All things Speilberg and Kubric. The Usual Suspects, True Romance, Killing Zoe,
The Professional...which brings me to almost anything Gary Oldman has done. Especially before he quit drinking. Happiness, Boogie Nights....the list could go on and on.
Television
Hate it.
Books
Whatever I can get my hands on.
Heroes
All those at the Hall of Justice....except for the Osmond inspired Wendy and Marvin. What the fuck was THAT Hanna-Barbara?!!!
About me: Jeff Dawson Productions
Vancouver based producer/engineer/mixer Jeff Dawson developed and produced the breakthrough debut album "Bad Day" by songwriter Daniel Powter (Warner). After working on Daniel's songs and helping develop the project's sound over 3 years, Warner Bros Chairman/CEO Tom Whalley took one listen and knew he had something extraordinary. Dan's single "Bad Day" was #1 for 5 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 of 2006 and has become an incredible world wide hit with almost 2.2 million downloads and nearly 3 million albums sold.
Don't let the A/C sounds of Daniel Powter fool you. Jeff's diversified musical background runs the full gamete. From Jeff's roots as a guitarist in a rock band to the musical extreme of being a piano player – Dawson's musical interests are all over the map. He counts Neil Diamond, Justin Timberlake and Iron Maiden as his dream artists to produce. There is one constant in his production choices and that's MELODY.
Recent projects include JD Fortune's (INXS) upcoming solo project, Calgary's Killer'esque indie boys The Dudes, Chicago darlings Dotdotdot and R&B Diva Kelly Rowland. Most notably, American A&R is abuzz with Canadian pop-rockers State of Stock. SOS is a melodic rock band that has taken Canada by storm and is poised to sign a US deal. State of Shock's success is thanks in part to Jeff's ability to work with the artists' songs in the writing stages, and focus on commercial catchy choruses and strong hooks - Jeff's specialty. Jeff is a writer/producer who makes no bones about his love of pop. Dawson's mantra? "It's all about the song." Could be an edgy EMO band, heavy rock act or a singer/songwriter – same constant applies to every act Dawson works with – focusing on song structure and arrangement and making the players and vocalist's performance the best they can be. Radio ready. Demo isn't his favorite word. "Do it once and do it right" says the driven and focused producer. Jeff prefers to start the process by listening to an artist’s upcoming material and using his keen ear and musical "spidey-sense" to pick the gems and focus on their potential in the writing stages before hitting the studio. Each project has it's distinct sound – Jeff's diversified musical background is reflected in his project choices and these projects successes.
Jeff still likes to work with unsigned acts and most of these are in the process of becoming signed acts. Some of these include Birds of Wales, 5AM and Beyond the Fall.
Other recent projects that Jeff has wrapped up include the latest from Tal Bachman (Artemis), John Wozniak's killer solo record not yet released (Marcy Playground front man), and platinum selling singer/songwriter Holly McNarland (Curve/Universal).
His musicality and innate ability to hear a potential hit is making him a favorite of artists and labels alike.
Just dropping by to post a quickie about my new adventure- TATTOOS!
If you or any musician buds need excellent ink done at very decent rates ( by the piece) drop by and let me know. My shop is in New West. I would post a pic but you haven't got HTML allowed. peace out Izzy
Thanks for the add Jeff. Your work sounds fantastic, I am really a huge fan of State of Shock. Would love to collaborate one day. Hope you like what you hear on my page. Keep up the good work!
Hi Jeff.. all the best in the new year.. thanks for the add.. I just released my new album "this life".. promoting that to the world... I would be interested in any feedback you had for this okanagan based singer/songwriter
HI, just stopping by to see whats new, hopefully you get some time can drop by my page to do the same.f you enjoy what you hear please click the demand it button! Have a wonderful weekend and Happy holidays!!
Eh how are you? Thanks for hookin up with Amongst Anger! We just wanted to let you know that we just uploaded two new tracks from our new CD for you to listen too or download! Peace! Amongst Anger
Hey Jeff! Great work on The Woz album! Tell him I say hi if you see him! Apparently we have a few mutual friends- I spent some time with Nico at CMJ a couple weeks ago as well.
hey jeff. thanks for checking out my music! i get compared to daniel a lot. the sound you've acheived with his music makes it really come to life. that's such an inspiration to other piano-based musicians like me. thank you!!
This is just a reminder for Jason’s cd release show Thursday, Sept. 27/07 at the Red Room (398 Richards) with guests James Lamb & the Liabilities and Rodney DeCroo & the Revival. Tix. $10 at the door, doors at 9pm.
