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ROSEMARY E. HASKINS

rosemaryrocks@gmail.com

 Nashville, Tennessee 

Cell Phone (615) 594-4040

http://www.waterworksentertainment.com

http://www.rosemaryrocks.com

 

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SUMMARY

Diligent, self-starting professional with a diversified background in management, technology, and sales in the music industry . Reliable and detail-oriented and have successfully managed administrative responsibilities for business leaders, venues, artists and entertainers.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Engineer/Publisher/Producer/Artist Services - WaterWorks Entertainment 2007 - Present,

Owner

Business management, engineering, production, publishing, film/TV composition, administrative duties, tour booking, advertising, sales, social media marketing , website creation and maintenance; all of the things that go with running and operating a recording studio, production house and publishing company, including technical aspects and administrative tasks.

“Devoted to the Art of Indie!”

For equipment used, email wwepublishing@gmail.com

www.waterworksentertainment.com.  

For a list of credits, visit https://rosemaryrocks.wixsite.com/rosemarycredits

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Head Engineer/Venue & Production Manager – Central Park Livingston                   2017 – Present

Event planning, booking, marketing, audio engineering, website creation and maintenance, social media for Central Park Livingston, the city of Livingston’s outdoor music venue. Employed and managed by Mayor Curtis Hayes of Livingston, TN as a self-contractor through my company, WaterWorks Entertainment.

For equipment used, email wwepublishing@gmail.com

Website(s): www.centralparklivingston.com and www.liveinlivingstonTN.com

 

Engineer/ Sound Manager - East Centric Pavilion (Music Venue, Nashville)      2014 – 2015

Head sound engineer for live shows. All technical aspects. Booking artists and taking care of their needs both on and off stage. Venue design, art, and finishings. Promotion online and offline, including flyer designs, html banners, FaceBook ads, and entry into venue databases. 

 

Stage Hand, Guitar Tech, and Down Rigger - Crew 1 Productions                          2007 -2009

(Part-time, on call on an as needed basis)

Assembly of video, lighting and sound equipment for large arena size concerts and conferences. 

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Internship at CMT, a division of MTV Networks                                                                 2007

Post audio production (engineer)

Video and audio syncing, sound effects, musical direction. Equipment used- Digidesign’s control 24 console, Pro Tools, Sound Miner, Pump Audio, Music Source and routing matrixes. First female ever to work in the post-audio department at the CMT Nashville Location.

 

Public Relations/ Advising Assistant- Black Label Empire Records                       2002 - 2007

Black Label Empire, Nashville, TN (still associated)

Assisted with engineering, production, PR, booking, talent scout (bringing artists to the label), networking, and web maintenance.

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ARTIST/WRITER/COMPOSER DISCOGRAPHY

 

2022 – Waked Lunch – Beyond Worlds- all songs composed, produced, engineered, and published by Rosemary Haskins as Waked Lunch at WaterWorks Entertainment Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. Released October 25, 2022. *instrumental album

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2022 – Waked Lunch – Steel Mills & Dirty Windshields- all songs composed, produced, engineered, and published by Rosemary Haskins as Waked Lunch at WaterWorks Entertainment Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. Releases August, 23, 2022. *instrumental album

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2022 – Waked Lunch – Silos & Halos- all songs composed, produced, engineered, and published by Rosemary Haskins as Waked Lunch at WaterWorks Entertainment Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. Releases June 21, 2022. *instrumental album

 

2022 – Waked Lunch – Retro-Go-Go! - all songs composed, produced, engineered, and published by Rosemary Haskins as Waked Lunch at WaterWorks Entertainment Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. Released April, 20, 2022. *instrumental album

 

2022 – Waked Lunch – Soundtrack to documentary tentatively titled, “And Now What?” - – all songs composed, produced, engineered, performed, and published by Rosemary Haskins as Waked Lunch at WaterWorks Entertainment Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. *instrumental album

 

2015 – Present – Waked Lunch/Rosemary Haskins – Since 2015, I have been composing pieces for various commercial projects. I have done a regional radio jingle, composed music for several podcast producers, content creators, performance artists, ringtones, music on holds, loop and beat creation and production, and various other freelance projects through my company, WaterWorks Entertainment. Most recently, I have been working on music for two different documentaries, one of which is in the final stages of production. Due to the amount of material I have composed over the last 5 years, I am tentatively planning on releasing 4 new Waked Lunch albums this year. Much of this material can be found and heard at:

http://wakedlunch.com

 

