Former MCA recording artist Michael Joseph Fragomeni has recorded guitar and bass tracks for numerous artists over the last 30 years. He is also an accomplished composer, producer and sound engineer. In addition to his own bands, Michael has worked with recording artists from the following bands: Circus Of Power, Train, Counting Crows, Luna, and Van Gogh's Daughter. He has also worked with the fol...
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Former MCA recording artist Michael Joseph Fragomeni has recorded guitar and bass tracks for numerous artists over the last 30 years. He is also an accomplished composer, producer and sound engineer. In addition to his own bands, Michael has worked with recording artists from the following bands: Circus Of Power, Train, Counting Crows, Luna, and Van Gogh's Daughter. He has also worked with the following producers and engineers: Matthew Kaufman, John Cuniberti, Jerry Harrison, Dave Bryson, Karl Derfler, David Nicholas, and Dan Wool. He played guitar on the score to the film Way Past Cool, collaborating with singer/songwriter Zen Amen for many years.

Michael plays most styles of Rock, but his main area of expertise is in British Influenced Rock: Mod and Psychedelic Rock of the 60s (The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who, The Rolling Stones), Glam Rock of the early 70s (David Bowie and T-Rex), Punk/New Wave of the late 70s/early 80s (XTC, The Smiths, etc.), and Manchester Beat/Shoe Gazer Rock of the late 80s/early 90s (Stone Roses and Radio Head). He's also influenced by Motown artists of the 60s and early 70s (Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye).

First and foremost, Michael is a “parts” player; he specializes in orchestrating/arranging and writing layered, melodic and harmonic parts. He has an uncanny ability to write hooks (unit parts) and can often write multiple, catchy parts for the same song.

His bass playing style is heavily influenced by Paul McCartney, Alan Spenner, Colin Moulding, and James Jamerson.

His guitar style is similar to the following artists: George Harrison, John McGeoch, Johnny Marr, James Honeyman-Scott, and The Edge.

Michael also composes string arrangements.
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