was awesome. Nathan Lee is some of the best piano rock you'll ever hear, and Sharif's been a Nashville mainstay for a while. ...
Posted by Jeremy Westby on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:38:00 PST

'Twas The Night Before Christmas - Production Version...

From my producer friend Betz in Scottsdale...HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALLl!!!IT WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS; THE DEADLINE WAS TIGHT. THE TEMPERS WERE FLARING; THERE WAS NO END IN SIGHT. THE GROUND PLA...
Posted by Jeremy Westby on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:20:00 PST