Curtis Frasca is an American entrepreneur, real estate investor, record label owner, music publisher, and former multi-platinum award-winning record producer, songwriter, musician, studio owner and recording engineer.

Career

Frasca is a former multi-platinum record producer, songwriter, musician, re-mixer, engineer, and instrumentalist. Frasca's work appears on over 100 million albums sold worldwide Let Go (Avril Lavigne album), These Are Special Times, Ryan Cabrera,

Stories of a Stranger ''Stories of a Stranger'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band O.A.R. (Of a Revolution). The album was released on October 4, 2005 by Everfine Records and Lava Records, and debuted and peaked at #40 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Three s ...

, The Cactus Album, The Immaculate Collection, including those of

Avril Lavigne Avril Ramona Lavigne ( ; born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. At age 16, she signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records. Her debut studio album, ''Let Go (Avril Lavigne album), Let Go'' (2002), is the ...

, Celine Dion,

3rd Base A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system us ...

, O.A.R., Ryan Cabrerabr>

De La Soul De La Soul () is an American hip hop trio formed in 1988 in the Amityville area of Long Island, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative ...

, Queen Latifah,

Moby Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "among the ...

1980

Growing up in New York, Frasca was drumming at an early age. As a teenager, he was heavily influenced by the punk rock & roll, like The Jam,

Sex Pistols The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years, they were one of the most groundbreaking acts in the history of popular music. They were responsible for ...

, MC5, The Clash

Ramones The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving a limited commercial appeal in the United ...

. His professional career started while still in high school mixing, recording, programming on such influential records as

"Say No Go",

3rd Bass 3rd Bass was an American hip hop group that was active in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Formed by MC Serch, Pete Nice, and DJ Richie Rich, the group was notable for being one of the first successful interracial hip hop acts. Along with Beast ...

"Brooklyn Queens

"The Gas Face", albums produced by Prince Paul (producer), Prince Paul. Other artist's Frasca worked with during this period include Queen Latifah,

Big Daddy Kane Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968), better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper who began his career in 1986 as a member of the Juice Crew. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and skilled MCs in hi ...

, Fine Young Cannibals "Good Thing".

1990

Tommy Mottola hired Frasca to produce

Mariah Carey Mariah Carey (; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Referred to as the " Songbird Supreme", she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style and signature use of the whi ...

's "Someday" for her 1991 American Music Awards appearance, that appearance helped

Someday Someday or Some Day may refer to: Film and television * ''Someday'' (1935 film), a British film directed by Michael Powell * ''Someday'' (2011 film), a Japanese film directed by Junji Sakamoto * ''Someday'' (2021 film), an Indian Hindi-langu ...

reach Billboard's number #1 in the United States after Mariah Cary's appearance. In the early 1990s Frasca worked heavily with hotel owner Shep Pettibone

The Empress Hotel (New Jersey) The Empress Hotel is a popular gay resort located in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The Hotel opened as a luxury resort for vacationing families in the 1960s. It was a successful resort, attracting the likes of Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli. In 1980 ...

, a few of the artists included

Madonna Madonna Louise Ciccone (; ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Widely dubbed the " Queen of Pop", Madonna has been noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, a ...

, Michael Jackson,

Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreog ...

Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the " Queen of Soul", she has twice been placed ninth in ''Rolling Stone''s "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". With ...

Cher Cher (; born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Often referred to by the media as the Honorific nicknames in popular music, "Goddess of Pop", she has been described as embodying female ...

Patti LaBelle Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer, actress and businesswoman. LaBelle is referred to as the " Godmother of Soul". She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singe ...

, Jeffrey Osborne, Jane Child, Bananarama,

Spice Girls The Spice Girls are a British girl group formed in 1994, consisting of Melanie Brown, also known as Mel B ("Scary Spice"); Melanie Chisholm, or Melanie C ("Sporty Spice"); Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"); Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice"); and Vict ...

