Fred Jacobson has 35 years experience in the entertainment industry. He originated as a performer, which eventually evolved into the production field as assistant stage manager at ALPINE VALLEY (a 25,000 person concert venue in Wisconsin). This gave him the opportunity to work with legendary greats, such as, FLEETWOOD MAC, JOURNEY, ZZ TOP, MARSHALL TUCKER, RUSH, HANK WILLIAMS Jr, Doobie Brothers and many more. After 10 years with major and independent labels, he had assisted in earning 27 GOLD and PLATINUM awards at the branches for the record companies he worked for.

 

In the Gospel music arena, Fred received a STELLAR AWARD and GRAMMY AWARD nomination for his live sound engineering on the TOP TEN charting CD “GOD IS GREAT” by JAMES BIGNON. The Atlanta Premier Production staff worked on the last live recorded CD by Bishop Paul S Morton entitled THE BEST DAYS YET. In Fred’s past he has worked for record labels such as Polydor, Capitol. Polygram Distribution and Bang. Since then he has mixed live concerts and events all over the country in clubs, concert halls and stadiums. He establixhed The Sound Symposium to teach and reach out to sound people all across the country

 

Fred has owned FSJ & Associates, an international production, event management, and marketing company. He has proven to be a major powerhouse in the production industry. He was asked by the President of The Gambia, West Africa, to coordinate their first state of the art recording studio, ONE WORLD STUDIOS and an 80,000 person concert stadium. From Africa to the U.S. Fred builds, designs and records various national Gospel and R&B artists. Fred is now currently mixing at many Mega Church Ministries live and in the studio.