Derek Brin

Brin, whose father is from St. Thomas and mother is Trinidadian, was born in Toronto, but raised between Toronto and the US Virgin Islands.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] 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.[7]

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.[7][10][13] He also contributed to Pokémon: The First Movie, Save The Last Dance 2, Blue Streak, Smokin' Aces, Poker Night, and Replikator.[1][14]

Brin founded Fierce Music Entertainment Inc.,[5] based in Toronto, Los Angeles, and the Caribbean. He is also CEO and creator of iCaribbeanTunes.com,[15] 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.[7] In 2009, Brin was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Urban Music Association of Canada (UMAC) as Director of Artist Relations.[6]

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• 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)[16]
• Pokémon: The First Movie, soundtrack - 1998
• While You Were Gone by Kelly Price (Blue Streak soundtrack) - 1999
• Stamina by Rameses[17] - 1999
• Stronger by Kristine W - 2000 (No. 1 Billboard Dance)[16]
• www.fan-ta-see by Innosense - 2000
• Closer by In Essence - 2003
• Nothing Left To Say by Ryan Malcolm[18] - 2003
• Unconditional by Kalan Porter - 2004
• Unpredictable by Keshia Chanté - 2004 (Canada gold)[16]
• Red Hot by RuPaul - 2004
• Daddy Thing by Jaheim - 2006 (No. 1 entry Billboard Top 200)[7]
• Hungry For Love by Andreea Bălan[19] - 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[20] - 2009

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• Derek Brin on Myspace
• Derek Brin on LinkedIn
• Derek Brin at IMDb