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David Frank (musician)

March 19, 2023

David Martin Frank (born November 13, 1957) is an American music producer, composer, classically trained pianist, and founding member of the 1980s R&B group the System.[1] Yamaha Music calls him "the founding father of electronic R&B."[2]

David Frank
Frank in 2020
Background information
Birth nameDavid Martin Frank
Born (1957-11-13) November 13, 1957 (age 65)
Occupation(s)Synthesist, pianist, music producer, programmer, songwriter
Years activeEarly 1980s–present
Websitedavidfrankmusic.com

Early life and education

Frank grew up in the Boston suburb of Weston, Massachusetts and played classical piano at a recital level from a young age. By fifth grade he had won his first composing competition. In high school, Frank played in rock bands hired for dances and competed, often successfully, in talent shows and battle of the band contests. He attributes his fluency with soul and R&B music to an early encounter he had with a singer he met at one such contest.[citation needed] The singer was later incorporated as a member of his band. His studies continued throughout his youth as a student at the New England Conservatory and later at the Berklee College of Music. While at New England Conservatory, an instructor brought in a copy of Wendy Carlos' groundbreaking album Switched-On Bach. Frank had already been experimenting with getting electric guitar sounds out of his Farfisa organ, and was inspired by this encounter to continue pursuing electronic musical directions.[citation needed]

Career

Upon graduating from Berklee, David began playing in bands around the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The bass player in one of such bands exposed him to an ARP Odyssey synthesizer for David to play. The new sounds intrigued him so much that, borrowing the money from his dad, he bought one for himself the next day. Meanwhile, Frank worked as a wedding musician.[citation needed]

The System

In 1981, while he was working in New York City, Frank was called in to do a session for a local studio owner who suggested that he use the time to create a dance song. Frank initially wanted to use his upstairs neighbor and bandmate, a pre-stardom Madonna. Instead he called up another singer, Mic Murphy, whom he knew while working as a tour keyboardist with Kleeer. A marathon recording session resulted in "In Times of Passion."[citation needed] The next day, the System was signed to Mirage Records which was a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. "In Times of Passion" became both a radio and club hit in New York. The interest sparked enough interest for Mirage to give David and Mic an advance for an album. The album, Sweat, launched club hits "Sweat," "I Won't Let Go" and the iconic "You Are In My System". Robert Palmer's cover of the song became a mainstream rock hit. As keyboard synthesist and arranger David helped out on hit recordings that defined the sound of that era with Chaka Khan's "I Feel For You", Phil Collins' "Sussudio,"[3] and Mtume's "Juicy Fruit." He worked with Arif Mardin on three songs on Scritti Politti's album Cupid & Psyche 85 and with Russ Titelman on Steve Winwood's album Back in the High Life arranging the live horns on the album as well as the synth horns on the #1 hit "Higher Love". And lastly he was recognized for the System's #1 hit "Don't Disturb This Groove" in which Frank firmly established his prowess as a bass-groove synthesizer innovator and master.[citation needed] Frank and Murphy produced tracks on albums for artists including Ashford and Simpson, Phillip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire, Jeff Lorber, Angela Bofill and Nona Hendrix.

Move to Los Angeles

In the early 1990s, Frank moved to Los Angeles where he opened his own recording studio called Canyon Reverb. One of the first artists he worked with in LA was RCA recording artist Omar on his albums For Pleasure and This is Not a Love Song. In 2012 Omar was awarded an MBE award for service to music by Queen Elizabeth of England. David became actively involved in the creative scene in Los Angeles. Through his publisher, Frank met songwriter Steve Kipner, and through friends he met New Zealand songwriter Pam Sheyne. Together they went on to generate several hit songs (Dream's "He Loves U Not", "This Is Me", 98 Degrees' "The Hardest Thing", O-Town's "These Are the Days" as well as Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle"). "Genie" won him an Ivor Novello Award for international hit of the year.

