Derek Brin is a multi-platinum, award-winning music producer, sound designer, and mix engineer.
Career Brin, whose father is from St. Thomas and mother is Trinidadian, was born in Toronto, but raised between Toronto and the US Virgin Islands.Article from Virgin Islands Daily News (July 4, 2006): Derek Brin - Producer With St. Thomas Roots Working To Get Play For Caribbean Before starting his own company, Brin spent 10 years as the in-house Composer, Sound Editor, and Head of Audio Operations at Visual Productions, a film and television production company, based in Toronto and South Africa.
Brin has worked with several of the industry's hottest artists, including Ne-Yo, Dan Hill, Jaheim, RuPaul, Kelly Price, Che'Nelle, Massari, Jane Zhang, Noel G, Dru, Andreea Bălan, Keo, Puya, Keshia Chanté, Kristine W, and Dream Warriors.Article: UMAC Announces New Board Members and Advisors; Urban Music Association of Canada Welcomes New FacesAllMusicDiscogsPMP WorldwideWikipedia: Subliminal Simulation (Dream Warriors) Brin has been engineer and programmer for hit songwriter Dan Hill since 2004 and programmer for industry heavyweights like Diane Warren (Realsongs), Guy Roche, Jud Friedman, and Allan Rich.
Brin's work has been featured on So You Think You Can Dance, The Hills, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Degrassi Goes Hollywood, Wild Discovery, Supermarket Sweep, The Mom Show, Blue Murder, Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, Cover Guy, The NHL Awards, and Fashion File. He also contributed to Pokémon: The First Movie, Save The Last Dance 2, Blue Streak, Smokin' Aces, Poker Night, and Replikator.IMDb - The Internet Movie Database
Brin founded Fierce Music Entertainment Inc., based in Toronto, Los Angeles, and the Caribbean. He is also CEO and creator of iCaribbeanTunes.com, a major portal where the film, television, and video game industries can go to license music from the Caribbean. In 2007, Brin signed an international publishing deal with Ole Music Publishing. In 2009, Brin was appointed to the board of directors of the Urban Music Association of Canada (UMAC) as Director of Artist Relations.
Selected discography
One Track Mind by TBTBT (Too Bad to be True) - 1993 Can I Get A Yo by Graphidi Logik - 1994 Subliminal Simulation by Dream Warriors - 1994 Flex by Belinda - 1996 Do You Know (What It Takes) by Robyn - 1997 (No. 7 Billboard Top 100 single, US gold) Pokémon: The First Movie, soundtrack - 1998 While You Were Gone by Kelly Price (Blue Streak soundtrack) - 1999 Stamina by RamesesArticle: Cropover Barbados - 1999 Stronger by Kristine W - 2000 (No. 1 Billboard Dance) www.fan-ta-see by Innosense - 2000 Closer by In Essence - 2003 Nothing Left To Say by Ryan Malcolm[ Billboard: Home - Ryan Malcolm] - 2003 Unconditional by Kalan Porter - 2004 Unpredictable by Keshia Chanté - 2004 (Canada gold) Red Hot by RuPaul - 2004 Daddy Thing by Jaheim - 2006 (No. 1 entry Billboard Top 200) Hungry For Love by Andreea BălanWikipedia: SuperWoman - Andreea Bălan - 2006 I Fell In Love With The DJ by Che'Nelle - 2007 Body Body by Massari - 2009 Under The Radar by Massari - 2009 Would You Mind by Dru - 2009
Selected filmography
Film Pokémon: The First Movie - 1998 Blue Streak - 1999 Save The Last Dance 2 - 2006 Smokin' Aces - 2006 Degrassi Goes Hollywood - 2009
TV Supermarket Sweep - 1993-2012 Blue Murder - 2003-2004 Da Kink in My Hair - 2007-2009 The Mom Show - 2007-2012 The Hills - 2008 So You Think You Can Dance (US) - 2008 Kanako, Challenging the System (Documentary) - 2009 Degrassi Goes Hollywood - 2009 So You Think You Can Dance (Canada) - 2010 Positive Women (Documentary) - 2012
Awards and nominations
{| class="wikitable" |- !Year !Nominated work !Award !Result |- |rowspan="2"| 2006 |rowspan="2"| Derek Brin''' |Best New Artist - Female |rowspan="2" |- |Best Female Vocal |- |2010 | Derek Brin & Gary Serrao'Article: The Soca Awards Organization (SAO) Releases the 2010 International Soca Awards (iSA) Nominees |Best Soca Compilation Rhythm
Brin composed music for the television series, Adventures in Evergreen Forest'', which won a CANPRO Award for Best Children's Programming.
Brin received Canadian Urban Music Awards for Album of the Year and Best R&B Single. In 2004, he was nominated for Producer of the Year.
In 2007, Brin co-produced the song "Beautiful Surprise" for Philip7, which received a nomination for Best Alternative Song at the Barbados Music Awards.Bajan Sun Article: Philip7 & Masala
References
External links Derek Brin on Myspace