FRANK FILIPETTI

Frank Filipetti came to NY as a singer/songwriter in 1971. Ten years, two publishing, and three record deals later, he decided to try his hand at engineering and production.

Filipetti is known by his peers as an independent thinker, and one of the first engineers to explore the potentials of digital audio.

His credits include such #1 singles as Foreigner’s ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ and ‘I Don’t Want to Live Without You’ (which he also produced), Kiss’ ‘Lick It Up’ and The Bangles’ ‘Eternal Flame.’ The last decade has paired him with monster metal albums from Korn and Fuel to the pop sounds of Barbra Streisand and Elton John.

He has also produced, recorded or mixed albums for Carly Simon, George Michael, Dolly Parton, Rod Stewart, Luciano Pavarotti and James Taylor, whose elegant ‘Hourglass’ Filipetti produced, engineered and mixed, winning Grammy awards in 1998 for Best Engineered Album and Best Pop Album. He also has three additional Grammy’s for ‘Wicked,’ ‘Spamalot,’ and ‘Aida,’ Filipetti’s numerous Surround mixes, include ‘James Taylor – Live at the Beacon;’ Five For Fighting – ‘America Town’; Elton John’s ‘Dream Ticket’ (4 Album set); and classic Frank Zappa tracks.

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