2013 – Waked Lunch - Trapped (Music from and inspired by the Original Motion Picture)  – all songs composed, produced, engineered, performed, and published by Rosemary Haskins as Waked Lunch at WaterWorks Entertainment Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. *instrumental album

 

2012 – Waked Lunch - Sol-i-s (Music from the Original Motion Picture) – all songs composed, produced, engineered, performed, and published by Rosemary Haskins as Waked Lunch at WaterWorks Entertainment Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. *instrumental album

 

2011 – Waked Lunch - F.R.A.N.K. – all songs all songs composed, produced, engineered, performed, and published by Rosemary Haskins as Waked Lunch at WaterWorks Entertainment Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. *instrumental album

 

2010 – Various Artists - WWE Sampler Vol. 2 - Compilation featuring various artists that were produced, engineered, and in some cases written and published by Rosemary Haskins (Patrick Himes is also featured as an engineer and producer on some tracks) for WaterWorks Entertainment at WaterWorks Entertainment Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. 

 

2009 – Waked Lunch - In Progress… - all songs all songs composed, produced, engineered, performed, and published by Rosemary Haskins as Waked Lunch at WaterWorks Entertainment Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. *instrumental album

 

2009 – ROSEMARY – Presents: Sni/pets – all songs composed, produced, engineered, performed, and published by Rosemary Haskins. Crystal Armentrout appears as a guitar player and assistant engineer on the track entitled “Elysian Extended.” *This album marks Rosemary’s first instrumental album. *Instrumental album

 

2008 – Various Artists - WWE Sampler, Vol. 1 – Compilation featuring various artists that were produced, engineered, and in some cases written and published by Rosemary Haskins (Patrick Himes is also featured as an engineer and producer on some tracks) for WaterWorks Entertainment at WaterWorks Entertainment Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.

 

2008 – e-banditos - the T.P. Sessions – all songs composed, produced, and engineered by Brian Greaney and Rosemary Haskins. All lyrics by Rosemary Haskins.

 

2006/2004 – ROSEMARY – The Fabulous Life Of… - all songs written by Rosemary Haskins. Produced and Engineered by Rosemary Haskins and Patrick Himes at Black Label Empire Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, Team Evil Studios in Dayton, Ohio, and WaterWorks Entertainment Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Original release date via Black Label Empire Records on December 7, 2004.

 

2004 – ROSEMARY – The Floater [single, w/ 3 songs] - all songs written by Rosemary Haskins. Produced and Engineered by Rosemary Haskins and Patrick Himes at Black Label Empire Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, Team Evil Studios in Dayton, Ohio, and WaterWorks Entertainment Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Original release date via Black Label Empire Records on February 3, 2004.

 

*In addition to these titles, I have also written, performed, engineered, and produced songs on several other albums by various artists and bands. I have also been involved in various film/TV projects, a few of which can be found via IMDB at:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3139809/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

 

RELEVANT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

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Technical

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  • Pro Tools expertise, Digidesign Pro Tools Certified

  • Record production (50+ albums, 100’s of projects)

  • Studio session experience

  • Live engineering and recording experience

  • Field recording experience

  • Audio post-production

  • Selecting equipment

  • Microphone usage

  • Sound Editing

  • Sound design

  • Managing sound quality

  • Audio editing and synthesis

  • Track backups

  • Audio Mixers

  • Equipment testing

  • Audio signal processing

  • Analog Tape Editing and Recording

  • HDR recording

  • Familiarity with most DAWS: Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Avid, Cubase, Reason, Garageband, Wave Lab, Nuendo, Ableton, Sound Miner, Pump Audio, the Music Source, Davinci Resolve, some use of Black Magic, some experience with Final Cut Pro & iMovie, some experience with MainStage, and various other audio and video software and applications

  • Control console operation: Analog and digital recording console experience (Mackie 1604, 8bus, dxb, Digi Design Control 24, Neve V3 and 88R, SSL4000E, Topaz 32x8, Allen and Heath Mark VIII, Allen and Heath Qu-32, various other consoles used at random venues and studios)

  • Experience in both PC and Mac platforms

  • Basic knowledge in electronics and soldering

  • Midi Experience

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Songwriting/Composition/Performance Skills

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  • Multi-instrumentalist and Vocalist - primary instruments are guitar, bass, synthesizers, percussion and midi-based instruments and controllers, solid beat making and programming skills, solid loop and stem editing skills. I also did a year of African hand drum lessons in college and enjoy playing around with various world instruments.

