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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Mitchell Froom| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|mf=yes|1953|6|29| death_date =| origin = United States| instrument = keyboard instruments|Keyboard | genre =| occupation = Record producer , musician , and composer | years_active = 1982& ndash;present| label = Kontextrecords| associated_acts =| website = http://www.mitchellfroom.com www.mitchellfroom.com| notable_instruments = Piano Mitchell Froom (born June 29, 1953) http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/calbirths? c=search& first=Mitchell& last=Froom& spelling=Exact& 4_year=& 4_month=0& 4_day=0& 5=& 7=& SubmitSearch.x=0& SubmitSearch.y=0& SubmitSearch=Submit Family Tree Legends is an American musician and record producer.
Career
Froom began his career as a keyboard instruments|keyboard player in Sonoma County, California . The band Crossfire featured two keyboard players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar. He also played keyboards on the Ronnie Montrose -led group Gamma (band)|Gamma 's third album Gamma 3 .
He produced the first three Crowded House albums, which led to more production jobs with Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson , Los Lobos , American Music Club , and Suzanne Vega . One early notable work, Key of Cool , later became the soundtrack for the adult film, Café Flesh .
Froom has produced over 60 albums http://www.kontextrecords.de/test/home_E.html Kontextrecords and has composed and produced music for numerous films. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296434/ IMDB Mitchell Froom He has been nominated for several Grammys including Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year|for Record of the Year for "La Bamba" by Los Lobos (1988) and Grammy_Award_for_Producer_of_the_Year,_Non-Classical|Producer of the Year in 1993 for both " Kiko_(album)|Kiko " by Los Lobos and " 99.9F° " by Suzanne Vega. http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1993/grammys.htm Rock on the Net 1993 Grammys He was also nominated for the 1998 Golden Globe Award and the 1999 Grammy for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for co-writing with SherylCrow the James Bond movie title song " Tomorrow_Never_Dies_(song)|Tomorrow Never Dies " http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/grammys.htm Rock on the Net 1999 Grammys although both were won by “ My Heart Will Go On " by James Horner & Will Jennings .
As a musician, Froom has released two solo albums, Dopamine (1998) from which the and A Thousand Days (2005). The song "Noodletown" from "Dopamine" won an Emmy when it was used as the theme for PBS ’ Sessions At West 54th . http://www.damnfineday.com/? tag=1998 Damn Fine Day
Froom was a judge for the 2nd annual The Independent Music Awards|Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/pastjudges.asp Independent Music Awards - Past Judges
Personal life
His daughter Charlotte Froom|Charlotte (born 1986) is the former bassist in The Like . Charlotte's mother, Connie Jester, was his first wife.
Froom married Suzanne Vega in 1995; they separated in 1998. Soul Coughing 's 1994 album, RubyVroom , was named after their daughter, Ruby Froom (born July 8, 1994).
He married Vonda Shepard in 2004. They had their first child, Jack Froom, (named for Froom's late father, a noted physician and educator), on April 15, 2006.
His brother is David Froom , a classical composer and Department Chair of the Music Department at St. Mary's College of Maryland . http://www.smcm.edu/catalog0910/programs/musc.html#facultyCitation Froom is of Romanians|Romanian ancestry on his grandparents side. http://happyhour.protv.ro/video/vonda-shepard-bunicii-sotului-meu-sunt-din-romania.html Vonda Shepard "My husband's grandparents are Romanians", happyhour.protv.ro , 2009-02-16 (in Romanian).
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External links
http://www.mitchellfroom.com Official website
IMDb name|0296434
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