Frank Salvato II (born July 6, 1970 in Camden, New Jersey) is an Italian American songwriter, record producer, sound engineer, sound designer, and keyboardist. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of Camden is the County seat of Camden County, New Jersey, in the United States. An Italian American is an American of Italian descent and/or dual citizenship A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Audio engineering is a part of audio science dealing with the recording and reproduction of Sound through mechanical and electronic means Sound design is a technical/conceptually creative field It covers all non-compositional elements of a film a play a music performance A keyboardist is a Musician who plays Keyboard instruments Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists
He has crafted songs for a number of R&B, Underground Dance Music and Pop chart artists. This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure He has 2 sons, young film makers, Lazer Ray & Dimitri Dino, with first wife Tenis Kopansky. His second wife was Gina Chambless, aka fetish model Jenna Lyte. He is currently single and living in Atlanta, GA with offices there and in Los Angeles. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
Salvato has had his hand at remixing for other artists, most recently "Know Us" for Jillian Ann and for many other artists under the names of Kid Klasique, Soul Systmz, Tru Sound, and Insomniac Rhythmz. A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version In more recent times, Salvato's work has returned him to the Pop and R&B music genre with new and emerging artist Lauren Ezell. The Ezell project was put on hold in late 2006. He continues to train those in the Atlanta, Los Angeles, Orlando & Miami areas on music making and engineering using Apple computers and Logic Pro.
Salvato is well known for his sound engineering and sound design skills. He has worked with Renato Neto (keyboardist for Prince (artist)), Sheila E. Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician Sheila Escovedo (born December 12 1957, in Oakland California) known by her Stage name Sheila E , Tal Begman, Michael DeLorenzo, Shaquille O'Neal, and most recently, Andre Benjamin, naming but a few of his clients in this field. Michael DeLorenzo (born October 31 1959 in The Bronx New York) is an American actor Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6 1972 frequently referred to simply as " Shaq " is an African American Professional basketball André Lauren Benjamin (born May 27, 1975) better known by his Stage name André 3000, is an American Rapper - His company Salvato Sound was a pioneer in 'canned sound' for sampler (musical instrument) and early synthesizers in the 80's & 90's. A sampler is an electronic musical instrument closely related to a Synthesizer. Sound design is still a major part of his business. Frank still creates custom sounds for TV, Film and Music Artist.
Salvato was the technical engineer for the platinum and Grammy nominated album (5 million world wide) “It Had To Be You. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . . The Great American Songbook” by Rod Stewart. Roderick "Rod" David Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945 is a Singer and Songwriter born and raised in London England and currently This was just one of the projects he worked with Neto and Bergman, including projects released in Japan by Producer / Musical Artist, Sheila E.. Sheila Escovedo (born December 12 1957, in Oakland California) known by her Stage name Sheila E
Salvato is also known for his pioneering work and dedication in pushing forward the digital music revolution in the recording industry. His expertise has kept him in the forefront of digital audio recording and training in this field, especially to those with the analog recording background making the move into the digital realm. He was the first in his field to become Apple Logic Pro Certified in the South Eastern United States. Logic Pro is a Digital Audio Workstation and MIDI sequencer software application for the Mac OS X platform All of his production work is done with Logic Pro, while others are still using older, less reliable programs. He swears by Apple Computer, Native Instruments, Propellerheads Reason, Ableton Live and Spectrasonics software paired with Apple and Apogee hardware. Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics Native Instruments is a Music software production company whose products are mainly aimed at Electronic musicians The company was founded in 1996 Reason is a popular music software program developed by Swedish software developers Propellerhead Software. Ableton Live is a professional loop -based software Music sequencer for Mac OS and Windows by Ableton. He has been quoted as saying "If you can't write with this combination of hardware & software, you should quit!"
In the summer of 2004, Salvato began working part-time at the Apple Store at Lenox Square. Frank is a leader in the Store's Creative team in teaching Audio & Video Production.
Salvato also composes Electronic Music in the sub genre of Dream House, ala Brian Transeau aka BT, The Crystal Method, Deepsky, Delerium. Brian Wayne Transeau (born October 4, 1971 in Rockville, Maryland) is an American music producer composer singer and songwriter better known The Crystal Method is an American Electronic music duo consisting of Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland Deepsky is an electronic music act based in Los Angeles Originally from Albuquerque New Mexico, Deepsky formed in 1992 when its two founding members J Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987 originally as a side project of the influential Industrial music The latest work in progress "Alas Babylon" (working title) is scheduled for release spring/summer 2008.
Salvato is planning on releasing 2 television documentary / reality series within 2008–2009. Both are music related.
Salvato also formed MOB Syndicate Records in 1989 . The label was successful, but closed its doors in 1995. Currently, Salvato runs Salvato Sound - a sound design and studio design company, Insomniac Rhythmz & Designs - music and digital media production company, and Klasique Phunque - remix productions.
Salvato is Apple Certified in the following Applications: Apple Logic Pro Apple Final Cut Pro Apple DVD Studio Pro Apple Soundtrack Pro
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