Errol has 40 years of music industry experience. From fronting rock bands touring across Canada in his early years to engineering, recording & producing numerous projects
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An award-winning musician/engineer/producer for his work on both sides of the board, his list includes a 1989 Juno award for Best R&B single, a 1988 Socan Songwriter of the Year award & numerous Ace Advertising Awards for engineering a number of commercials for radio & television broadcast.
Errol has been a Member of Socan since 1978, and studied Vocals under the World-renowned vocal coach Ed Johnston in the early 80ʹs. As a
midi programmer, he works with Cubase, MOTU, & Logic. As an audio engineer & producer, he works with ProTools, Cubase, & Logic Audio. He has large audio console experience with Soundcraft, DnR, Nieve, & SSL 500.

With variety as the spice of Errol’s musical life, he has had the opportunity to stretch out, to explore many genres of music & the many alternative outlets for sharing music. He has created original music for programs Caribbean Workout/TSN, Fitness Kick/TSN & Fitness Zone/CHCH, his voice has been in many national & regional commercials, and he was the Voice of Sleeman in the early 90ʹs. Whether on radio & television, either as a singer or as an announcer Errol has always been active, past clients include Card Captors/Nelvana, Pembroke Mall, & Cool Hemp Company.
Errol has recorded & produced artists in multiple genres of music for the past 30 years. From Reggae, Dance/Urban, Rock, Country, Kirtan and Folk music to recording spoken word projects like NY Time Best selling Author Dan Millman. Meditation music for healing and Massage, Some artists include Robbie Anderman, Melissa McClelland, Rick Reimer, Herbie Fabulus and many others. In 2009 Errol began working with the premier Indigenous Powwow Music Label “Tribal Spirit Music” as chief recording engineer and associate producer for all of their powwow CD releases. Which included a multiple CDs from Powwow groups like the Black Bear, Eastern Eagle, Chippewa Travelers, Northern voice, and indigenous artists like Aqua and Juno nominated Bryden Gwiss Kiwenzie . tribal spirit music is the prime source providing key remix music samples for the Juno award winning EDM Indigenous music Group “A Tribe Called Red”. For Nation II Nation and We Are The Halluci Nation.
Errol is very community minded as he is involved part-time at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre in Oakville as a Recording Studio and Digital Arts Technician. Creating music enhancement programming like Singer-Songwriter and Digital Arts courses like 3D Rendering and Printing. Errol's Song Creation Outreach program to the Halton School Board for Secondary Schools is a big hit with Students with anxiety. Errol also gets to work with some great organizations like ArtHouse Oakville as a Music and Digital New Media
Instructor for at-risk children and youth. "I love to get with the youth to inspire them to be the best they can be. To encourage them to follow their dreams... I love seeing the expressions on their faces when they create something unique and unexpected.

A short list of production credits Brenda MacIntyre “Together We Can Stand Up”
https://errolstarrfrancis.com/together-we-can-stand-news/
Brenda MacIntyre “Picking Up the Pieces” https://pickingupthepiecesproject.com/
Song Creation Outreach School Programs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkrPU3aNek8&list=PLgDdjG aG-3KdhohOGt54bpw2qEALXjmiX
NY Time Bestselling Author Dan Millman. Meditation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w96exZz7hqo
Music Genre: Reggae
ErrolStarr Francis
http://errolstarrfrancis.com/about-me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlND887NjRU

Herbie Fabulus
https://herbiefabulus.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKJJByc6YHk

Genre: Powwow https://tribalspiritmusic.com/artists/tribal-spirit-music/
Genre: Indigenous
Aqua Nibii Waawaaskone
Aqua the singer, songwriter, storyteller, hand drummer and hand drum maker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?=4&v=F7FXP AEecyU

Genre:Traditional First Nations/R&B/hip hop, Bryden Gwiss Kiwenzie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb9SgdChx7U Soft Core Powwow;
A gentle rendition of the powwow beat, a blend of drum, vocals, piano, guitar, flute and other instruments while holding onto the integrity of the tribal music of the eastern First Nations of Canada.

https://www.discogs.com/Tribal-Spirit-Music-Softcore- Powwow/release/7598966
A Tribe Called Red
Nation II Nation and We Are The Halluci Nation
A Tribe Called Red Ft. Black Bear - Stadium Pow Wow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=eAEmjW9J3_o