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The God Complex
Production Headquarters
Ontario, Canada
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As a multi-platinum mix engineer with hundreds of album credits, Frank Gryner can take your project to the next level with artist development, record production or active mixing & mastering
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Specializing in CGI-dominant visuals, Frank can extend your sonic pallet into a cinematic realm with a highly-stylized music video or hybrid lyric video.
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Frank writes about techniques and the philosophy of recording music. Whether published originally in Recording Magazine, Premier Guitar or for this website, these articles can improve your ability to make great music.
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Stream of Conscience: A Guide to Guilt-Free Binge Listening
Ex-Stream Hater? Streaming has renewed and widened my enjoyment of music – a feat that crates of scratched CDs or a hard drive of legal...
Disingenuity: Why MacGyver Would Make a Horrible Recording Engineer
Society seems too quick to celebrate resourcefulness. This is no more apparent than its depiction in countless movies and TV shows over...
What Is This Thing? Re-discovering the Guitar
It’s complicated…my relationship with the guitar, that is. The classic on-again/off-again saga has gone on so long that sometimes I look...
Underage Mixing: Cheating the Death of Rock
Not-So-Level Headed I don’t think that rock is dead, but I find myself nervously checking its pulse more frequently these days. And while...
Flashback for the Attack
Secrets of the Masters: Dokken’s “Dream Warriors" By Frank Gryner (originally published in Premier Guitar) Daryl Dragon (the Captain of...
Distortion of the Truth
Recording Heavy Guitars By Frank Gryner (originally published in Recording Magazine) Back when defiance was the primary sponsor for...
Battle of the Multi-Bands Part I
Spectral Dynamic Processing for Guitars By Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Up until the last decade, spectral dynamic...
Battle of the Multi-Bands Part II
Dynamic Guitar Tone Sculpting by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Last time we focused on multiband compression as a...
The Rocking Dead
Secrets of the Masters: Rob Zombie's "Dragula" By Frank Gryner (originally published in Premier Guitar) Specializing in mix re-creations...
Edited & Uncredited
The Thankless Job of Vocal Comping By Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Okay, so you’ve just siphoned every last...
The Reel Story Behind “Smoke on the Water”
Secrets of the Masters: Deep Purple's "Smoke on the By Frank Gryner (originally published in Premiere Guitar) Deep Purple’s “Smoke on...
Our Dirty Little White Boy is All Grown Up
Secrets of the Masters: Foreigner's "Dirty Little White Boy" By Frank Gryner (originally published in Premier Guitar) I consider it a...
Sing, Sing a Song
Recording Inexperienced Singers By Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Sesame Street Cred Some of the best advice can come...
Songwriter’s Intervention
Help for the Technically-Challenged by Frank Gryner via your friends & family (as published in Recording Magazine) We’ve assembled here...
Do You Have Demoitis?
An Epidemic That Affects Recording Songwriters by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Matthew Good's definition of demoitis...
The Grand Slam
Drum Mixing Part IV by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) We have covered kick, snare and overheads over the past several...
Over-the-Top Overheads
Drum Mixing Part III by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) I see a lot of mix engineers allocate most of their time to...
An Open Letter from your Kick Drum
Drum Mixing Part II by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Dear Mix Engineer, I have a bone to pick with you. After having...
Snared Straight
Drum Mixing Part I by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Over the years, multi tracking has allowed us to do some pretty...
Drum Recording: Grid Lock Rock
Recording The Rhythmically Challenged by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) With some focus on keeping everyone...
Before You Go Red
Have You Done Your Pre-Pre-Production? by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) re·cord v. (ri-kawrd) 1. to set down for...
Withstanding Ovations
Dealing with Problematic Acoustic Guitars by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) I typically avoid recording Ovation...
Domestic Violence
Raging Guitar Tones from Home By Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) We all know that guitar amp and cabinet simulators are...
Room For Improvement
Dealing with Drum Ambience by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) There are a lot of misconceptions about recording great...
Produce Yourself Part II
Thinking Like a Publisher by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Remember how long it took you to become a competent...
Produce Yourself Part I
What Do You Do For Money? by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Unfortunately, the last time I checked, a well-crafted,...
The Multiple Personality Recorder
Minding Your Own Business of Music By Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) As many major-label records as I’ve engineered...
Class Dismissed: Are Recording Schools Worth It?
Not-So-Hot for Teacher by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) It doesn't seem so long ago when I was the one striking a...
Sonic Dishonesty
Guest Editorial by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine 2005) With any rapid advancement in music technology comes a need to...
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