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Jackson D.

..to be the one to swallow my pride i'll try, and make no promises, and before i go out to collect m

About Me


Entrepreneur, musician, athlete.I own a dog walking business. We have 4 employees. 3 1/2 years in business, incorporated, licensed, bonded, insured. My company cares for 60 dogs per week. We are experienced with with every pet care situation- feeding, training, submissivness, aggression, administering medicine, daily and overnight care, and we have excellent grooming and nutrition contacts. Do you need a good dog walker, etc.? I can help you out. Send me a message.. Used to own a recording studio that got shut down soon after it opened. I didn't want to shut it down, but I picked the wrong biz partner and I got screwed. This is not the first time that I've been backstabbed in 'the business.' As I become more experienced in business and life I learn about myself, even when I get screwed, it turns into a 'positive' experience because it makes me more aware of truth and bullshit, real and fake. Be careful who you get into business with. I keep it moving. Don't have any time for insincere people to bring me down. Working out of an even better spot now, barely missed a step. ..lesson learned..Both business *I* started from the ground up. I stay very busy working and stay out partying very late 4 nights a week. Former college lacrosse player, I still play in men's intramural lacrosse leagues and get to the gym weekly. I write electronic music, mostly hip hop and drum and bass. I play bass guitar and drums, and am an experienced dj/turntablist of 8 years. I love my dog (Ami) and all dogs and animals. When not working at either job, I am playing with my dog or working on my own music... Or drinking hard at many fine Wicker Park / Bucktown establishments. Send me a message tell me whats going on with you..

My Interests

I'd like to meet:


LOOKING FOR AN ENGINEER?

I've done quality recording and mixing for some of Chicago's finest including, Akbar , Side Streetz , Bran-X , Lone Gunmen Crew, Black God Father, Kalizion , Phantem Beats, and others, as well as underground legend, Rise, from New York. Versatility? Yup I can also handle your rock project. I've worked with local artists Jay O' Malley , Ronny Criss , Matt Anderson, and put in plenty of internship hours while at school with big time rock groups such as Bumpus , Oh My God , and even helped out on a Goo Goo Dolls project.

Where I'm at right now is just that I love music. It's art, its beautiful, especially when the artist is true to themselves. I love even more being able to help people with their music. I went to 3 different colleges and changed my major 4 times before I found one I liked. Took 6 1/2 years to gradute! But when I did graduate I got the Sound Engineering degree and I hit the nail on the fawkin head. I love tracking sessions. I love mixing sessions. I love helping people get the best out of themselves and I love bouncing random creative ideas back and forth with an artist as we complete the process. Shit I even love helping artists make phone calls, edit their MySpace pages, design CD graphics, and even better, acting as interim 'Manager.' If you need some Pro Tools tips, or help with internet stuff, or of course if you need to get some recording/ mixing/ engineering done GET AT ME! I'll talk to anyone about anything. If I can help, I'll let you know straight up. If I can't, I might be able to reccomend a trusted contact who can. If your job is big and I need to be compensated, I'll let you know right off the bat and I will complete the job exactly as I say I will, no bullshit. Really I just love to be a part of the process in any way, so take a minute to send me a message and I'll let you know if I can give you a hand...

$50 an hour, we have access to the best studio in the city of Chicago. Have a look at their site, GRAVITY STUDIOS THEN SEND ME A MESSAGE VIA MYSPACE. If you contact the studio, they will just refer you to me.

FREE DEMO REEL CD's ARE AVAILABLE. Want to hear samples of some of my work before you schedule time with me? Send me a message here with an address, I'll mail the cd the next day.

Music:

REAL HIP HOP GOD DAMNIT! Tribe, De La, Digables, Pharcyde, Camp Lo, Gangstarr and Fam, KRS, BIG, Pac, Pete Rock and C.L., Wu-Tang and Fam, Bumpy Knucks aka Freddie Foxxx, D.I.T.C. and Fam (Big L, Lord Finesee, A.G., Show, Fat Joe, etc.) EPMD, Redman, Kool G, 7L & Esoteric,Dialted Peoples, Defari, Akbar, All Nat, JUICE, Seel Fresh, Molemen, Iomas, Bamski, Dug Inf, Daily Plannet, Vakill, Side Streetz, Akrobatik, Mr Lif, Apathy, Rise, Demigodz Crew, Skratch Picklz, X-Men, 3rd Rail, Precyse, Rude 1, Real 1, Seba, Blu Mar Ten, Blame, LTJ Bukem, Makoto, Big Bud, MC Conrad, Omni Trio, Adam F, Ed Rush, Optical, Paul Johnson, Miguel Migs ... hip hop and drum n bass and house and downtempo and techno and industrial and idm just about anything electronic. Like plenty of rock too, just not too often...

Movies:

STAR WARS god damnit! Any Bruce Lee movie ever made, GodFather Trilogy of course, Goodfellas, Scarface, Usual Suspects, Resevoir Dogs(Why can't I be Mr. Purple?!), Carlito's Way, Style Wars, Krush Groove, Wild Style, Beat Street, Shiggar Fraggar Show, G.I. Joe cartoon movie, Transformers cartoon movie, Akira, Final Fantasy, Sin City, Ghost in the Shell damnit!!! Aliens Trilogy (as far as I'm concerned there was only 3 of those..), Juice, Menace II, Boyz N the Hood, SpiderMan, X-Men, Indiana Jones Trilogy...

Television:

BULLS, BEARS, HAWKS, CUBS, SOX, etc.. Sportscenter, Baseball Tonight, NBA/NFL Live, PTI, Around the Horn, Ultimate Fighter, Boondocks, Samurai Champloo, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Ghost in the Shell, Robot Chicken, The Wire, Entourage, Weeds, Simpsons, Seinfeld, Deadliest Catch...

Books:

...been reading the original James Bond books that Ian Fleming wrote in the 50's. Trust me, if you like 007, go read one of those because they are at least twice as violent and twice as dirty as any of the movies. Fawkin sooo dope...

My Blog

Boondocks!

Yea boy!  That shit is back on the air for a little bit. Favorite episode "Let's Nab Oprah" is on right now. Oh man the Samuel L. Jackson rant at the beginning about text messaging is hilarious!...
Posted by Jackson D. on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:18:00 PST

CHILL!

GAWD DAMN!!! Me and my baby girl (my dog and my best friend, Ami) almost died today! I'm waiting my turn at the intersection of Wabansia and Damen at that 4 way stop right there by Silver Cloud. ...
Posted by Jackson D. on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:45:00 PST