Fred Weinberg
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Fred Weinberg (né Manfredo Weinberg; born 30 December 1942 Colombia) is an American composer, producer, sound designer, and founder of Fred Weinberg Productions, Inc.
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Early Works
While attending college, he was hired by a small recording studio in Manhattan named Mastertone, where he started his training as a sound engineer. Weinberg later moved on to A & R Recording, where he worked under the tutelage of engineer-producer and owner of A & R Recording, the late Phil Ramone. After a stint at National Recording Studios, also in New York, Fred became a freelance engineer-producer and composer for many artists, particularly Latin American artists with whom he has strong bonds of musicianship and friendship.
Production and Experience
Weinberg began his own company, Fred Weinberg Productions, Inc.[1] in the late 1970s, and Worldwide Music Partners, LLC in 2011, which produces live shows.
Artists and Awards
Weinberg has over 28 Clio Awards for advertising excellence, and an Emmy for sound design work for Discovery Channel's Carrier, Fortress At Sea.[2] A Grammy Lifetime award for over 50 years of membership. Work includes projects ranging from analyzing The Watergate Tapes, to working with many film makers and artists including Woody Allen and his movie, What's Up, Tiger Lily?[3] Paramount Pictures Rosemary's Baby, and artists including Jose Feliciano, Little Anthony, Cal Tjader, Jimmy Smith, Mongo Santamaria, La Lupe, Eddie Palmieri, Paul McCartney, Ravi Shankar, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel, Dreams. Candido Camero and projects which were featured on Billboard magazine's "Hot 100," including "Sugar Sugar", "I Like It Like That," "Watermelon Man," "Be My Baby," "Going Out of My Head."
Present works
To date, he has worked, and continues working on projects with musicians, artists, and performers who seek his engineering and production input.[4][5][6]
Background
Weinberg was born on December 30, 1942. His mother was an opera singer, and his father was a pianist. They fled Nazi Germany and wound up in Colombia, South America.
Education
- The High School of Music & Art in New York City
- The Manhattan School of Music
- New York University
- The New York College Of Music, which, after 1968, was absorbed into New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development
References
- ↑ Fred Weinberg Production official website
- ↑ "Carrier, Fortress At Sea Cast," www
.imdb .com - ↑ Fred Weinberg Filmography," www
.imdb .com (retrieved December 28, 2014) - ↑ "Fred Weinberg's Credits," www
.discogs .com - ↑ "He Makes Ads A Sound Proposition," by Christian Schubert, Chicago Tribune, August 13, 1990
- ↑ "The Music Man," by Bernice Kanner, New York, July 29, 1986
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