ShawnFratisMusic
Shawn Fratis' page of Music!
Here you will find much of my online music endeavors all in one place.
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NEW STUFF 4/24: My new album SEE YOU IN WALLACHIA is out!
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=587QahfgoMk
SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/shawn-fratis/see-you-in-wallachia
Also, here's the software I created to make it:
https://github.com/shawnfratis/AM-audio-looper-and-concatenator
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My YouTube stuff:
Songs and videos-
On these I composed, programmed and performed everything.
Patchouli - acoustic guitar, middle-eastern influence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFSZfRdNGuo
Kaiju - rock, Japanese influence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nen1O0KGkk
Indigo2 - progressive rock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZNS1Q19qQk
C No Evil - heavy guitar rock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZmnFLVKUd0
Moment of Inertia - heavy guitar rock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG9sLJZImCA
Slide Demo - demonstration of my home-built lap steel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_cDKA3o82Y
Guitar lessons-
Fratislesson #1-Acoustic picking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQFDsDui4U4
Fratislesson #2-My So-Called Theory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRxCB50D5AI
Music for Film-
My film/media scoring reel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdLNJsGc3fU
Star Jaws Overture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQEc4Q-jRCE
Pond5, various electronic, guitar based music for sample and sale:
http://www.pond5.com/artist/shawnfratis
Soundcloud-
My Soundcloud page:
https//soundcloud.com/shawn-fratis
Various-
Alfavalova project - featuring some of my playing and writing assistance. Eric Heithaus, Producer.
My old band Spiral Fire playing in California:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpdPUu_9OCM
Me playing with Angel Diamond in Tucson, AZ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Qtb2Petew
Me playing with the Black Man Clay band in Tucson, AZ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZkLVKgZTvw
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My (truncated) music resume:
Shawn Fratis
Composer, stringed-instrument player, music programmer, producer.
Experience includes playing music both solo and in various bands, as well as recording. Instrument duties included electric and acoustic guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo, MIDI instrument usage, keyboards and sequencer/drum machine programming.
Other experiences include:
Working in the music and sound engineering field, selling and maintaining high end music gear, sound equipment and software, as well as live and studio sound engineering. Worked in many recording studios including Heithaus Productions Tucson AZ, Temple Studio Albion CA and Dolby Laboratories San Francisco CA.
Composed music for film Toilet Gator (Jonathan M. Parisen, Dir.)
Electric guitar and writing assistance for Alfavalova project (Eric Heithaus, producer) www.alfavalova.com
Performed with, opened for or sound engineered for many well-known musicians including Dave Mason, Quiet Riot, It's a Beautiful Day, The Doobie Brothers and others.
Trained in music and theory by Robert Ayres and Butch Kwan.
Influenced by many great artists including Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren, Steve Vai, Tool, Soundgarden, Mike Patton, Gary Moore, Robin Trower, Mastadon, Dream Theater, Rush and the great Gene Parsons.