The Composer / Songwriter

Over the last several years Troy has expanded his creative skills into composing music and the craft of songwriting. It was music rather than lyrics that seemed to inspire him. More recently Troy has demonstrated his skills as a composer and musical director for the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards Show which was broadcast nationally on Global and APTN television networks consecutively in 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons. Troy’s composing and production talents have also landed him work with the Reel World Film Festival in Toronto where he composed the opening and closing theme for the Festival in 2006. He has also lent his talents to Vancouver radio station, Shore104FM, composing and producing commercial ads for the station and its various clientele including The Keg, HSBC and Mr. Lube.

Troy has spent the majority of his career earning credits on a variety of album productions, commercials and show productions which is part of the reason why he has decided to create his first full length album which is currently in production and due to be released in the summer of 2011.

“I have a few credits to my name but it would be nice to add my own name to that list as well”. –Troy Bynoe

Troy has focused on broadening his knowledge of music and film impart by successfully completing studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston where he studied Film Scoring.

“Learning the necessary skills and applying them in everyday study was an invaluable experience that will carry on with me throughout the course of my career as a composer.”

–Troy Bynoe

Troy has explored symphonic and eclectic forms of music including classical, new age, world and theatre. He has studied film scores and in particular the work of film composers Hans Zimmer, John Williams, James Horner and John Keane. During this exploration Troy comments that: “I concentrated on honing my chops as a keyboardist and composer. No lyrics entered my mind, just chords and melodies.” Now Troy has started expanding creatively into songwriting where in 2008 he co-wrote the theme song, “Sit By My Fire”, for the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards Show with fellow writers Andrea Menard, Raven Kanatakta and Plex.

“I’ve never been the type of person who got turned on to songs because of their lyrics. Melody, chords and mood are what I find innately appealing. I usually hear these first before any lyrics come into play. When I sit down to write I usually try to come up with a good chord progression and then listen for a melody. I will then fashion lyrics around the emotion of the tune.” –Troy Bynoe

Within one year of his graduation Troy Bynoe found himself in the role of Chief Engineer at the renowned Bassmint studios the “hottest studio in Toronto for urban music” and working with such music legends as George Clinton, Salome Bey, Jackie Richardson, Ohio Players, Coolio, Bootsy Collins and Charlie Wilson and urban stars like Deborah Cox, Glenn Lewis, Dreamwarriors and K-os. Troy also got his first taste of composing for television while ghost writing for award winning television production called “Pumped”, produced by Insight Productions and YTV.

For over eighteen years Troy has provided his services as a producer, engineer and audio mixer to various clients. He has worked independently and under contract. He has managed recording budgets and directed projects from conception to delivery. He has collaborated with acclaimed producers, artists and writers and worked in various recording studio settings. In 1996 he established the Red Light Audio In House Recording System. The system required no overhead costs since it allowed for an artist’s home to be turned into a recording studio. It was a complete system that included in the package Troy as producer, engineer and mixer, the In House Recording System and through a strategic alliance, the renowned Metalworks Studios as the main mixing studio. This package allowed for artists to record professionally and inexpensively while dedicating a proper amount of resources to the critical mixing stage of a project.

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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 worked on projects that have resulted in 4 Juno Awards, 14 Juno Award Nominations, 1 Urban Music Award, 5 Urban Music Award Nominations; Platinum and Gold sales awards and 1 Crystal Award.

Troy’s eighteen 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) 48 channel systems (e.g. Neve). He also has a high efficiency in business and creative computer systems and software with proficiency in both Mac and PC.