DION FRILEY

-DZYNE-

Dion, also known as DZYNE to his musical peers, is a Inglewood, CA native Producer, Playback Engineer, Programmer, Musical Director, Tour Manager and Drummer with over 20 years’ experience. After recording & the release of Kendrick's 1st ever mixtape "Minor of the Year (Y.H.N.I.C.)" in 2003,  Dion has been the Music Director and Playback Engineer for Kendrick Lamar since 2013 working on all tours and shows such as the Kendrick Lamar’s   Kunta's Groove Sessions,              The DAMN World Tour, TDE’s Championship Tour, Kanye West Yeezus Tour, Eminem’s Rapture Tour, Coachella and more recently, The Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers World Tour.

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Dion also has extensive touring experience working in various capacities with artist such as Baby Keem,             Tanna Leone, Jessica Simpson, ScHoolboy Q, SZA, Jay Rock, Inglewood SIR, Isaiah Rashad, Lil Uzi Vert, 21 Savage 

to name a few.

Dion's experience is not limited to just touring, Dion has Television and Broadcast experience curating shows for NBC’s Saturday Night Live, CBS’s Tonight Show, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel, The Colbert Show and a host of award shows such as The Grammy Awards, The UK’s Brit Awards and The MTV Video Music Awards.

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Dion is proficient in Digital Audio Workstation software such as Live’s Ableton, Avid’s Protools, Apple’s Logic X, MainStage. Lighting and Video Synchronization with Digital Audio Software. Creative Innovative Sound Design Concepts, Live RTP-Midi programming and show control Implementation.

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Dion is currently Show Producer for pgLang, co-creating show aesthetics for pgLang Artists

Kendrick Lamar, Baby Keem & TannaLeone.

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His most recent reflections of this role has been The Day 'N' Vegas 2021 festival in Las Vegas, NV, 

Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers World Tour 2022,

The NFL / Pepsi 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Performance

Creative Art Emmy Win. 

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