JEFFREY E. JONES
905 Floradale Drive, Austin, Texas 78753 512-835-7712 jeff@essentricaudio.com
OBJECTIVE
Technical director seeking a church body in need of technical leadership and expertise. I am looking for a full time position where I can help the church reach out and minister by overseeing and participating in the technical ministries which include sound, lights, video projection (IMAG), television, tape, computer, networking and internet ministries. An opportunity to build up and train a technical team to operate those systems. I enjoy running sound for blended worship from a large orchestra and choirs to praise bands and praise teams as well as working on television productions that provide an alternative to the common “church TV” mentality, promotional videos, video announcements and outreaches. I am looking for a church body to team with who know how to balance worship and strong doctrinal teaching.
EMPLOYMENT
Director of Media Ministries (Full Time) 2000 - Present
High
Pointe Baptist Church
Austin, Texas
Recruit, train and lead volunteers in the technical operations of the weekly services. Designed and lead volunteers in installing new television broadcast system and audio system in our new 1400 seat auditorium. Wrote curriculum and taught training classes for all of our technical ministries. Wrote “weekly update” newsletters including scheduling, imparting vision and direction and other news for the technical team.
Produce weekly television program and video announcements. Perform preventative maintenance and upgrades to the technical systems. Audio Engineer for all special events.
Director of Media Ministries (part time) 2000 - 2001
High
Pointe Baptist Church
Austin, Texas
Test Engineer 1996 -2001
Advanced Energy, Industries, INC. Fort Collins, Colorado and Austin, Texas
Managed test-engineering group for the Austin site. Responsibility for budgeting and cost center spending for Manufacturing Engineering group. Managed test engineering personnel including reviews, hiring and reduction of force. Designed and implemented tests for new products and options. Defined product specifications and test plans. Designed test stations around test plans, specified test equipment, managed station assembly, operation and documentation. Wrote test program code and modified test programs needed for automated test stations.
Worked with product engineers on product failures and design changes. Led team of technicians to troubleshoot test failures. Supported production and test improvements. Laid out production lines, test chambers and power requirements for new production facility.
EDUCATION
Electrical Engineering (BSEE) 1990 - 1994
Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado
OTHER SKILLS
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Audio
Engineering (mixing)
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Video Editing
(non-linear and linear equipment)
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Teaching and
Training
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Analog and
Digital control systems and computer interfaces.
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Work with various
Computer operating systems and networking including MS Windows (95, 98, Me, NT,
2000), Linux and OpenBSD and computer hardware support.
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Office Programs
including MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage), Corel
WordPerfect, SAP business systems and Acrobat and Engineering Software
including AutoCAD Lt, Tango, Accel Schematic, Micrographics, ORCAD, WinSMITH,
and others.
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Programming in
Pearl, HTML, LabVIEW, C and Visual Basic Script.
· EIT, IEEE, AES
References
Robert Baldwin, Pastor of Worship, High Pointe Baptist
Church
512-837-7725 x19 pastor.Robert@hpbcglobal.org
Pastor Jason Sidler, Senior Pastor, First Baptist
Church of Justin
940-391-6873 (cell) jason@fbcjustin.org
Brian Crowell, Site Director, Advanced Energy Industries, Inc – Austin
512-231-4210 brian.Crowell@aei.com
Relevant Experience
Essentric Audio Video Productions,
Owner/Operator: Jeff Jones. Sound for hire, audio and video consulting and design. Started sound for hire in 1983, founded Essentric Audio in 1992.
Sound Reinforcement for Live music and drama productions
South X Southwest, Austin, TX, 1999-2001
Essentric
Audio provided system for hire, 40ch, and provided audio engineering
services. Festival style setup with
multiple bands playing every evening
Church service/tent services for High Pointe Fellowship, Austin TX, 1998-2001.
o Audio Engineer / Technical Director for weekly services with full choir, band, television ministry, translation ministry, closed circuit television, Image Magnification (IMAG) and lyrics projection. (paid position)
o Grand opening community festival, provided outdoor sound reinforcement for community wide gathering.
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Portable system and Audio Engineer for Thanksgiving
2000 service, in new building (unfinished), 600 seat banquet.
