Brandon Friesen
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Brandon Friesen is a Grammy nominated and multi-Juno Award
winning music producer, audio engineer, mixer, and television producer. His current companies include 441 Studios, Raceday Promotions, C4 and C12 Records, Arbor Records, and Arbor Television Inc. In addition, Brandon Friesen co-founded award-winning studio Studio 11 in Winnipeg, Canada with partner Paul Scinocca, and Jukasa Studios in Southern Ontario with partners Ken Hill and Jerry Montour.
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
winning music producer, audio engineer, mixer, and television producer. His current companies include 441 Studios, Raceday Promotions, C4 and C12 Records, Arbor Records, and Arbor Television Inc. In addition, Brandon Friesen co-founded award-winning studio Studio 11 in Winnipeg, Canada with partner Paul Scinocca, and Jukasa Studios in Southern Ontario with partners Ken Hill and Jerry Montour.
Companies
- 441 Studios is an audio recording complex located in WinnipegWinnipegWinnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
, ManitobaManitobaManitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. - Raceday Promotions is a media promotions and publicity company, and an AFMAmerican Federation of MusiciansThe American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada is a labor union of professional musicians in the United States and Canada...
-licenced booking agency. - C4 Records is a production company of Brandon Friesen. Founded in 20042004 in musicSee also:* 2004 in music Record labels established in 2004-January:*January 1**The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.**Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol....
, their records are distributed in Canada by Koch EntertainmentKoch EntertainmentKoch Entertainment was a music, film and television distribution company. It was purchased by E1 Entertainment in 2005 and now operates under the name E1 Entertainment.-History:The company began in 1975 as Koch International...
. Bands on this label include Tin Foil PhoenixTin Foil PhoenixStephan Kray Tin Foil Phoenix is a post-grunge band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The band formed from the ashes of a previous incarnation under the moniker of Sonic Bloom with core members Michael Allen Zirk and Steven Kray. Guitarist Fish joined soon thereafter...
. - C12 Records is a Canadian record label distributed by EMI Music Canada, specializing in the Rock, Hard Rock, and Metal music genres.
- Arbor Records is a Canadian based record label founded in 1999 and is distributed in Canada by EMI Music Canada, by Allegro Music Corporation in the United States, and by various other distributors around the world. The artist roster includes The Jeff Healy Band, Susan AglukarkSusan AglukarkSusan Aglukark, OC , is an Inuk musician whose blend of Inuit folk music traditions with country and pop songwriting has made her a major recording star in Canada. Her most successful single is "O Siem", which reached #1 on the Canadian country and adult contemporary charts in 1995...
, Stevie SalasStevie SalasStevie Salas is a guitarist known for his work on George Clinton's albums, his collaborations with Koshi Inaba of B'z, and Hardware. He was in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, providing the fingerwork for George Carlin's guitar solo....
, Derek MillerDerek Miller-External links:* - Official Website* Derek Miller's MySpace...
, Team Rezofficial, and Thomas DolbyThomas DolbyThomas Dolby is an English musician and producer. Best known for his 1982 hit "She Blinded Me with Science", and 1984 single "Hyperactive!", he has also worked extensively in production and as a session musician.-Early life:Dolby was born in London, England, contrary to information in early 1980s...
, among hundreds of others. - Arbor Television Inc. is a television production company in Canada that has most notably produced television shows such as musical variety program Arbor Live, which airs on APTNAboriginal Peoples Television NetworkAboriginal Peoples Television Network is a Canadian broadcast and cable television network. APTN airs and produces programs made by, for and about Aboriginal Peoples...
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