Hello,

I love everything about music. I love playing it, listening to it, watching it, writing it and talking about it. But most of all, I love to record.

I’ve been recording music since I was 12. I started out on a 4 track cassette tape recorder. Then in middle school I upgraded to free recording software and a computer mic. But this website starts with “Soft Enough To Hit” which I recorded when I was 18 on bottom of the line recording equipment that I bought with every penny of my graduation money. I set up my little studio in the corner of my parents garage in Pittsburg, CA next to a loud refrigerator, water heater and a garage door. All of which you can hear in my first five albums if you listen close. I look at those five album as phase 1 of my work.

Phase 2 began with the album Soft as Gold which I recorded on slightly upgraded gear in attics, basements, closets and bedrooms in California, Georgia, Missouri and Alabama. I left the garage to find out what the rest of the world sounded like and it turns out songs come much slower outside the garage.

There are a few parallel stories I should mention, first being my band The Federalists (’05-’10). We released 3 albums and I’m sure we’ll have some unreleased stuff to come. Also, We Live is my ongoing gospel, church, Christian, worship etc…music project that I gave a different name so you know what you’re getting. If you enjoy my other music I’d love for you to give that a listen.

Along the way I got married, had a son named Freddie, landed in Alabama and started working at a church with my family. As I’ve settled in to this new stage of life I’ve rediscovered the comfort I find in creation. This is the place to hear it as it comes.

Thanks For Listening,

Luke Franks