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Ken Friesen


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Audio Engineer, Recorder, Mixer, Producer, Masterer, Studio Designer, Front of House set up, Broadcast audio. - Almonte, Ontario, Canada
Do not confuse with Canadian Producer / Engineer Ken Friesen 1960s - early 90s who worked with [l164635] and [l291288]. who is no relation.

Rocky Mountain Sound
[l366137] - Nashville, TN
[l881091] (near Ottawa)
[l436971] Sudio - near Kingston, Ont.
[l404064]Ltd. - Toronto, Ont.
Ken Friesen Audio - Almonte, Ont. (near Ottawa)
Freelances his services

Originally from Manitoba, but spent his early years in Calgary, doing live sound for local bands while working for Rocky Mountain Sound. He also worked on the audio crew for the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. He gradually got involved in studio work, then moved to Toronto in 1989. A stint in Nashville at The Sound Shop led to three years as house engineer, at Lakeside Studio near Ottawa. In 1996 Ken became studio manager/engineer at the Tragically Hip’s Bathouse studio near Kingston, Ontario for several years. He is now based in Almonte, Ontario, where he operates a studio in a Victorian house when not on the road doing the foh mix for artists like Holly Cole, Jesse Cook, and David Usher and the Canadian Country Music Awards. Ken has worked with LiveWire as a freelancer since 1990, specializing in big national network shows such as The Juno Awards, Cover Me Canada, the Grey Cup Half Time Show, and the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

Juno Award Winning Projects

2012 MonkeyJunk To Behold
2012 The Sadies Rumbleseat
2008 David Francey Right of Passage
2001 Colin Linden Big Mouth
2001 The Tragically Hip Music@Work
2000 Sue Foley Love Comin’ Down
1999 The Tragically Hip Phantom Power
1999 Blackie and the Rodeo Kings Kings of Love
1994 Susan Aglukark Arctic Rose

Other Awards

2012 Monkeyjunk, To Behold, Maple Blues Album of the Year
2000 Nomination for CMW and CCMA “Studio of the Year” at The Bathouse
1994-96 Canadian Country Music Association, “Studio of the Year” at Lakeside Studios
2003, 2005 Juno judge for recording engineer category

Juno Nominated Projects

2008 The Sadies New Seasons
2008 Jeremy Fisher Goodbye Blue Monday
2004 Oh Susanna Oh Susanna
1999 Hayden The Closer I Get
1998 Tom Jackson That Side Of The Window
1996 Tudjaat Tudjaat

ALBUMS


The Algonquin Ensemble
Sonic Palette: Tom Thomson’s Voice Through Music 100 Years Later
2018, CD, Album, Blue Northern Records
MonkeyJunk
Time To Roll
2016,
MonkeyJunk
Moon Turn Red
2015
MonkeyJunk
All Frequencies
2013, CD, Album, Stony Plain Records, ,
Blues Rock
David Francey
So Say We All
2013
MonkeyJunk
To Behold
2011
Brothers Chaffey
Bloodlines
2009, CD, Album, G.R.C Records
David Francey
Right Of Passage
2007, CD, Album, Laker Music
Elyssa Mahoney And Lucas Haneman
Pull Me In
CD, Album, Not On Label (Elyssa Mahoney Self-released), Not On Label (Lucas Haneman Self-released)
Chris Brown And Kate Fenner
O Witness
2001
The Mud Boys
Workin' For The Man
CD, Album, Not On Label
Manx Marriner Mainline
Hell Bound For Heaven
2019
MonkeyJunk
Tiger In Your Tank
2014
The Split
Can't Get Enough
2014
Jay Semko
Jay Semko
2010
The Sadies
Darker Circles
2010
Matthew Barber
Ghost Notes
2008
Jeremy Fisher
Goodbye Blue Monday
2007
David Francey
Carols For A Christmas Eve
2006, CD, Album, Laker Music, Laker Music
Bianca Pittoors
Bianca8
2006, CD, Album, Not On Label
Hawksley Workman
Treeful Of Starling
2006
The Sadies
In Concert Volume One
2006, ,
Surf/Rock & Roll/Psychedelic Rock/Rockabilly/Country Rock
The Jivewires
Laughin' In The Poorhouse
2003, CD, Album, Not On Label
Gordon Downie
Battle Of The Nudes
2003
Fred Eaglesmith
Falling Stars And Broken Hearts
2002, CD, Album, Enh, A Major Label
Oh Susanna
Sleepy Little Sailor
2001, CD,
By Divine Right
Come For A Ride
1999, CD, Single, Promo, Nettwerk
Night Sun
One Moment Of Grace
1999
By Divine Right
Bless This Mess
1999
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings*
Kings Of Love
1999
Tracey Brown
Woman's Work
1998, CD, Album, Popular Records
Hayden
The Closer I Get
1998, ,
Alternative Rock/Slowcore
Unknown Artist
Snoopy's Country Classiks On Toys (Versión En Castellano)
1997, CD, Album, DiscMedi Blau
Cathy Korpi
This Side Of Your Kiss
1995, CD, Album, Rescue Records (4)
Branded
HonkyTonkAholic
1995, CD, Single, Rescue Records (4)
Steel Rail
A Thousand Miles Of Snow
1995
Tudjaat
Tudjaat
1995
Witchazel
Bad Is Better / Don't Turn Your Love Away
1987, 7", Single, Hazel Records (3)
Theresa Cleary
State Of Happiness
1973