  • Arranging music

  • Harmony knowledge

  • Mentoring artists

  • Producing shows

  • Self-critiquing skills

 

Administrative

 

  • Advanced typing skills and knowledge of word processing platforms across multiple operating systems

  • Ability to work with multi-line phone systems

  • Thorough knowledge of internet navigation, online communications, social media platforms, etc.

 

Web Design

  • Advanced skills in html 

  • Website creation and maintenance

  • Wix and various other online web building companies

  • GoDaddy

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Creative Design

  • Adobe applications

  • Microsoft Office Suite

  • Dreamweaver

  • Flash

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Marketing/Social Media

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  • Marketing skills, including experience with both print and online advertising, running social media campaigns, placing radio ads, billboards, advertising content design

  • Film and sync licensing negotiations and deals

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Event Planning

  • Highly organized

  • End to end project management

  • Managing and promoting artists

  • Booking

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EDUCATION

 

Nashville School of Law         

2020-2021                                                                                                                    

First year of law school completed.

Received the Thomson Reuters Essential Legal Research Certification (No expiration date)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Kaplan University                         

2014                                                                                                                 

120 hours towards Affiliate Broker Education / Completion of TREC

requirements – Certified Realtor                                                                                                                                                          

 

SAE Institute (Nashville), formerly School of Audio Engineering  

2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Completed a 2-year program as a 9-month full-time intensive.

 

  • Received Digidesign ProTools Certification (no expiration date)

  • Member of Audio Engineering Society

  • Secretary of the Audio Engineering Society at SAE Institute

  • Member of Society of Broadcast Engineers

  • Class Representative of SAE Institute

  • One of two students chosen for session work with Steve Albini and later with Bob Bullock.

  • Chosen for one of the most highly sought-after internships in the country at that time at CMT, a division of ViacomCBS.

 

University of Tennessee, BA - Religious Studies Major              

2006                                  

Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies with an emphasis in religion and music in popular culture

 

  • Dean's List every year, graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 3.96 GPA from UTK.

  • Member of Golden Key Honor Society

  • Member of Phi Sigma Theta Honor Society

  • Student representative for the Religious Studies Department

  • Member of the Dean's SESAC committee

  • Who’s Who of America member freshman year of high school through senior year of college

 

Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music                                                             

1996-1999

Performed with Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music's Youth Orchestra as a concert percussionist and drummer under the direction of Sally McFadden.

 

  • Awarded first chair for my final two years with the orchestra

 

*During this time, I also played in both the Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School and Hume Fogg Academic Magnet High School's concert bands and orchestras, often as first chair. I also played drums and guitar in the Jazz Band and guitar and vocals in the Pop Ensemble during my time attending Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School. I started my first rock band during this time period and began playing shows in venues in the Nashville area at the age of 15.

 

AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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Pro Tools Certified (no expiration date)

Thomson Reuters Essential Legal Research Certification (No expiration date)

Member of AES (Audio Engineering Society)

Secretary of AES at SAE Nashville (06)

Successfully passed the National and Tennessee Affiliate Broker Exam(s)

Former Member of Greater Nashville Area Realtors

Former Member of Tennessee Association of Realtors

Summa Cum Laude (3.97 GPA)

Class Representative of SAE Nashville

Golden Key Honour Society member

Phi Sigma Theta Honour Society member

Religious Studies  Department Representative for University of Tennessee

Member of Dean’s SESAC committee 

Who’s Who of America member freshman year of high school through senior year of college  

 

*References Available upon request

 

EXPERIENCE

  • 20+ years of experience in the music industry

  • 15+ years of audio engineering/production experience (both live sound and studio album recordings)

  • 10+ years of booking and scheduling tours, as a performer and as an agent

  • 5+ years of touring experience, as a performer

  • 5+ years of DJ experience in both private and public venue events

 

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ROSEMARY HASKINS

WaterWorks Entertainment

615-594-4040 / rosemaryrocks@gmail.com

www.waterworksentertainment.com

www.rosemaryrocks.com

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