Dow Brain
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Dow Brain | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| Genres | Pop, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Music producer |
Dow Brain is an American music producer, songwriter/composer and pianist. A Boston native, Brain started his music production company, Underground Productions, Inc. in 1992, in collaboration with Brad Young.[1][2] One of their first clients was Danny Wood of boy-band New Kids on the Block.[3] Since then Brain has written and produced multiple Billboard charting albums and singles and has had thousands of music placements in films and TV shows, some include: Weeds, Kyle XY, The Sopranos, Greek, Scrubs, America's Funniest Videos, The Oprah Winfrey Show and several others.[4][5]
Career
Most recently, he produced and recorded UK pop vocalist Lauren Bennett’s vocal for the LMFAO hit Party Rock Anthem, which became a number 1 hit on the Billboard pop charts.
His selected credits and discography also include: Compositions for the Do It Again film score -- Robert Patton-Spruill’s documentary about The Boston Globe reporter Geoff Edgers' quest to reunite The Kinks; the theme song and much of the score for the TV Land hit series How'd You Get So Rich? featuring Joan Rivers; and the theme song for the History Channel series The Works.
Brain has produced five RIAA certified Platinum and Gold albums and singles, including a Platinum single for the number-one selling song Summer Girls, recorded by LFO on Arista Records.[6][7]
Brain has done co-publishing deals with BMG Music and PSO Ltd.
References
- ^ Hess, Mickey (2010). Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide. Vol. 1: East Coast and West Coast. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-34321-6.
- ^ Wildman, D. "Songwriters making a reputation in rap". Boston Globe. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
- ^ Rodman, Sarah. "Producer duo climbs out of basement with LFO". Boston Herald. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ IMDb, IMDb. "Dow Brain, Soundtrack, Composer". Various Soundtrack Contributions. IMDb. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ Dow Brain at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ Discogs. "Dow Brain, Discography". Summer Girls. Discogs. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ Dow Brain discography at Discogs
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