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Benny Faccone

Benny Faccone is a recording engineer, mixing engineer, and record producer known for his work with Ricky Martin, Santana, Luis Miguel, Maná and Marco Antonio Solís.[1][2] He has won 5 Grammy Awards and 12 Latin Grammy Awards.[3][4][5]

Biography

Faccone was born in Italy and was raised in Canada. He received a composition degree from the Berklee College of Music. After graduation, he began working in the recording industry in Montreal and later moved to Los Angeles in 1980,[6] where he became engineer at A&M Records. While mixing for the band Menudo, Faccone met Draco Rosa, member of the Puerto Rican boy band and with whom he continued working for the next decades.[7] In 1986, Faccone became a freelance engineer.[8][9]

Faccone owns "The Cavern" studios in Thousand Oaks, California. He named the studio after The Cavern Club in Liverpool, where The Beatles played during their early career. He is also a professor at the California Lutheran University.[9]

Selected discography

Awards and recognition

Grammy Awards

Faccone has been nominated for the following Grammy Awards: [3][4]

Latin Grammy Awards

Faccone has been nominated for the following Latin Grammy Awards: [3][5]

References

  1. ^ "Benny Faccone | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  2. ^ "Bobby Owsinski's Music Production Blog". Bobby Owsinski's Music Production Blog. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  3. ^ a b c Boston, 1126 Boylston Street; Maps, MA 02215 United States See map: Google. "Alumni All-Stars in the Field of Music Production and Engineering | Berklee College of Music". www.berklee.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-03. {{cite web}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b "Benny Faccone". GRAMMY.com. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  5. ^ a b "20a Entrega Anual del Latin GRAMMY". Latin GRAMMYs (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  6. ^ Small, Mark (1 October 2012). "Benny Faccone '78: The Perfect Mix". Berklee.edu. Berklee College of Music. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Benny Faccone wins Grammy with "Vida"". The Echo. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  8. ^ "studioexpresso - producer Benny Faccone". www.studioexpresso.com. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  9. ^ a b "Benny Faccone | California Lutheran University". www.callutheran.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-03.

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