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Biography - Short
Version
This is Derek's more "professional" bio. Kinda dry, but at least
it's readable in one sitting.
Name: Derek
Brink
Birthdate: 5/29/80
Guitar Influences: Pete Townshend (The Who), David Gilmour (Pink
Floyd), Denison Witmer, Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick), Edge (U2), Patterson
Hood (Drive-By Truckers), Mike Cooley (Drive-By
Truckers), Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam), Mike McCready (Pearl Jam),
Waylon Jennings, Jim Heath (aka "The
Reverend Horton Heat"), Frank
Black, and probably a few others too...
Vocal Influences: "Pretty
much whatever I'm listening to at the time...but if I could choose, I'd
list people like David Bowie and Freddie Mercury...the truth, though, is
probably somewhere more along the lines of a weird mix of Pete Townshend,
Frank Black/Black Francis, Roger Daltry, Patterson Hood, and Dennis
DeYoung--embarassing as that last one might be."
Current Bands:
Solo Musician: 1997 - Present (Original Music)
Blue Tattoo: 2004 -
Present (Original Music)
Michael Feldman Group: 2002 - Present (Cover
Music)
Previous Bands:
R. M. I.: 1992-1993 (Original
Music)
union jack: 1993-1996 (Original Music)
The Moody Jews:
1995-1996 (Cover Music)
Awake: 1996-1998 (Original Music)
Uncle
Dick: 1999 - 2004 (Original Music)
Occasional Appearances
With:
Jeff Moody: 1999 (Original and Cover Music)
Ben and Beth Ann
Crouse: 2000 (Cover Music)
Joe Banua Band: 2001-2002 (Cover
Music)
St. Louis Soul Exchange: 2002 (Original Music)
Music
Ministry With:
Parkwood Christian Church: 1995-2000
New Heights
Christian Church: 2000-2002
Ferguson Christian Church:
2002-2007
Regularly Used Guitar
Equipment:
Gretsch
Electromatic 5120, in a beautiful transparent
orange
Fender Strat,
Natural Finish
Gibson Les Paul Studio in a beautiful wine red
with gold hardware and upgraded tuners
Schecter RAF-12
Spitfire
1950 Silvertone
Guitar in sort-of a rust color
Martin D-18
Acoustic
Parkwood 360M
Acoustic
Takamine G-series 12-string
...and 20+
others.
Fender Blues Deluxe Amp
Pedals/Effects
(in order, as per the chain):
Dunlop Crybaby Wah
Rocktron
Compressor
DOD Ice Box Chorus
Boss Blues Driver
Digitech Eric
Clapton Crossroads
DOD Flashback Fuzz
Boss Distortion
BBE Boosta
Grande
Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler
Boss Flanger
BBE Sonic
Stomp
Fishman Aura Dreadnought
...and it's all
powered by a Furman board
(There are a
host of other boxes and toys stashed away in the studio,
too.)
Personal Statement:
My musical career has been long and
varied. To try to sum it up in a few paragraphs is a kind of futile
effort. The short version is that I've always loved music, and I've been
playing it since I was about five or six-years-old (if you could call it
"music" then). I've been in a number of bands and worked in a ton of side
projects--only a selection of which are noted above--and until recently, I
even called music my "job" working in a church as a music minister.
I'm incredibly proud of my work with my different projects from
the past, especially the stuff I did with Uncle Dick, The Michael Feldman
Group, and union jack. If it's possible, though, I am even more proud of
the stuff I'm doing today as a member of Blue Tattoo and as a solo artist.
I'm proud to be working with the people I'm working with, and I feel truly
fortunate to have found myself in the position I'm in.
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