I think my parents made that choice :-)

I perform at various venues and events throughout the Pacific Northwest, including Victoria, Vancouver Island, Greater Vancouver, Seattle, and all points in between!!

The internet has given me the opportunity to be heard in so many places I couldn't possibly get to.

Hmmmm.....

I've been a songwriter since 1969, performing in local coffeehouses, festivals, and special events while continuing to work and raise
a family. I was born and raised in the lower mainland of Vancouver, but
I've made Victoria British Columbia, Canada my home since 1983.

I've also written theme music for a number of television series’, including
the internationally syndicated home repair show “Home Check With Shell
Busey”, the SpeedVision series “Canadian Biker Television”, the Global series "Doggin' It" and the television news theme package for CH News Victoria.

I'm also well established as a guitar teacher on Vancouver Island and run the occasional
songwriting workshop, as well as maintaining a webpage for songwriters on
the internet at http://www.irenejackson.com.

I presently have 4 releases, 3 of which are still available for order from my website, and I'm working on a whole slate of new tunes....

The folk/pop idols of the 70's...Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Carole King...and the contemporary sounds of Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kim Richey and the Indigo Girls.

Toss up between Victoria, where I now live, and Vancouver, where I grew up.

I'm not electronica or techno, but I compose straight into Cool Edit Pro using a Delta 1010lt 24-bit soundcard, a Mackie CR1604-VLZ board, dbx compressor/gate, Lexicon MPX100 processor, with Audio Technica, Shure SM58 and AKG C1000s mics, and a lot of creative imagination :-)

Check out Moonstone Productions where you'll find samples of Irene's television work.