Currently, Frank is signed as a songwriter to Universal Music Publishing Group and works with songwriters in Los Angeles, New York, and London. Recently, he worked on French pop artist Christine and the Queens' album Chris doing keyboards, piano synth bass and synthesizer. He also arranged horns on Michael McDonald's most recent album Wide Open as well as being a writer on "Crying in the Club" by Camila Cabello.[citation needed]

Discography

Frank is a credited contributor as either a producer, songwriter, or musician on the following songs or albums:[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hogan, Ed. "David Frank - Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. ^ [1] 2009-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Phil Collins (2016). Not Dead Yet. London, England: Century Books. p. 219. ISBN 978-1-780-89513-0.

External links

  • Official website  
  • David Frank 2012 Audio Interview at Soulinterviews.com
  • AllMusic entry

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discuss further on the talk page July 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message David Martin Frank born November 13 1957 is an American music producer composer classically trained pianist and founding member of the 1980s R amp B group the System 1 Yamaha Music calls him the founding father of electronic R amp B 2 David FrankFrank in 2020Background informationBirth nameDavid Martin FrankBorn 1957 11 13 November 13 1957 age 65 Occupation s Synthesist pianist music producer programmer songwriterYears activeEarly 1980s presentWebsitedavidfrankmusic wbr com Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 The System 2 2 Move to Los Angeles 3 Discography 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksEarly life and education EditFrank grew up in the Boston suburb of Weston Massachusetts and played classical piano at a recital level from a young age By fifth grade he had won his first composing competition In high school Frank played in rock bands hired for dances and competed often successfully in talent shows and battle of the band contests He attributes his fluency with soul and R amp B music to an early encounter he had with a singer he met at one such contest citation needed The singer was later incorporated as a member of his band His studies continued throughout his youth as a student at the New England Conservatory and later at the Berklee College of Music While at New England Conservatory an instructor brought in a copy of Wendy Carlos groundbreaking album Switched On Bach Frank had already been experimenting with getting electric guitar sounds out of his Farfisa organ and was inspired by this encounter to continue pursuing electronic musical directions citation needed Career EditUpon graduating from Berklee David began playing in bands around the Greater Boston metropolitan area The bass player in one of such bands exposed him to an ARP Odyssey synthesizer for David to play The new sounds intrigued him so much that borrowing the money from his dad he bought one for himself the next day Meanwhile Frank worked as a wedding musician citation needed The System Edit In 1981 while he was working in New York City Frank was called in to do a session for a local studio owner who suggested that he use the time to create a dance song Frank initially wanted to use his upstairs neighbor and bandmate a pre stardom Madonna Instead he called up another singer Mic Murphy whom he knew while working as a tour keyboardist with Kleeer A marathon recording session resulted in In Times of Passion citation needed The next day the System was signed to Mirage Records which was a subsidiary of Atlantic Records In Times of Passion became both a radio and club hit in New York The interest sparked enough interest for Mirage to give David and Mic an advance for an album The album Sweat launched club hits Sweat I Won t Let Go and the iconic You Are In My System Robert Palmer s cover of the song became a mainstream rock hit As keyboard synthesist and arranger David helped out on hit recordings that defined the sound of that era with Chaka Khan s I Feel For You Phil Collins Sussudio 3 and Mtume s Juicy Fruit He worked with Arif Mardin on three songs on Scritti Politti s album Cupid amp Psyche 85 and with Russ Titelman on Steve Winwood s album Back in the High Life arranging the live horns on the album as well as the synth horns on the 1 hit Higher Love And lastly