Dow Brain | |
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Born | United States |
Genres | Pop, rock |
Occupation(s) | Music producer |
Dow Brain is an American music producer, songwriter/composer, and pianist. Brain's music production company, Underground Productions, Inc., was created in 1990 with parter Brad Young.[1][2] Brain began working with Danny Wood of boy-band New Kids on the Blockin Boston. Danny Wood introduced Brain to Rich Cronin of the American Pop band LFO. Brain is the co-writer and producer of both LFO's top 10 Billboard singles, "Summer Girls" and "Girl on TV."[3] Brain has written and produced multiple Billboard charting albums and singles and has written music for 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
Brain also 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.
Brain's other 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]
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