Byron Fry
Byron Fry
Genres: jazz, Stoner Rock, Progressive rock, instrumental, Shred
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About Byron Fry
BYRON FRY IS REALLY NOT ALL THAT IMPROBABLE: Having undergone guerilla ear-training with his Mother beginning around one year of age and explored free-form closed-fisted arhythmic, atonal improv on piano from infancy, Byron and his annoying sense of tonality all but inevitably continued his musical hooliganry by adding ukulele at four and guitar at five, formal education on piano commencing at nine. His first band was a rock trio of ten-year-olds; his hearing is surprisingly undamaged despite his best efforts. Fast-forward to twenty-one, when he went on to study improv with Russ Tuttle and attend Dick Grove's composing / arranging program in Studio City, where he narrowly survived cathartic exposure to instructors Sammy Nestico (orchestration), Diz Mullins (copying), Lalo Schiffrin (Thematic development), Henry Mancini (music business), Tom Scott, etc. As a composer, as a producer and as a player, he venerates art and expression over pop “product” and is extremely versatile and equally adept at all styles, from Jazz / Fusion to Country, Big Band to Funk / R&B, World to Classical, all Rock styles, Blues to Latin to Slide and Acoustic forms, etc. He has no idea what’s next, but he drives a car anyway. BYRON FRY HAS PLAYED WITH, among hundreds of others: David Garfield, John Pena, Dave Goldblatt, Gary Novak, Alphonso Johnson, Tower of Power Rhythm Section, Tower of Power Horns, Everett Harp, Will Kennedy... RECORDING CREDITS: Michael MacDonald, "You Let Me Go" Michael McKnight "Let Freedom Ring" and " Chosen One" Jerry Bell, "April Love" (Pausa Records) Corbett Wall, Corbett Wall Album (EMI) Barry Coffing, (Egress / Warner) Billy Davis, Jr., "Time for a Change Now" (Indie) Roz Streisand, "For the Last Time" John Hart, "John Hart" (Motown) Halfway to Dharma (Indie) Cecil Shaw, "New You" (Motown) Morgan Yagi, "Morgan Yagi" (Indie) Terry Glenny (Indie) Herschel Kennedy (Warner) Billy Kidd (Warner) Color of Sky (Indie) Jean-Michel Byron "Soul Sister" (Indie) Kozz Kozinski, "Doggie Music" Outdoor Sports Music (Indie) Tiffany, "Was it Good for You" Lisa Torres (Indie) Ian Harrison "Ian Harrison" (Indie) Mattel "Polly" Jingle Disney---Assorted Jingles FILM CREDITS: Frostbite---20th Century Fox (Composer on 70%, all guitars, bass, some keys, etc.) The Horrible Dr. Bones (ghost writer, sound designer) A Shaded Place (all guitars) The Thin Pink Line (all guitars on source cues and closing credit theme) Whore II (guitar on trailer) My Own Country (guitar) West from North goes South (guitar, bass, ghostwriter) Bat Out of Hell (Sidelining as Meatloaf's lead guitarist) The Elizabeth Taylor Story (sidelining musician) TV CREDITS: Jules Sylvester's Wild Adventures---Discovery (Episodes 1-10: composer on 40 %; all guitars, some flutes and percussion, keys, etc.) World's Most Amazing Animal Rescues III---FOX (ghost writer, all guitars, bass, keys) World-Record Breaking Stunts---FOX (ghost writer, all guitars, bass) The New Newlywed Game---KTLA (Arranger on opening and closing themes and bumpers; all guitars) The Dark Side of Figure Skating I and II---FOX (ghost writer, all guitars, some keys) The Buddy Faro Show---CBS (sidelining musician) Melrose Place ---FOX (sidelining musician) California Dreams---NBC (guitar and sidelining musician) Kindred---FOX (sidelining musician) $25,000 Pyramid---ABC (guitar) Hang Time---NBC (Guitar) The Best Things About Christmas---FOX (guitar) Tazzercise---WARNER (guitar) Eye on LA PRODUCTION CREDITS: Michael MacDonald, "You Let Me Go"---Co-Arranger Billy Davis Jr., "Time for a Change Now"---Co-Producer Ian Harrison, "Ian Harrison" album---Arranger/Producer Michael McNight, "Let Freedom Ring"--Arranger/Producer Michael McNight, " Chosen One"---Arranger/Producer Halfway to Dharma---Co-writer, Arranger/producer Morgan Yagi---Arranger/Producer Outdoor Sports Music---Writer/arranger/producer/engineer Halfway Home---Writer/arranger /producer/ vocalist, engineer Violeta Martin---Writer/arranger/producer/engineer/instrumentalist
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