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Howdy!! Thanks for stopping by!

My name is Craig Wilson and I sing and play music in the Cincinnati area. I also dabble in the recording arts and I still travel a bit. I work as a keyboardist, vocalist, technical support guy, and I do a whole lot of audio production. Whew! Well it's better than getting a "day job"!!


I'm very excited to be back with my long-time friends, Jay Hutton and Brad Dunn and The Sigmund Freud Band!! We'll be playing eclectic pop and providing musical therapy every weekend!
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I have a lot of photos on www.myspace/wilsonics
LOOK FOR THE "PICS" LINK AT THE TOP LEFT OF THE PAGE UNDER MY PICTURE!!
myspace/wilsonics
NEWS

On April 28, 2008 I joined BMI, which is a performing rights society. I have been writing my own music for quite some time and working with other songwriters too. I hope to be able to start releasing my songs immediately. I am actively seeking representation and promotion to help me get my material out there.

The biggest reason for me jumping into this new and exciting direction is quite simply this -- I wrote a song a few weeks ago that is about my best friend in the world. I believe that this song can touch a lot of people and I would like to share it with as many people as possible. I have performed this song live a few times and even on a live webcast and the song is getting very good reviews. I have recorded a ruff demo and I am working very hard to get a finished release version ready. Please stay tuned and let me know what you think.

Thank you sincerely,
Craig Wilson


MORE NEWS


My Brother Chris and His Team Recieve Bud Light Salute!

My brother Chris is now officially a "Real Man of Genius"!! Bud Light Salutes "Mr T-shirt Launcher Inventor"
Click Here to Listen

A few years ago, my brother and his team designed the T-shirt launcher that won first place in the Java 1 contest. You have to see it to believe it! Click Here to see the Didactic Whoosh in action

Congratulations Team Didactic Whoosh!!


My Baby Grand's been good to me! PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Please come on out and see me sometime!

EVERY
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
7pm-11pm at
Waterfront Restaurant Covington, KY
(859) 581-1414 for reservations or directions

Tuesdays - Piano Solo
Wednesdays - Special Guest Rick Kinman!
Thursdays - Special Guest Cybele!


FRIDAYS
8pm-12mid
The White House (Westchester, OH)
8pm-12mid with Jay Hutton, Brad Dunn and
The Sigmund Freud Band!

SATURDAYS
Mesh Restaurant - West Chester
8pm-12mid with
Sigmund Freud Band

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JeffRuby_Waterfront.png Jeff Ruby Bests Even
New York City Steakhouses!

I've told you how great that I think the Waterfront's food and service is. I've said that I thought it was on par with the best that I've seen in the world that I've travelled. So it is very reassuring to see that the 2007 edition of Zagat Survey rates Jeff Ruby Steakhouses HIGHER than any steakhouse in all of New York City!! If we can make it here...
here's the link

Congratulations to Jeff Ruby and the incredible staff and management of the Waterfront and Southbeach grill. It is an honor and a priveledge to work with such a fine establishment. Now, can I get a "Southbeach Blue" and a nine-ounce filet med-rare?!".


"HOW SOON IS NOW!?"
Back in the 1980's...
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here's a track that I did the vocals and music sequence for...
click to listen Smiths_HowSoonIsNow
_VocalsAndSequenceByCraigWilson

My best friend in the whole world

My beloved Bailey Dog
My beloved Bailey Dog is a big ol' cuddle baby!!

I've often been asked what kind of dog Bailey is. He's a rescue dog, so I may never know exactly what he is or where he came from. All I know is that I found him in Boone County's Animal Shelter and that he picked me!!

Owning a dog is a responsibility. Getting the right kind of dog for your lifestyle is very important. A lot of people go out and buy a puppy. Then things get messy as the puppy grows up. And dogs like Bailey end up in the shelter (or worse). People need to know what happens if a dog ends up in the shelter and no one claims or adopts adopts them. Please take your time and talk to folks like you'll find at Boone County Animal Shelter and get advice. Talk to obedience trainers at your local Pet Supply Stores like PetSmart. Please do a good thing and adopt - don't buy. You'll be amazed what kind of wonderful dogs end up in the pound and perhaps, like me, you'll wonder how such a beautiful creature could ever end up there.

I wrote a song for my best friend Bailey, I hope you like it!

