LDI 2017

Deanne Franklin has been an audio engineer since 1982. She cut her teeth in the studio but found her true calling in live sound. Although she quickly advanced to working in theaters and large arenas, Deanne always finds her way back to the setting where she first fell in love with live music—the local club scene. In 2007 she was grandfathered into Local 16 of the IATSE, where she does sound for theater and industrial work. Over the course of her career, she has worked with a wide range of artists that include Tom Waits, Pink, David Byrne, Sonic Youth, The Breeders, Eric Burden, Dishwalla, Luna, and many others. She is still actively touring and her long journey on the road required the forced migration across the audio spectrum from analog to digital. Deanne’s home base is San Francisco and she can often be seen working the analog console at the historic Fillmore Theater.