Ken Friesen (2)

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Audio Engineer, Recorder, Mixer, Producer, Masterer, Studio Designer, Front of House set up, Broadcast audio. - Almonte, Ontario, Canada

[b]Do not confuse with Canadian Producer / Engineer [a389445] 1960s - early 90s who worked with [l164635] and [l291288].[/b] 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