Brandon Friesen

Biography

Brandon Friesen is an American music producer, audio engineer, mixer, and television producer. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he spent several years living and working in Canada before relocating permanently to Los Angeles, California. His companies include record label Blue Cadillac Music with partner Billy Ray Cyrus, Arbor Television, and C12 Records (distributed by EMI Music Canada). Friesen developed Arbor Television, a TV production company with offices in Hollywood and Canada, in 2007. The music/comedy variety series Arbor Live, produced by Arbor Television, has run for 3 seasons and featured artists such as Mötley Crüe, Buckcherry, The Stray Cats, Velvet Revolver, Fishbone, Staind, Slayer, Mother Mother, Joe Satriani, Papa Roach, and Comeback Kid. Further, Friesen co-produced the reality show LAX broadcast on Viva, MTV, Nickelodeon, and Pro7 in Europe. Arbor Television produced European network Bravo's "The Best of Bravo" in 2010, which featured appearances by celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Kesha, Zac Efron, Taylor Lautner, and Selena Gomez. Friesen founded Arbor Records in 1999. It was distributed by EMI Music Canada, Allegro Music Corporation, and other distributors around the world and among Applaud Magazine's Canada's Top Ten Most Influential Independent Record Labels in 2004. Friesen sold this company in 2012 to Redsmoke Records. He maintains C12 Records, a Canadian rock label distributed by EMI Music Canada, and founded Blue Cadillac Music with Billy Ray Cyrus in 2012. Friesen has been nominated for Grammy Awards and won Juno Awards. In 2006, he was honored for a second time as Engineer of the Year at the WCMA Awards. He engineered and mixed the Power97 sessions, which include acoustic performances by Nickelback, Sum 41, Everlast, Seether, Staind, Finger Eleven, and Three Days Grace.

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