Music, Technology and Writing Spun into Gold (and Platinum) with
David Frangioni
Published on October 1, 2019
Dr. Chris Stout Influencer
David Frangioni is quite the polymath—as he is an entrepreneur, award-winning veteran of the
music industry, technologist, producer, engineer, author, and perhaps most fundamentally, a
drummer. He is the Founder of Audio One and CEO of Frangioni Media and All Access IDA
(Inspire and Develop Artists).
He has dedicated his life to designing and building world-class studios, production facilities, and
innovative music technology solutions in order to produce music and develop artists, and just
recently he became the publisher of Modern Drummer Magazine.
David is the recipient of dozens of gold and platinum albums with credits that include the Rolling
Stones, Ringo Starr, Elton John, Sting, Bryan Adams, Kiss, Journey, Styx, Shakira, Rascal Flatts,
Cher, Phil Collins, Pat Metheny, Ozzy Osbourne, and Chick Corea to name only a few.
He was the chief technologist for Aerosmith for over a decade, and gained worldwide notoriety as
the technologist for Ozzy Osbourne after having built two studios and multiple home automation
systems for the rock legend, and also appeared in multiple episodes of the hit MTV show "The
Osbournes."
As a philanthropist, he served as a Board Member and Musical Director for the Little Dreams
Foundation with Phil Collins. He has also participated in Musicians on Call, worked with the Irie
Foundation, and established the Frangioni Foundation—a non-profit which David established that
helps children in need through faith, music, mentoring and, of course, drumming.
David overcame eye cancer as a young boy,
leaving him with one eye. Music and
drumming became a way to grow into
adolescence and was formative to playing
gigs around Boston at the age of 12, and at
16, starting a consulting business.
In the mid-1990s, he founded Audio One
and in the show describes some of the
projects he’s taken on as well as new
technologies are on the horizon. All Access
IDA has worked with a deep bench of artists
and musicians that are the result of David’s
coaching and development.
David also has literary chops as evidenced by
having
written three
bestsellers,
including Clint Eastwood: Icon: The Essential Film Art Collection: Revised and Expanded
Edition and Crash: The World's Greatest Drum Kits From Appice To Peart To Van Halen.
So for the Icon book, it features
rare photography and neverbefore-seen content based on his
collection of film art and
material representing Clint
Eastwood’s career. He discusses
how he goes about selecting and
acquiring pieces for the
collection, which has more than
10,000 pieces at this point.
Crash, it has been described as
“…the definitive illustrated
history of the drum kits of rock
’n’ roll legends and the ultimate
photographic guide to the world
of rock ’n’ roll’s most famous
drum kits. Featuring images
from live concerts, outdoor
festivals, and private
recording sessions, this
spectacular volume captures
the personal connection
between artist and
instrument.”
I have to say, it is beautiful
and the research and writing
is amazing. He goes deep in
noting the makes and models
of each kit, a commentary
about the history of the kit,
its special characteristics, as
well as its significance to rock
history. It’s great to get the
backstories and the histories, and even see the “back then” and current shots of the musicians.
Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer authored the Foreword and Eric Singer of Kiss wrote
the Afterword.
David lives his life in full in by creatively blending technical innovation in music elegantly with
photography, art and writing. He’s an inspiring and generous humanitarian we can all learn from.
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