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Troy Bynoe
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| Troy’s music production/engineering experience and music industry knowledge is a culmination of two decades of passion driven hard work and dedication towards his craft and associations; resulting in 4 Juno Awards, 14 Juno Award Nominations, 1 Urban Music Award, 5 Urban Music Award Nominations, Gemini Awards, Crystal Awards and Gold and Platinum Awards. Troy’s work as an engineer, mixer, producer and composer has proven to be an integral part of the Toronto, Canada Urban music movement during its pivotal era between the early 1990’s and 2000’s that formed the fabric of a strong and influential landscape of artists that now have a popular impact in the global market. Artists like Drake, Nelly Furtado, K-os, Kardinal Offishall and Justin Bieber are just a few examples of Canadian artists who were molded from the hotbed of Toronto talent.
Troy has worked with the biggest record labels – EMI, Sony, BMG, Warner and Universal and has achieved beyond their expectations in creating award winning music projects such as the 2005 Juno Award winning recording Joyful Rebellion (Virgin) for K-os and for which Troy received a Platinum record for sales in excess of 100,000 units in Canada. The album reached No. 7 on the Billboard Top Canadian 100 chart. Troy has been at the helm of a slew of production and engineering projects in the fields of Pop, R&B and Hip Hop for many distinguishable artists such as Kardinal Offishall, Esthero, Infinite, Dubmatique, Sky, Jelleestone, Doc McKinney, Smash Mouth, Divine Brown, Dream Warriors, Daniel Lanois (U2), Alex Greggs (Michael Jackson, ‘N Sync), Stephan Moccio (Miley Cyrus, Celine Dion), George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Untitled, Bass is Base, Brassmunk, Ivana Santilli and many more. Alongside his album work he has also played a crucial role in composing, engineering and publishing hundreds of music cues and songs for Television, Film and Radio projects including the Aboriginal Achievement Awards (2008 – 2011), the Beijing Olympics, Insight Productions (Juno Awards), HGTV, YTV (Pumped), City TV (Ooh La La), APTN, Global TV, CBC (Stars on Ice), OMNI TV, Real World Film Festival in Toronto and Vancouver radio station Shore 104FM. Troy’s 20 years of experience and technical knowledge of the recording process is at an expert proficiency. It includes a high level knowledge and hands-on experience of state-of-the-art computerized systems like Digidesign’s Pro Tools and Logic Pro music production systems and major studio boards like Solid State Logic (SSL), Neve and Euphonics systems. He also has a high efficiency in business and creative computer systems and software with proficiency in both Mac and PC. Troy has been invited on many adjudication panels for prominent international music talent shows such as Super Boy China (“Chinese Idol”), Blossoming Flowers (“Chinese all female Idol”), Songwriters Association of Canada, Honey Jam (Toronto all female talent search), FACTOR (The Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings) and Canadian Music Week (Premier Toronto Music Festival). As well, he has contributed music and organizational efforts in his outreach to community initiatives including the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake Relief Concert, Read2Rap (youth education program) and the Canada International Children’s Arts Festival. Troy’s passion for music ensures he continues to strive to be actively involved in positively impactful initiatives that bring good music to the masses. This is his guiding principle that motivated his 20 year legacy in music and will continue to be in the years to come. |
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