Background
Julian was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Westfield, New Jersey.
Julian was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Westfield, New Jersey.
In 1975, Julian attended Syracuse University, earning a Bachelors in Science (Bachelor of Science) degree in Television and Radio Production.
His career spans more than three decades in the music and entertainment business. Julian has been awarded 23 Gold Records, 5 Platinum Records, and his collaborations have been nominated for four Grammy Awards. Julian is classically trained in voice, trombone, and timpani.
He is a session player and arranger on guitar, bass, strings, horns, and keyboards, and, as a producer, arranges, records, and programs samples and drum loops.
Julian toured as a lead singer for six years around the United States with his rock band. Calliope Productions
The studio became the center for the East Coast hip hop movement known as the "Native Tongues." Julian collaborated with hip hop artists such as De Louisiana Soul, Biz Markie, Naughty by Nature, Deee-lite, Tribe Called Quest, 3rd Bass, and P.M. Dawn, "forging a new African American roots awareness, and a progressive, brainy, "hippy" sensibility within the hip hop community." As producer, composer, engineer, writer, and instrumentalist, Julian"s work spanned several genres as he collaborated with celebrities Don Was, Manny Marroquin, Jimmy Webb, Art Garfunkel, Chaka Khan, David Bowie, Isaac Hayes, Vanessa Williams, and David Crosby.
Calliope closed its doors in 1994. BANG Music
Grammy Award nominations
Julian"s collaborations in the record industry have merited his clients 4 Grammy Nominations:
Queen Latifah - Best Rap Performance, “All Hail the Queen" from the album, All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah - Best Rap Performance, “Nature of a Sista" from the album, Nature Of A Sista
De Louisiana Soul - Best Rap Performance, “Maine, Myself, & I” from the album, 3 Feet High & Rising
Penelope Spheeris - Best Music Video, “That’s lieutenant” from album, Lifers Group World Tour Rahway Prison
Imagine Post
Julian"s musical and technical background has allowed for major successes in the motion picture industry, where his current focus is post-production sound editing.
The films he has worked on have earned over 70 major awards.
His productions are centered at Imagine Post, his multi-studio post production facility in Woodland Hills, California. Emmy Award
Music industry
Film industry.
Julian won an Emmy in 2006 for his work on the television film Flight 93. Other films Julian has worked on have won or been nominated for a variety of awards and official selections. During these same years in Manhattan, Julian was the co-owner and co-founder of BANG Music, a youth oriented commercial music production company. Julian won an Emmy "Foreign Outstanding Sound Editing Foreign A Mini-Series, Movie, or Special" in 2006 for his work on the A&East television film, Flight 93.
