David Franz

David Franz is a Los Angeles-based music business entrepreneur, producer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist, performer, and educator. He is the founder of Underground Sun, an artist development company and music studio, co-founder of Underground Sol, an EDM artist development and event production company, and creator of the Evolving Album(™). David writes, produces, and engineers music for a wide range of artists in the Electronic, Pop, R&B, Hip-hop, Rock, and Americana genres. His music has been heard in prime time TV shows, multi-million dollar movies, advertisements for Fortune 500 companies, and through speakers around the world.

David wrote the book on Pro Tools; literally. Author of Producing in the Home Studio with Pro Tools (the first book about using Pro Tools) for Berklee Press, he has written other books, articles, and online courses for Berklee Online and Lynda.com (now part of LinkedIn) about Pro Tools and music production. An alumni of Virginia Tech and Berklee College of Music, David’s passion for music and education has led him to teach online courses for Berklee and also become the Content Manager for Audio+Music for Lynda.com and LinkedIn.