# Dow Brain
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'''Dow Brain''' is an American music producer, songwriter/composer, and pianist. Brain's music production company, [Underground Productions, Inc.](/source/Underground_Productions%2C_Inc.), was created in 1990 with partner Brad Young.[{{cite book |author=Hess, Mickey |title=Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide |volume=1: East Coast and West Coast |publisher=[ABC-CLIO](/source/ABC-CLIO) |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-313-34321-6}}][{{cite news |author=Wildman, D |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/28532145.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+05%2C+1998&author=David+Wildman%2C+Globe+Correspondent&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=SONGWRITERS+MAKING+A+REPUTATION+IN+RAP&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712142839/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/28532145.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+05,+1998&author=David+Wildman,+Globe+Correspondent&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=SONGWRITERS+MAKING+A+REPUTATION+IN+RAP&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |title=Songwriters making a reputation in rap |publisher=[Boston Globe](/source/Boston_Globe) |access-date=February 24, 2012}}] Brain began working with [Danny Wood](/source/Danny_Wood) of boy band [New Kids on the Block](/source/New_Kids_on_the_Block) in Boston. Danny Wood introduced Brain to [Rich Cronin](/source/Rich_Cronin) of the American pop band [LFO](/source/LFO_(American_band)). Brain is the co-writer and producer of both LFO's top 10 Billboard singles, "[Summer Girls](/source/Summer_Girls)" and "Girl on TV."[{{cite news |author=Rodman, Sarah |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/74963882.html?dids=74963882:74963882&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+04%2C+2001&author=Sarah+Rodman&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Producer+duo+climbs+out+of+the+basement+with+LFO&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712142146/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/74963882.html?dids=74963882:74963882&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+04,+2001&author=Sarah+Rodman&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Producer+duo+climbs+out+of+the+basement+with+LFO&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |title=Producer duo climbs out of basement with LFO |publisher=[Boston Herald](/source/Boston_Herald) |access-date=24 February 2012}}] Brain has written and produced multiple Billboard charting albums and singles and has written music for films and TV shows, some include: ''[Weeds](/source/Weeds_(TV_series))'', ''[Kyle XY](/source/Kyle_XY)'', ''[The Sopranos](/source/The_Sopranos)'', ''[Greek](/source/Greek_(TV_series))'', ''[Scrubs](/source/Scrubs_(TV_series))'', ''[America's Funniest Videos](/source/America's_Funniest_Videos)'', ''[The Oprah Winfrey Show](/source/The_Oprah_Winfrey_Show)'' and several others.[{{Cite web |last=Gaskins |first=Michael |title=Boston Beat {{!}} Berklee |url=https://www.berklee.edu/berklee-today/fall-2013/alumni-chapter-columns/boston-beat |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=www.berklee.edu |language=en}}]
==Career==
Brain also produced and recorded UK [pop](/source/pop_music) vocalist [Lauren Bennett](/source/Lauren_Bennett)’s vocal for the [LMFAO](/source/LMFAO_(group)) hit "[Party Rock Anthem](/source/Party_Rock_Anthem)", which became a number 1 hit on the [Billboard pop charts](/source/Billboard_charts).[{{Cite news |last=Staff |first=N. P. R. |date=2011-07-23 |title=LMFAO: The Science Of Party Rocking |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/07/24/138574981/lmfao-the-science-of-party-rocking |access-date=2025-09-29 |work=NPR |language=en}}]
Brain's other credits and discography also include Compositions for the ''[Do It Again](/source/Do_It_Again_(film))'' film score -- [Robert Patton-Spruill](/source/Robert_Patton-Spruill)’s documentary about ''[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe)'' reporter [Geoff Edgers](/source/Geoff_Edgers)' quest to reunite [The Kinks](/source/The_Kinks); the theme song and much of the score for the [TV Land](/source/TV_Land) hit series ''[How'd You Get So Rich?](/source/How'd_You_Get_So_Rich%3F)'' featuring [Joan Rivers](/source/Joan_Rivers); and the theme song for the [History Channel](/source/History_(U.S._TV_channel)) series ''[The Works](/source/The_Works_(2000s_TV_series))''.
Brain has produced five [RIAA](/source/RIAA) certified [Platinum and Gold](/source/Music_recording_sales_certification) albums and singles, including a Platinum single for the number-one selling song "[Summer Girls](/source/Summer_Girls)", recorded by [LFO](/source/LFO_(American_band)) on [Arista Records](/source/Arista_Records).[{{cite web|last=Discogs|title=Dow Brain, Discography|url=http://www.discogs.com/search?q=Dow+Brain&btn=&type=all|work=Summer Girls|publisher=Discogs|access-date=23 February 2012}}][{{Discogs artist|Dow Brain}}]
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