BOSTON - Francis Phan, aka p-franchise, is one of Boston's premier music producers in Hip Hop, R&B and Spoken Word music and remixer of House dance music. He is the inaugural recipient of the Producer of The Year Award at the 2006 New England Urban Music Awards, which was hosted by the Berklee Performance Arts Center on April 15, 2006 in Boston.
Francis is production partners with rap artist Omega Red, who together form the Jugganautz. They are recipients of Producer Company of The Year Award at the 2006 New England Urban Music Awards. Francis plays keyboards for Iyeoka Okoawo's Black & Blues Tribe and has produced Iyeoka's critically acclaimed album Black & Blues and Ayisha Knight’s album Until, which Boston Globe’s Steve Morse described as a “multicultural marvel”.
Francis' work has recently gone international with production of Iyeoka's single "For Rwanda", which featured on civil rights former US Ambassador to the United Nations Andew Young's documentary "Rwanda Rising" which lays out hope for a united Rwanda.
A composer and classically trained pianist since the age of eight, Francis produces music out his Boston based recording studio facility, dubbed the Slingshot. Francis is as versed an engineer as a musician. Francis is a former “Golden Ears” student of Grammy nominated mix engineer David Moulton.
Francis has degrees in electrical engineering and biomedical engineering where he did his thesis work in psychoacoustics, neural networks and speech recognition. His research was published for a graduate level textbook by CRC press. He has also developed audio software for Cakewalk, iCast and Harmonix Music, where he has credits for the Sony PlayStation 2 game “Frequency”. Francis was also a former executive officer for SonicBids, an online music agency.
Francis is presently a faculty adjunct at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy teaching music production. For 2007 Francis is working on album projects for Omega Red, Iyeoka Okoawo, Ray Greene, Vudoo Soul and Bryonn Bain.
Hi Francis. Long time no talk... I was soooooo close to coming to Boston in August with my girlfriend. I still hope to stop by one of these days. I hope you're well. How's music?
Where that pic of me and VU? Also, check out the myspace "Texas top music charts" by clicking the link below. Select Texas in the search criteria, then choose a musical category (hip hop, rap, rock, ect.) Thanks to all the fans and anyone who played a major role in my career.
Because of you, I am #9 on the Hip Hop charts, #7 on the Rock charts, and #4 in the Alternative charts. Click here and check it out now!
Chao anh Francis,
I really like your work, your soul vibe. I enjoyed Lover Come Over since a long time ago, and so glad to find the man behind this. Hope to hear more music from you!
Hey Francis, How are you my dear? You so have a special place in my heart and you are the only one that can stack my vocals!!! I am so glad you are doing good and I may see you tomorrow if I am not out of town...miss you!!! cheers!!!
PLease be free 2mrrw! I really want to work bro! I know your a famous guy and all but dont forget us little UENT people! lol Hey...I wanna be like you when I grow up! Stay fly boi
hell yeah i'll add you. woo hoo. you do awesome work and congratulations! You would be a great one to work with. I've met you through Iyeoka and the lizard lounge. You're rad. I've been in florida soaking up the sun for the winter. hope to blast some sun through the coldness my body is feelin right now. brrr.