My Dog by Craig Wilson Copyright 2008

Craig Wilson-Howdy! Craig Wilson - Entertainer/Audio Engineer
Keyboards, Vocals, Audio Production, and just plain nice guy!
(updated 01 May 2008)
For Booking information please call 859-750-4984 or email
craig@wilsonics.com
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NEW VIDEO CLIP!!
Sigmund Freud Band Live at Mesh

click here to play video clip of
Sigmund Freud Band Live at Mesh 12 April 2008

click here to open video clip of
Sigmund Freud Band Live at Mesh 29 March 2008

Sigmund has been playing at Mesh
for the last few Saturdays (8pm-12mid).
Great contemporary cuisine,
Jazzy rhythm and blues early in the evening and
morphing into to funky disco and dance favorites
as the party heats up!
AND lots of energetic - pretty people!!
Let's go check out Mesh.
meshretaurant.com



click here to open video clip of
MidnightSpecialLive_20060903_PutInBay_OH_BeerBarrel.wmv

In the early 1980's I was in Bahrain (a Persian Gulf Island) performing at a 5-star hotel whilst Iran was bombing tankers about 100 miles away. Anyway, CNN used my band to open one of thier reports...
ThreesCompany
Craig, Alana, Rufus - Three's Company
click here to open CNN video clip
click here to open video clip of
"Three's Company Band", Bahrain at Gulf Hotel 1983


Jessica - Craig - Kara
Backstage at Madison Theater - NOCTALUCA SHOW!

I did a live audio recording of a fabulous new band "Noctaluca" for their upcoming DVD.
We recorded live at the Madison Theater in Covington, KY
and the staff and management were awesome! Here's a Video clip of Control Freak.
Noctaluca live at Madison Theater
noctaluca.com


Craig Wilson Live in Put-In-Bay 2006!
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I did vocals and keyboards, engineering and roady duties with Midnight Special not so long ago. If you love the 70's, bands like Boston, Journey, Queen, Styx, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan etc., then click here and give my old band a listen!
MidnightSpecialLive-with Craig Wilson on keyboards and backing vocals

SO WHAT DO I DO ANYWAY!?

I play all kinds of music. I call what I do "eclectic pop", and to me, that means songs that you probably know and sing-a-long with like Sinatra, Bennett, Dean Martin, Billy Joel, Elton John, James Taylor, John Mayer, Journey etc...

I even do a few songs in Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. I love variety!

Do you have a request? I might know it!


I also do audio engineering and technical support for the entertainment arts. This includes programming synthesizers, writing technical articles and mostly helping artists not have to worry about all the high-tech gobble-de-gook so that the artist can concentrate on making great art!

I have done musician and engineering duties for R and B legend, Kenny Smith. I have worked as engineer for the gifted vocalist/percussionist/songwriter, Emmy nominated Patsy Meyer (Peabo Bryson, Patty Austin, Lamb and Meyer).

I have done work for The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, The Moscow Circus, Brady Seals and Little Texas, La Comedia Dinner Theatre, as well as countless others. I did archival and restoration of reel to reel tape (over 1000 reels so far) containing music beds for "As The World Turns", "Days of Our Lives", "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" and many other national shows. Some of this material was from Emmy Award Winning Composer/Producer John Henry and Worldwide Music Services in Hollywood.

I offer a transcription/archival/restoration service for reel tapes and even 4-track cassettes. Rates vary, call for a quote. If you have music stored on tape, I have some strong advice for you. DO NOT try to play it unless the tapes have been properly tested and restored. I offer this service at a very cost-effective rate. If tapes are not properly prepared, odds are the tape will be permanantly damaged and the playback device will need servicing!!! The reason is simply this -- the metal oxide in older tape is held to the mylar tape by a "binder" (glue). This binder, with age and humidity, gets sticky. When the tape moves across the parts of the playback device, the oxide and binder come off the tape. The metal oxide is your music! I have thousands of hours of restoration experience of very valuable audio libraries.
Call me. 859-750-4984

Other services include: Mobile Recording (includes engineer, setup etc.)
Music creation (Authoring)
Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Vocals
Mixing, Mastering, transcription, reformatting
Onsite Recording available (some restrictions apply!)

Some of the gear I use:
Hammond Organ/Leslie
Keybords by Korg, Yamaha, Roland, Moog, Arp
Alesis HDR24 track 24 bit mobile recorder
2(!) Soundscape/SSL 32 track recorders
Sonar 7 Producer, Adobe Audition, Protools,
Reason, Diminsion Pro, NI FM7 and FM8, and so on...
Mics, mics, and more mics!!!
BIG mixers, little mixers, very nice mic pre's and...
A 2 person jetted bath with integrated mood enhancing LED lighting!!

There are so many things that I want to tell you, and I hope that you want to hear.
Thanks for the times that we've had!
Sincerely,

Craig Wilson
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