Frank Gryner - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I got my start in the music industry in the early 90s designing and wiring pro studios and location recording rigs for artists like Perry Farrell, Filter and John Paul Jones. For several years I worked as second engineer on records for Frank Black, Belinda Carlisle, Mike Watt and John Mayall. It was during this time when I also did extensive artist development for L.A.s Powder and future Grammy Award winning band, Train.
As an engineer and mixer, I joined forces with producer Scott Humphrey, and worked with acts like Rob Zombie, Powerman 5000, BT, The Crystal Method, A Perfect Circle, Tommy Lee, Static-X, Coal Chamber, The Dandy Warhols, 58 (NIKKI SIXX) and many others.
I have recently co-written and produced the latest releases for the Native American-fronted band, THE REMOVAL ACT, young prog-rockers, the SOULJOURNERS (74 minutes of fist-raising rock--can you handle it?) and JAGGER COOK. I'm very excited about an upcoming record from Vancouver-based band, THE TURN. Also--my co-producer in crime, STEVER has a new CD out now that is, well...pretty obnoxious sounding (in a good way!)
When I'm not making noise, I write for Recording Magazine...usually about my misadventures in the studio, if that's at all interesting to anyone out there.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/27/2005
Sounds Like: FRANK GRYNER: PARTIAL DISCOGRAPHY (STUFF I'VE WORKED ON): Drowning Pool feat. Rob Zombie "The Man Without Fear" A Perfect Circle "Mer De Noms" Rob Zombie "Hellbilly Deluxe", "The Sinister Urge", "American Music to Strip By", "More Human Than Human"(Ozzfest live), "House of 1000 Corpses" Soundtrack, The Crystal Method "Tweekend", BT "Never Gonna Come Back Down", "SuperFabulous", BT & The Roots "Tao of the Machine", Powerman 5000 "Tonight The Stars Revolt", Monster Magnet "Master of Light", Spineshank "The Height of Callousness", "Self Destructive Pattern", Coal Chamber "One Step", Scum of the Earth "Blah...Blah...", Andrew WK "I Get Wet", The Removal Act "The Removal Act", RPM "Irrational Anthem", Tommy Lee "Never a Dull Moment", Methods of Mayhem "Methods of Mayhem", The Dandy Warhols "Horse Pills", Frou Frou "Breathe", Fischerspooner "Emerge" radio mix, Emm Gryner "Science Fair", "Songs of Love and Death", Powder "Sonic Machine", Dropline "You Are Here", Closure "Closure", The Cult "Painted on My Heart", Taproot "Gift", etc. ________________________
Record Label: R.I.P.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Holding the Poverty Line: Affording the Recording

There's always been a huge gap between the rich and the poor in the music industry. The starving musician-turned rock star story is not only imbedded in us at birth, but it's also reinforced in ...
Posted by Frank Gryner on Fri, 09 May 2008 11:03:00 PST

Operation;Live Off The Floor

One of my favorite articles Frank did on recording a band Live Off The Floor; ...
Posted by Frank Gryner on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:19:00 PST

The Unsung Hero

This is an article Frank wrote in Recording Magazine on recording vocals; ...
Posted by Frank Gryner on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:46:00 PST

Withstanding Ovations

Found this article Frank wrote on recording the Ovation guitar in Recording Magazine. Most people shy away from it. ...
Posted by Frank Gryner on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:43:00 PST

Cd is done; Now what?

This is an interesting article I found in Frank's magazine stack from Recording Magazine dealing with what artists should do with their cds upon completion; ...
Posted by Frank Gryner on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:35:00 PST

Class Dismissed

Another one of Frank's articles in Recording Magazine; ...
Posted by Frank Gryner on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:10:00 PST

Sonic Dishonesty

Here's another article Frank wrote that I found in Recording Magazine; ...
Posted by Frank Gryner on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:03:00 PST

Speaking of Compression

I decided to take pity on Frank's myspace. He's very busy and hasn't been able to update it even though he's written a ton of interesting articles. I thought I would upload them for him and snaz thin...
Posted by Frank Gryner on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:56:00 PST

SONG PRODUCTION (AS PUBLISHED IN RECORDING MAGAZINE MAY 2006)

SONG PRODUCTION PART 1: PREPARING YOUR MUSIC FOR THE OUTSIDE WORLD (AS PUBLISHED IN RECORDING MAGAZINE MAY 2006) BY FRANK GRYNER Unfortunately, the last t...
Posted by Frank Gryner on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:43:00 PST

THE REMOVAL ACT

Here's some info on the project "The Removal Act"... The Indian Removal Act of 1830 def: United States legislation that authorized President Andrew Jackson to transfer Eastern Indian tribes to ...
Posted by Frank Gryner on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 11:27:00 PST