, Prince.

requested Frasca mix his major label debut '' Move'', the album entered the Billboard dance chart at number #1 Move (Moby song). Remixing k.d. lang "Lifted by Love

Sophie B. Hawkins Sophie Ballantine Hawkins (born November 1, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and painter. Born in New York City, she attended the Manhattan School of Music for a year as a percussionist before leaving to pursue a music career. S ...

"Right Beside You

Tangerine Dream, Paul Haslinger amongst many others

Frasca founded Verse Entertainmen

Verse Entertainment featured a private multi-room facility located NYC - Verse Studio was profiled in MIX magazine October 1999 issue. Verse Studios is a combination of Vintage year, vintage gear and digital recording tools featuring a custom Neve 8058 console from the 1970s and SSL 9000J.

2000

In 2001 after attempts to capture Avril Lavigne sound,

Arista Arista may refer to: Organizations *Arista Networks, a software defined networking company *Arista Records, an American record label, division of Sony Music **Arista Nashville, a record label specializing in country music *Arista (honor society) ...

A&R

head A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste. Some very simple animals may ...

Josh Saurbin Josh is a masculine given name, frequently a diminutive (hypocorism) of the given names Joshua or Joseph, though since the 1970s, it has increasingly become a full name on its own. It may refer to: People A–J * "Josh", an early pseudonym of S ...

reached out to the production and writing team of Frasca and Breer

, Ryan Cabrera, Stacie Orrico) to help, with, the album.

's debut record '' Let Go'', would go on to sell 22 million albums worldwide and garner 3 Grammy Award nominations

2002 Frasca and Sabelle Breer signed Ryan Cabrera producing and co-writing much of his multi-platinum debut, release ''Take It All Away'' which debut on at #18 the Billboard 200 album charts. The album included the Top 40 Hits, Top 40 "On The Way Down" and "40 Kinds of Sadness". The single "On the Way Down" went double platinum and received an ASCAP Pop Award for most airplay of 200

Frasca wrote "Warm Whispers" with the great,

Missy Higgins Melissa Morrison Higgins (born 19 August 1983), known professionally as Missy Higgins, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Her Australian number-one albums are ''The Sound of White'' (2004), ''On a Clear Night'' (2007) and ''The Ol ...

for her album On A Clear Night. The album entered the charts at number #1. In 2009, Frasca founded Verse Music Group Verse Music Group. Verse Music Group was an entertainment company based in New York City with a focus on music-related intellectual property rights and related assets. Verse owned over 50,000 copyrights through its acquisition of iconic brands and music catalogs, including Salsoul Records, West End Records, Bethlehem Records and Golden Records. Its platform included featured songs by artists

Rod Stewart Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling ...

, Nina Simone,

Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Affleck (' Lopez; born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress and dancer. In 1991, she began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy television series ''In Living Color'', where she rema ...

, John 5,

, Commodores, Tupac and Celine Dion

Frasca partnered with (private equity) firm The Wicks Grou

"https://www.wicksgroup.com" Raising $75 million to acquire entertainment intellectual property. 2010 the company officially renamed Verse Music Group

2015, Frasca and partners The Wicks Group sold Verse Music Group to BMG Rights Management. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed

* The Cactus Album 3rd Bass * Say No Go" De La Soul *

On the Way Down "On the Way Down" is the debut single of American musician Ryan Cabrera, released from his 2004 studio album, ''Take It All Away''. Cabrera co-wrote the song with Curtis Frasca and Sabelle Breer and produced it with Goo Goo Dolls frontman John Rz ...

Ryan Cabrera *

A Very Special Christmas ''A Very Special Christmas'' is the title of an ongoing series of Christmas music compilation albums that benefit the Special Olympics. It features songs performed by artists from a variety of genres, such as U2, Stevie Nicks, Bon Jovi, Madonna ...

Celine Dion * Under My Skin Avril Lavigne

Career

1980

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