Stage Name Pookie Jay
History
Born in Louisville Ky. 1972. The youngest of nine siblings, this west end native was born with the love of music. Growing up in a family with older siblings that listened and played music daily it was hard not to love it or be involved with it. In 1987 I started my music exploration by playing music for different house parties and other social functions locally. Hip Hop music hit hard in the 80’s and so did my love for it. I started a rap group called the Devastation Crew in 1988 and made beats with a Casio keyboard that was giving as a gift. In 1990 I graduated from High School and signed with a local group called OvaDose. Working with this group provided me the first taste of what it is like to work in the big studios. While working with this new group I went to school for an Associates Degree in electronic engineering. Although the group wasn’t successful, I gained a lot of recording and mixing experience. In 1992 I graduated with a degree and with two of the five members from the former group, formed a new group called Darkside. Darkside performed and opened for several concerts headlined by The Two Live Crew. An A&R/ executive producer for Luke Skywalker Records showed extreme interest for signing Darkside to the label but proper budget expenses couldn’t be negotiated between the label and management. In 1996 Darkside dis-banded and I began producing and engineering for several different artist and studios locally.



Equipment Experience Samplers: Akai MPC60, 60II 2000xl, 3000 S900 S2800
Ensoniq ASR10, ASRX
Roland MV-8000
Drum Machines: Alesis HR16, 16B
Boss DR, Roland TR808, TR707, R8, R70
Keyboards: Roland XP-50, XP80, Phantom, Phantom S-88
Ensonic EPS, ASR-10, Yamaha EX-7, Korg Triton, Trinity
Kurzweil K2600
Recorders: Tascam 424, Pro 32, Roland VS1680, 2480
Cakewalk Pro audio 9, Protools Le Mbox, Digi 002,TDM HD



Publishing Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) Nashville, TN.