Curtis Frasca

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Curt Frasca (1972 New York) is an award winning record producer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist, engineer residing in New York City along with wife songwriter Sabelle Breer and daughter. Sabelle is the daughter of legendary artist Robert Breer. Curt's songs appear on over 50 million albums worldwide, artists include Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Ryan Cabrera.

Growing up in New York, Curt started drumming at the age of 8. In his teens he discovered punk music, bands like ( The Jam, The Clash, Ramones ).Around this time he headed into the studio to record with his punk band Start and soon found himself producing, engineering the bands first release. Starting his professional career while still in his teens mixing, recording, programming on such legendary records as De La Soul Say No Go, 3rd Bass Brooklyn Queens, The Gas Face, albums produced by producer Prince Paul. A few other artist Curt worked with during this period were Queen Latifah, Big Daddy Kane. After the success of those records Curt's mixing skills were in demand. During the early 90's Curt went on to work with some of the biggest names in pop music Madonna, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Cyndi Lauper. Recorded and Mixed Moby's major label debut Move. Re-mixing hits for k.d. Lang, Sophie B. Hawkins. Produced and wrote songs on Avril Lavigne's debut record Let Go, that record would go on to sell 17 million albums worldwide as well as nominated for 3 Grammy Awards. Developed pop/rock artist Ryan Cabrera producing and writing much of his platinum debut release Take It All a Way including 2 Top 40 hits "On The Way Down" and "40 Kinds of Sadness". The single "On the Way Down" went platinum and received an ASCAP pop award for most airplay of 2005.