Frank Filipetti is a music
producer, engineer and mixer who was born in Bristol,
Connecticut
. He was one of the first engineers to
embrace digital.
[406166]His credits include mixes for such
Number One singles as
Foreigner's
"
I Want to Know What Love
Is" and "
I Don't
Want to Live Without You" (which he also produced), the 1983
KISS album, "
Lick It Up" and
The Bangles' song, "
Eternal Flame". Filipetti engineered
and produced
Survivor's 1988 album,
"
Too Hot To Sleep".
Filipetti also recorded and mixed albums for Carly Simon, Barbra
Streisand, Vanessa Williams, George Michael, 10,000 Maniacs and
James Taylor, whose elegant
Hourglass Filipetti produced,
engineered and mixed winning
Grammy
Awards in 1998 for Best Engineered Album and Best Pop
Album.
A proponent of surround sound, Filipetti has nine 5.1/DVD projects
under his belt, including works for
Billy Joel, James Taylor and Meatloaf.
And lately, this accomplished studio engineer has been taking his
chops on the road, recording and mixing numerous live albums
including the Pavarotti and Friends series, last year's Minnelli on
Minnelli, James Taylor's Live at the Beacon and most recently,
Elton John's One Night Only. He's also recorded original cast
albums for
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
featuring
Nathan Lane, the
Grammy-winning
Annie Get Your Gun and this year's
Tony Award-winning and Grammy-nominated
Aida, among others.
Filipetti
currently lives in West
Nyack
, New
York
.