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Easter 2000 tent service, provide portable systems
and audio engineering, 1000+ in attendance. Full
orchestra, choir and specials.
o
Groundbreaking fellowship service, tent, 700 seat, remote
location generator, providing audio system and services.
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Summer Fellowship, 1999.
Tent Services. Provided portable
sound systems and engineering services.
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Missions conferences in elementary school auditorium,
provided portable sound system and audio engineering.
The Lumberyard, Johnson City, TXSummer night series multiple artist festival style. Essentric Audio provided audio system and engineering services for this outdoor festival. Church service in City Park, Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins City Church, presenting the combined worship teams of FCCC, Greater Faith Baptist Church, and Abyssinian Christian Church. 24 channel system set up, audio engineer provided by Essentric Audio.
Concert in City Park, Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins Christian Center, presenting the Faith Now Gospel Choir. 24 channel system set up, audio engineering provided by Essentric Audio.
American Cancer Society, Fort Collins, CO
Walk For Life 24 hour relay
walk in outdoor sports stadium.
Essentric Audio provided audio system, lights and engineering services
for live entertainment throughout the event and announcements for walkers on
track.
Christian Artist Seminar of the Rockies / Praise and Worship Colorado, Estes Park, Colorado.
Essentric Audio provided
audio systems for auditorium for P&W Colorado Seminars and 6 competition
halls. Coordinated volunteers on
systems and provided support for all systems for the week of the conference.
Master Peace, Inc., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Audio Engineer 1991-1993, Tech Director 1992-1993.
Vocal music and drama touring group. Provided sound and lighting for regional tours including concerts and service work daily in different locations. Over 40 concerts held among 4 separate tours. Equipment used included 12 channel Yamaha board, Crown and QSC Amps, EV Speakers, Ultimate Support Stands, Hot Spot and Bose 802 monitors, Alesis Reverb, SM-81s, 58s, ND 757, ND 375, 6 channel light system. (Volunteer Positions)
Easter production, 1987.
Oklahoma City area church. Stage Grip. Coordinated the use of 12 wireless lapel mics on-stage. Use of shotgun mic. (paid position)
Christmas production, 1988.
Cherokee Hills Baptist Church. Senior Audio Engineer. Theatrical and Musical production. Surround sound. 72 inputs including full orchestra, run through a 24 channel board and 1 16 channel submixer. 2 assistants, 1 mixing surround output, 1 reading cues. Board was a Neotec 24 channel full matrix theater console; each channel had a and b mic inputs and a line input. (paid position)
The Bride, Metro Church, Edmond, OK.
Assisted light, sound and pyrotechnics engineers during show. The show was 8 years running.
Anything Goes, 1988.
High school drama dept. Audio engineer. Full musical production. (For Credits)
Flowers for Algernon, 1989.
High school drama dept. Audio engineer. Use of lapel wireless mics, taped sound effects. (for credits)
Music Man, 1987.
High school drama dept. Spotlight operator. (for credits)
National Theatre for the Deaf, 1988.
Stage assistant, audio assistant. (paid position)
Various other dramas,1987-1989.
Spot light operator, stage grip, light engineer, audio engineer. (for credits)
Various concerts, 1987-1989.
Orchestra, band, and choral concerts. Audio engineer and recording engineer. (for credits)
Multimedia slide show, 1989.
13 slide projectors and video projection synchronized to audio tracks. Audio done in surround sound live with surround mix created on the fly. Audio engineer.
Experience in Sound Reinforcement Design and Installation
High Pointe Baptist Church. Austin, Tx.
Audio consultant on new building. Designed audio and video systems, power specifications and worked with church on acoustics, light design and various other specifications. Lead team of volunteers from the church in installing all technical systems, including 72 channel audio system, television ministry system and large screen projection system.
High Pointe Fellowship, Austin, Tx .
Designed update and installed for current audio and video systems.
Morning Star Community Church, Red Feather Lakes, CO.
Audio consultant and design on new building system. Lead team of volunteers on installation of sound system.
Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, Fort Collins, CO.
