"For anyone who loves the Beatles, Scott is an amazing resource. His lectures are completely entertaining and well-constructed. You'll come away with a richer appreciation for every element of the craft: songwriting, musicianship and production. Scott takes you deep inside the amazingly creative process. Even for songs you've enjoyed countless times, you'll hear -- and learn -- something new."
–Al Cattabiani , Owner , 1409 Entertainment and Garagista Music
Over 200 guests attended The Malibu Library Speaker Series last week that featured composer, producer, and Beatles expert Scott Freiman.
Scott Freiman says he loves it when he reveals to people “tidbits” about the Beatles “and I hear that gasp from the audience because I’ve told them something they didn’t know.”
The four-part film series “Deconstructing the Beatles” debuts at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 30, at the Imperial Theatre. The series starts with “Revolver,” then picks up again after Masters Week with “Sgt. Pepper,” (April 20) “Rubber Soul,” (April 27) and “The White Album” (May 4.) SPECIAL
With billions of words already written about the Beatles, is there really anything new to say? Well, yes, as it turns out.
Beatles expert Scott Freiman sat down with Garvia Bailey to talk about this week's "Deconstructing the Beatles" shows at TIFF Bell Lightbox.
Nearly 51 years to the day after The Beatles changed pop culture forever with its iconic performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, Scott Freiman is keeping the Fab Four’s memory alive.
The multimedia presentations “Deconstructing The Beatles” have entertained and edified college and corporate audiences for the last few years, including different programs tackling different albums and eras of the group held in Northeast Ohio.
Now Freiman is back in the Rock Hall City with “Deconstructing Rubber Soul,” “Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper – EXPANDED” and “Glass Onion – EXPANDED” taking place Feb. 13 through Feb. 15 at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Scott Freiman, a composer and producer who started putting together Beatles lectures four years ago as a way to entertain his musician friends, says those same friends pushed him into going public.
Scott Freiman’s Beatles lectures are such a hit that he’s become a regular on the lecture circuit. Freiman, a composer and producer who started putting together Beatles presentations four years ago as a way to entertain his musician friends, says those same friends pushed him into sharing them with the public. In 2013, Freiman lectured in front of some 15,000 people nationwide, including employees of theaters, museums and Pixar. He’s recently expanded his multimedia programs and is taking them on the road. We reached him via phone in Los Angeles.
I invited Scott Freimanto dinner for a few reasons, but mostly because he gets paid to talk about rock ‘n’ roll. Scott, the CEO of a tech startup called Qwire (an intentional misspelling of choir), taught a class at Yale University on the music of the Beatles and lectures widelyon the topic. During a dinner with some 15 tech founders and investors, I asked Scott about the story behind Decca Records turning down the Beatles (an epic miss!) and subsequently overpaying to sign another young rock group.
New York-based composer and producer Scott Freiman, will "deconstruct" an album of the Beatles in a multi-media presentation at the Springfield Jewish Community Center. Freiman’s “Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper” takes place Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m.
In a two-hour presentation, Freiman will take Beatles' fans through the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album. Freiman will use various forms of media, including music, video and photos to give an in-depth look at the Beatles’ creative process.
Beatles inspiration never stops. Their songs and the unique souls that produced them go under Scott Frieman’s unique microscope in his “Deconstructing the Beatles” series.
FabFour Heads who haven’t experienced it yet get another change this Tuesday, June 24th, when he presents “Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper” at the JCC in Manhattan.
The Beatles’ “White Album” can change lives. For me, it was at age 8, when the music maven babysitter brought along her box of cassettes (back then the tape version of “The Beatles” —the album’s official name— wasn’t white and minimalist like its nickname, but black and photo-covered); the 30 wildly diverse songs whirled me around like a weird funhouse ride. Composer Scott Freiman had his own “White Album” moment at age 10. His Partridge Family-loving mind was blown when an uncle lent him a copy of the Beatles’ self-titled double LP with its stark, unforgettable packaging.
Scott Freiman asks his students to "lend me your ears" and he takes them on a trip through Strawberry Fields, down Penny Lane and into Abbey Road.
Scott Freiman's first record was by the Partridge Family. An uncle quickly rectified that, lending the 10-year-old copies of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper and the White Album, and Freiman has been hooked ever since.
Does the world really need yet another perspective on the Fab Four? Judging by the fast success of the multimedia show “Deconstructing the Beatles,” the answer is…YES.
Scott Freiman's personal interest in the Beatles took a very suprising turn. Like a lot of valuable things, “Deconstructing the Beatles” started by accident. But as we’ll see momentarily, Scott Freiman, an NY-based composer, producer and engineer seized the opportunity to take his own curiosity about the music of John, Paul, George and Ringo, and turn it into something much bigger.
Scott Freiman is a Beatles geek. But it's OK. He's highly functioning, he has a day job and he does his best not to haunt old record conventions in search of a "butcher cover" copy of "Yesterday and Today." In fact, Freiman, like many fellow Beatles geeks, has actually turned his fandom into a job of its own, one he loves and does well.
