Frank Gryner

Biography

Gryner grew up in Forest, Lambton County, Ontario. He is half Irish and half Filipina. He began as a Rock guitarist and picked up his knowledge of producing from the studios where his band recorded demos.

Gryner has worked with a wide spectrum of artists including Tommy Lee, John 5, to his own sister Emm Gryner. He has coordinated with producer Scott Humphrey on many projects including the works done in the Chop Shop such as Hellbilly Deluxe by Rob Zombie.

He also writes articles relative to the music industry which are featured in periodicals and online sites such as Premier Guitar, and Recording.

Software

Gryner is Vice President of Operations for the recording app called Jammit, a company he runs with CEO Scott Humphrey and others. Jammit is an iPhone application that utilizes the master recordings from various artists in the music industry. Featured artists include Alice Cooper, Foreigner, No Doubt, Nickelback, Sum 41, Godsmack and many more. Jammit is available for iOS devices and Mac OS X. The app has won multiple industry awards.

Gryner co-created the thepublicrecord.com, which sourced the general public for track contributions to produce one of the largest scale collaboration albums ever produced, Tommy Lee's Methods of Mayhem album, A Public Disservice Announcement. Over the lifetime of the site contributing artists included Deadmau5, Rob Zombie, John 5, Steve Vai, and Black Veil Brides among many others.

On April 1, 2012, Gryner announced the staff's decision to close TPR indefinitely, citing technical and resource challenges.

Personal life

Gryner has lived in Los Angeles, California and currently resides in Canada.

Albums