Gabriel found his love for music at the age of 13, with an immediate passion for audio recording,

music production, and the recording industry as a whole.

In 2001, Gabriel attended “Taller de Arte Sonoro” (Audio Art Workshop)

which is the most prestigious audio school in Venezuela.

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By 2003 he was an assistant engineer for many notables in the music industry in Venezuela,

such as Ricardo Martínez (Wahala & Famaslop), which gave him his first Latin Grammy Nomination.

 

By 2004 he became an official member of the Audio Engineering Society

and a Voting member of the Latin Recording Academy.

Some of his earlier projects included:

Héctor Castillo (David Bowie, Bjork, Gustavo Cerati)
Juan Angel Esquivel (Guaco, Franco de Vita, Carlos Baute)
Vladimir Quintero (Franco de Vita, Desorden Público, Mariana Vega, C4 Trío)
La Mechanik informal (Afro Latino 2016, NY, USA)
 
Gabriel has participated in Audiovisual Projects, such as Movies, Short Films, Theater, Plays and TV commercials.

Gabriel recorded all the dialog used in the short film “The Case Against Mr. Sheppard” which won the Festival Prize at Super Geek Film Festival at Florida, USA Supercon 2017. 

Gabriel’s work as a Foley Artist and as sound designer was featured in:

Discovery Channel (SFX for several dozen TV series)
Netflix (Voice Over -Dubbing sessions)
Te Espero del Otro Lado” first-place winner as best short film in 2012 at the Pennsylvania Film Festival
“La Cucarachita” won him 3 awards at the film festival Panalandia 2017

“Always trying to be on top of the ever changing demands of the audio recording and film industries”
That is Gabriel Alvarez Franchi