Audio consultant on sound system problems. Installed new equipment and provided training.
Good Shepherd Bible Church, Fort Collins, CO.
New sound system consult, design and install. Training for church sound crew.
Fort Collins City Church, Fort Collins, CO.
Old system upgrade, consult total auditorium remodel and upgrade design. Training. Audio Engineer.
Sugar Land Bible Church, Sugar Land, TX.
Audio engineer, new audio system consult and design. System upgrades and ongoing consultation and training.
Community Bible Church, Oklahoma City, OK
Audio engineer, system upgrade consult, design and install.
Fellowship Bible Church, The Woodlands, TX.
Audio engineer, new system install.
Spectrum Audio-Video, Oklahoma City, OK.
Theatrical installations, line array speakers; theatrical/multipurpose installation, line array speakers, 24-channel system, Colortran lighting system; Complete sound booth relocation; Construction/wiring, new recording studio suite; Control room, 2 studios and 2 isolation booths; 36 channel theatrical sound system installation, sound control devices; multiple room to whole house audio and video distribution systems; installation of Wurlitzer organs; equipment repair, design and manufacture.
Client and Talent List
Bands, Musicians and Organizations for which Jeff has provided sound reinforcement for:
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Dr Loco and the rocking Jalepeno Band |
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Room full of
Walters |
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Liz Barnez Band,
Fort Collins, CO |
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Mark Sloniker,
Fort Collins, CO |
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Cane Brake Run,
Fort Collins, CO |
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Irish Tenor |
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Our Mothers
Daughters, Loveland, CO |
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The Furies,
Denver, Colorado |
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Alfred Flores
& Zarabande, San Antonio, TX |
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Rumbullion,
Austin, TX |
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Mectapus, Ithaca,
NY |
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Mark McGrain &
Plunge, New Orleans, LA |
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Russell Gunn,
Atlanta, GA |
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Malachi, Austin,
TX |
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The Blues
Specialist, Austin, TX |
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The Bells of Joy,
Austin, TX |
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Texas Trumpets,
Austin, TX |
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Ephraim Owens
Quartet, Austin, TX |
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Karen Anderson,
Chicago, IL |
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Maryann Price,
Austin, TX |
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Natasha, Austin,
TX |
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Spot Barnett, San
Antonio, TX |
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Ervin Charles,
Beaumont, TX |
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Randy Garlbay, San
Antonio, TX |
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George Carver,
Austin, TX |
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Harvey Sid Fisher,
Los Angeles, CA |
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Pong, Austin, TX |
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Japanic, Houston,
TX |
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Adult Rodeo,
Austin, TX |
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Mary Gauthier,
Baton Rouge, LA |
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Kevin Gordon,
Nashville, TN |
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Phil Lee,
Nashville, TN |
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The Hangdogs, New
York, NY |
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Lukan, Nottinghan,
UK |
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Camaro Hair,
Portland, OR |
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Andreas & Jag,
Stockholm, Sweden |
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Reminder,
Stockholm, Sweden |
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Pineforest Crunch,
Stockholm, Sweden |
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Hotrod Moses,
Copenhagen, Denmark |
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On Trial,
Copenhagen, Denmark |
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The Tremolo Beer
Gut, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Superheroes,
Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Mew, Copenhagen,
Denmark |
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Revolution,
Austin, TX |
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Chris Mills |
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Jim & Jennie
and the Pinetops |
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Knife in the Water |
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Shannon Wright |
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Catherine Irwin |
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Imperial Golden
Crown Harmonizer |
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Kirk Whalum |
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Tiffany & the
Gospel Motions |
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Broken Vessels |
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Johnny Nicolas |
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The Gospel Stars |
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Virgil Shaw |
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Michael Ward |
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Chris Lee |
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Alex Woodard |
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Simon Townshend |
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High praise |
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Community Bible
Church |
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Fellowship Bible
Church |
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Fort Collins
Christian Center |
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Fort Collins City
Church |
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High Pointe
Baptist Church |
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The Lumberyard –
Summer Night Series |
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Nick’s Drum Studio |
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Master Peace |
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Praise in the
Rockies |
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Sugar Land Bible
Church |
