Artist description Kind of tall and lanky and a bit disheveled; While being a "bad motherf$%@^r" on the Fender bass( fretless and fretted )and also Bass Synth, Keyboards, Percussion and Computer Programming employed for extreme musical creations. ; his bass playing is Fearless and Lyrical and has been compared to a "freight train"; his original compositions come from the heart and combine a studied approach to music constuction with a natural, organic quality. He believes that in order to continue growing as an artist, you need to continually keep both your mind and ears wide open, and steal from everything everywhere..

Music Style Jazz,Funk,Latin,Reggae,Electronic,Orchestral,World fusion

Musical Influences Bird,Bela Bartok,Jimi,Beatles,Jaco,Pat Martino,Igor,Miles,Monk,Coltrane,Cannonball,Zawinul,Wayne,Mike Leasure(my old pal) and Maurice

Similar Artists Jaco Pastorius,Josef Zawinul,Weather Report,Myself,Pat Metheny

Artist History Brian Derek studied Electric Bass and Composition( also scoring for Strings, Winds, Brass and Big Band)at Berklee College of Music. He has since been involved in many recording and performance projects. He is of the opinion that while having a good education helps, there is nothing like having "real" life experience from gigs and recording and working in as many different musical situations as possible. Brian has played with Mike Stern, Peter Erskine, Pat Metheny, Jay McShann, Stephen Stills, The Brubeck Bros., Neal Sedaka and The 5th Dimension amoung countless others. He currently teaches el. bass technique and jazz harmony/theory in the greater northern Indiana area. The band COSMIC TRUTH originated in Chicago in 1995; they have performed many club dates and corporate functions and gigs like Billboard magazines`Dance Summit 1996. To catch the band in concert, you will notice and be caught-up in the high-energy that these guys put out; so much so that people would be driven to fits of elation and uncontrollable dancing. Cosmic Truth is a combination of Improvised Jazz, World Fusion, Latin, Funk and Free Improvisation. The music included here on MP3 is Original, HOT and FREE so ENJOY!!

Group Members Brian Derek - Bassist, Composer (featured on mp3) at one time or another: Carter Luke-Piano/Keyboards; Dave Gordon- Piano/Keyboards; Dave Zelinski-Tenor Saxophone/Flute; Jack Cassidy- Trumpet; Peter Lerner- Guitar; Dave Simone- Drums; Luis Izquierdo- Percussion.

Instruments Fretted and Fretless Fender basses,Bass Synth,Keyboards,Percussion, Computer programming and any other extreme measure.

Albums COSMIC TRUTH(1999) ,CLOUDS OF OORT(2000), COSMIC TRUTH ORCHESTRAL MUSIC(2000) ,JAH ZAMBANGO(2000),THE SOUND OF EMOTION(2001),ABSOLUTE MUSIC(2002)

Press Reviews Brian Derek and Cosmic Truth have been the featured band on many web sites like Muzik Street and ARTISTdirect, also watch for the review of the CD "JAH ZAMBANGO" in Bassplayer and Bass World magazines. BD has also won certificates for the top 10% music composition awards from the Billboard songwriting competition for some of his original music.

Additional Info !!!NOW AVAILABLE ON CDROM--THE REAL BOOK,VOLUMES 1,2 AND 3.Inquire through CONTACT page. I thank you in advance for all of your support and the artists thank you! Thanks for stopping by,I hope you have a great time!!...fine print:remember that when using the lo-fi playback that you`re not hearing everything on the track correctly.The CD sounds 100% better! [[ DONT GIVE PEACE A CHANCE , MAKE IT MANDATORY ]]

Location Ft. Wayne, IN - USA

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