David Frangioni is an award-winning veteran of the music and audio-visual technology industry, with expertise ranging from being a drummer and producer, to an audio consultant, technologist, integrator and recording engineer. He started playing drums at 2 years old, and studied drumming throughout his childhood in Boston. He found the future of drumming in technology, starting his career with a MIDI consulting business, then working with Aerosmith as their in-house engineer/technologist for many years.
After years of successfully consulting and building recording studios, David founded Audio One Sound & Video Inc in the mid-90’s and grew it from a cold start-up to a large, multi-location A/V company, establishing it as the premier audio-visual systems integration company in the US & abroad; working with Ozzy Osbourne, the Stones, Ringo Starr, Elton John, Sting, Bryan Adams, Journey, Styx, Phil Collins, Shakira, Rascal Flatts, Cher and Chick Corea. He is a recipient of many gold and platinum albums as technical consultant, engineer, and/or programmer.
David’s involvement in the music and audio industry branches from his involvement in audio-visual facility design with Audio One & Frangioni Media, as well as having three books published by Insight Editions; Clint Eastwood: Icon 1 & 2 and “Crash: The world’s greatest drum kits”, alongside deep involvement in philanthropy as a President’s Council Board member and musician for Musicians On Call, Musical Director for Irie Foundation and leading his own Frangioni Foundation, plus Founder and CEO for artist development firm All Access IDA. In 2019, David became Publisher of Modern Drummer Magazine, the world’s #1 drum magazine www.moderndrummer.com.