APPEARANCES +


Ryan Cook (3) & The Valley Singers
Lowered Expectations Demo
2020, 4xFile, MP3, 128, Not On Label (Ryan Cook (3) Self-released)
Headstones
Peopleskills
2019,
Jim Cuddy
Countrywide Soul
2019, ,
Country Rock
Dean Batstone
Broken (The Batbus Demos)
2015, CD, Album, Not On Label
Gord Downie, The Sadies, And The Conquering Sun
Gord Downie, The Sadies, And The Conquering Sun
2014,
Andy Innes
Anthems Of A Stranger
2012, CD, Album, Khangula Music, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Garage Rock/Folk Rock/African
Owl City And Carly Rae Jepsen
Good Time
2012, ,
Pop Rock/House/Synth-pop
Owl City
The Midsummer Station
2012, Vinyl Coke Bottle Green, Gatefold, ,
Synth-pop
Carly Rae Jepsen
Kiss
2012, ,
Europop/Synth-pop
Treasa Levasseur
Broad
2011, CD, Album, Slim Chicken Enterprises
The Jayhawks
Mockingbird Time
2011, 2x Vinyl 180-gram, ,
Country Rock
John Doe (2) and The Sadies
Country Club
2009
Great Big Sea
Fortune's Favour
2008,
The Sadies
New Seasons
2007
Brian Byrne
Tuesdays, Thursdays, And If It Rains
2006, CD, Album, Kindling Music,
The Sadies
In Concert Volume One
2006
The Tragically Hip
Yer Favourites
2005, ,
Alternative Rock/Classic Rock/Arena Rock
Eppiphane
You Won't Be Judged
2004, CD, Not On Label
The Populars
Five
2004, CD, EP, Not On Label
Various
Beautiful (A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot)
2003, CD, Album, Borealis Records, NorthernBlues Music, ,
Folk Rock
Ric Denis
Tadoussac
2003, CD, Album, Z Sun Records
Oh Susanna
Oh Susanna
2003,
Bruce McCulloch
Drunk Baby Project
2002, CD, Album, Tront Communications
Ronnie Hawkins
Still Cruisin'
2002, CD, Album, Hawk Records (6)
RyLee Madison
The Life of RyLee
2002, CD, Album, Madison Drive Records
Barbara Dunn~Prosser*
Till We Meet Again
2002, CD, Not On Label (Barbara Dunn Prosser Self-released)
Samantha King
This Is Forever
2002, CD, Album, Not On Label (Samantha King Self-released)
The Trevor Finlay Band
Bumpy Roads
2001, CD, Album, BKSA Records
Colinlinden*
Big Mouth
2001
Lisa Brokop
Undeniable
2000, CD, Album, Cosmo (5), ,
Country
Amanda Stott
Amanda Stott
2000, CD, Album, WEA, ,
Country
Sue Foley
Love Comin' Down
2000, ,
Modern Electric Blues
The Tragically Hip
Music @ Work
2000
Blue Rodeo
The Days In Between
2000, CD, ,
Country Rock
The Mahones
The Hellfire Club Sessions
1999, CD, True North, ,
Folk Rock/Punk
Moxy Früvous
Thornhill
1999
Rebecca Miller
Listen To The Radio
1998, CD, Album, Popular Records
Various
Heartbeat 2: More Voices Of First Nations Women
1998
The Tragically Hip
Phantom Power
1998
Lynn Miles
Slightly Haunted
1996
Sons Of Maxwell
Bold Frontier
1995
Various
Borrowed Tunes (A Tribute To Neil Young)
1994, ,
Folk Rock/Country Rock
Prescott-Brown
Already Restless
1994
Susan Aglukark
Christmas (ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᒃ)
1994, ,
Folk Rock/Vocal/Ethereal/Aboriginal/Holiday
Susan Aglukark
Arctic Rose
1994
Northwind
Time Is Quickly Passing
1993, Cass, Album, Not On Label (Northwind (13) Self-released)
The Prescott Brothers Band
Rattler / Who Do You Love
7", Altair Four Record Productions
The Tragically Hip
Yer Favourites
2022
Owl City
The Midsummer Station
,
Europop/Synth-pop