Dutch Rocky Torres (Born 22 June) best known as Dutch Franklin, is an Italian American Spanish born Artist, Songwriter, Composer and Executive. He is one of the founders of the 70/30 Music Group Inc.
The New York City Years
Dutch became interested in music since he was 6 years of age, his grandfather Michael Angelo purchased him his first set of live drums for his 7th Birthday as a gift. Dutch was born in New York City, NY He was raised by his grandparents in Madrid, Spain and the beautiful Island of Puerto Rico until he was 9 years old where he learned to speak Spanish and Italian. Dutch and his grandparents returned to New York City where Dutch then learned to speak English, at the same time he took up piano lessons provided to him by his grandmother Margarita, by retaining a Piano instructor in the local neighborhood in Manhattan. His Grandfather (Michael) worked and owned an Auto Body Shop located in N.Y. and his Grandmother worked as a perfume girl at Macy’s department store located in mid-town Manhattan.
ART
Dutch has always been very shy in the camera’s eye and is a very reclusive recording artist, allowing very few interviews. On his spare time, Dutch loves to paint, collects Lladro figurines from Spain and works on his small private collection of sports cars.
MUSIC
Dutch soon after picked up his first drum machine the Roland TR-707. Dutch’s first keyboard was the Yamaha DX7II. Such artists as Dépêche Mode, The Smiths, David Bowie, Freddy Mercury influenced Dutch, to what he has become today,” Pure Musical Suicide Genius” – Rolling Stone Magazine
FASHION
Dutch Franklin frequently attends many modeling runway shows in Asia, Europe and America. It has been rumored that he even dated a few runway models, and even married a young beautiful woman at one point but he has never admitted to such accounts and has dismissed them entirely.
WWW.7030MUSICGROUP.COM
WWW.MASHARECHMAN.COM
WWW.DUTCHFRANKLIN.COM
70/30 MUSIC GROUP INC.
2520 CORAL WAY SUITE 2-400
MIAMI, FL. 33145
786.2547165
ART MUSIC FASHION
Kitlist details
STUDIO C
Console:
DM4800 TSM Custom Edition
Digital/Analog
Switchcraft Studio Patch 9625(3)
Argosy Desk
Monitors:
Mackie 824 THX Edition
Yamaha HS80M/ Powered Subwoofer
Focal CMS 65
Multitracking:
Digidesign Protools HD3 (PCIe) W/ Apogee Symphony Conversion AD/DA
Mac Pro Tower 12-Core
Two 2.66 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon “Westmere” Processors - 6 GB (Six1 GB) Memory
Outboard Gear- Time based Effects:
Lexicon PCM 96
Lexicon PCM 92
Lexicon MX4000XL
Bricasti Design System 2
TC Electronics FirefoX
Outboard Gear- Dynamic Effects:
Pultec EQP 1A
Dbx 160 (2)
Dbx 902 D-Esser (2)
Dangerous Music 2-Bus
TWIN: Rupert Neve Design Portico II