he was recognized for the System s 1 hit Don t Disturb This Groove in which Frank firmly established his prowess as a bass groove synthesizer innovator and master citation needed Frank and Murphy produced tracks on albums for artists including Ashford and Simpson Phillip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire Jeff Lorber Angela Bofill and Nona Hendrix Move to Los Angeles Edit In the early 1990s Frank moved to Los Angeles where he opened his own recording studio called Canyon Reverb One of the first artists he worked with in LA was RCA recording artist Omar on his albums For Pleasure and This is Not a Love Song In 2012 Omar was awarded an MBE award for service to music by Queen Elizabeth of England David became actively involved in the creative scene in Los Angeles Through his publisher Frank met songwriter Steve Kipner and through friends he met New Zealand songwriter Pam Sheyne Together they went on to generate several hit songs Dream s He Loves U Not This Is Me 98 Degrees The Hardest Thing O Town s These Are the Days as well as Christina Aguilera s Genie in a Bottle Genie won him an Ivor Novello Award for international hit of the year Currently Frank is signed as a songwriter to Universal Music Publishing Group and works with songwriters in Los Angeles New York and London Recently he worked on French pop artist Christine and the Queens album Chris doing keyboards piano synth bass and synthesizer He also arranged horns on Michael McDonald s most recent album Wide Open as well as being a writer on Crying in the Club by Camila Cabello citation needed Discography EditFrank is a credited contributor as either a producer songwriter or musician on the following songs or albums citation needed 98 Degrees 98 amp Rising Acoustic Moods Various Artists American Juniors American Juniors Angela Bofill Let Me Be the One Attitude Pump the Nation Ashford and Simpson Love or Physical Bardo Pond Amanita Beverly Hills Cop film soundtrack Best of Acid Jazz Global Billy Idol Whiplash Smile Billy Squier Enough Is Enough Brie Larson Finally Out of P E Carole Davis I m No Angel Chaka Khan ck Chaka Khan I Feel for You Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera Coming to America film soundtrack Divas of Dance Vol 1 Destiny s Child Destiny s Child Dupont New World Beat Dream It Was All a Dream Eden s Crush Popstars Eric Clapton Rush Eternal Power of a Woman Everybody Dance 3 CD Limited Edition Dionne Farris Wild Seed Wild Flower Gang Related soundtrack Katey Sagal Well James Morrison Undiscovered Junior Best of Junior Jeff Lorber Step by Step Jeff Lorber West Side Stories Jordin Sparks Jordin Sparks Kleeer The Very Best of Kleeer Laura Nyro Walk the Dog and Light the Light Liberty X Being Somebody Linear Caught in the Middle Lost Souls by 2Pac featuring Outlawz samples Don t Disturb This Groove Love Shouldn t Hurt Various Artists Marked for Death film soundtrack Masters at Work The Album Michael McDonald Blink of an Eye Mtume Juicy Fruit Mtume You Me and He Nikki Cleary Nikki Cleary Nine Nona Hendryx Female Trouble Ofra Haza Ya Ba Ye Remix Omar For Pleasure Omar This Is Not a Love Song O Town O Town Pauli Carman Dial My Number Paul Lekakis Tattoo It Phoebe Snow Something Real Phil Collins No Jacket Required The Pussycat Dolls Doll Domination Rebbie Jackson Yours Faithfully Robert Palmer Pride Rod Stewart Human Ronan Keating Turn It On S Club 7 Don t Stop Movin Scritti Politti Cupid amp Psyche 85 Sheena Easton My Cherie single Sheena Easton What Comes Naturally Steve Winwood Back in the High Life Steve Winwood The Finer Things The System Don t Disturb This Groove The System Sweat The System X Periment The System The Pleasure Seekers The System Rhythm amp Romance Takeshi Itoh T K Toya Toya Vanessa Williams The Comfort Zone Vitamin C More Westlife Westlife Wild Orchid Wild Orchid Wayne Watson Field of Souls YM Hot Tracks Vol 1See also EditPortal MusicReferences Edit Hogan Ed David Frank Biography amp History AllMusic Retrieved 15 August 2020 1 Archived 2009 04 29 at the Wayback Machine Phil Collins 2016 Not Dead Yet London England Century Books p 219 ISBN 978 1 780 89513 0 External links EditOfficial website David Frank 2012 Audio Interview at Soulinterviews com AllMusic entry Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Frank musician amp oldid 1134584425, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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