Dave Fridmann is an American musician and record producer. He played the bass guitar for Mercury Rev and has produced a series of records from various bands. A musician is a person who plays or composes music Musicians can be classified by their role in creating or performing music: A singer (or vocalist) uses his or her voice as an instrument. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... Mercury Rev are an American rock music group, formed in the late 1980s in Buffalo, New York. ...

He played with Mercury Rev from their foundation in 1984, but began work as an engineer and producer five years later, with engineering and mixing credits for Dan Berggren's 'Mountain Air' [1]. From 1990 onwards he co-produced all releases by Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips (with the exception of Transmissions From The Satellite Heart by the latter). Other prominent bands he has worked with include: Weezer, Saxon Shore, Ed Harcourt, Sparklehorse, Café Tacuba, Elf Power, Mogwai, Thursday, The Delgados, Low, Phantom Planet, Gemma Hayes, Goldrush, Japanese band Number Girl, Sleater-Kinney and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983) are a Grammy-award winning[1] American alternative rock band. ... Transmissions from the Satellite Heart is The Flaming Lips sixth album, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). ... Weezer is a Grammy-nominated rock band from Los Angeles, California. ... The Saxon Shore is the collective name given to a series of fortifications built along the south-east coast of what is now England, during the latter years of the Roman occupation of Britain. ... Ed Harcourt. ... Sparklehorse are a rock music group led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous. ... Café Tacuba (often spelled Café Tacvba) is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning musical group from Naucalpan, Mexico. ... Elf Power Elf Power is an indie rock band whose style often resembles psychedelic rock. ... For the Swiss progressive house producer who releases under the name Moogwai, see Chab. ... Thursday is an unsigned post-hardcore band from New Brunswick, New Jersey that has released four full-length albums: Waiting (2000 Eyeball Records), Full Collapse (2001 Victory Records), War All the Time (2003 Island Records), and A City by the Light Divided (2006 Island Records). ... The Delgados were a Scottish indie rock band who formed in Glasgow in 1994 after friends Alun Woodward (vocals/guitar), Stewart Henderson (bass) and Paul Savage (drums) were forcibly ejected from the band Bubblegum. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Phantom Planet is an alternative rock band based out of Southern California. ... Gemma Hayes Gemma Hayes is a singer-songwriter born on August 11, 1977 in Ballyporeen, Tipperary, Ireland. ... Goldrush is a rock band from Oxfordshire, England. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Sleater-Kinney are an indie rock trio from Olympia, Washington influenced by the riot grrrl movement of the 1990s. ... Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is an American indie rock group based in Brooklyn, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, comprised of Alec Ounsworth, Lee Sargent, Robbie Guertin, Tyler Sargent, and Sean Greenhalgh. ...

Fridmann often brings a distinctive, expansive, open sound to the albums he produces, which has much in common with that used by Mercury Rev.

In 2006, Fridmann will enter the studio once again to work with IMMORTAL Records artist Brazil (Muncie, Indiana).

External links

• Tarbox Road Studios