Brandon Metcalf (born July 3, 1986) is an American record producer and entrepreneur. In 2005, he founded Destiny Collective, a network of businesses in the music and merchandising industries. He was originally a

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-based record producer but as of August 2012 is now based primarily out of

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History: Teenage years

Starting in the 6th grade, Metcalf was a

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. At age 13, he took savings from the paper route job and purchased a set of turntables after deciding he wanted to be a DJ. Adopting the nickname FADE, he spent his teenage years DJing at competitions, school dances, clubs, and weddings. He started his first official business at age 15 which was a wedding DJ business. At age 13 he wrote and recorded his own hip hop album, using beats he made on the computer and sampled from

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s. At age 16, he upgraded to

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software and recorded local acoustic projects out of his parents home.

Destiny Collective

At age 19, Brandon sold the DJ company, dropped out of

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, and purchased a home to build a studio in. He started a new company called Destiny Collective to focus on artist development, record production, and merchandising. The parent corporation includes successful ventures shirtsforgreeks.com, specializing in collegiate and Greek apparel, and the newly launched Destiny Nashville, a recording studio and production company on

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Studio work

Brandon has worked in the studio as a producer, engineer, and/or mixer with bands and artists such as: * Jewel *

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* Due West *

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*Julia Sheer *Elenowen *

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* Stephen Jerzak *

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*The Real You *

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* Artist vs Poet Aside from his personal studio, he has worked on projects in studios throughout Seattle, Los Angeles, and

. His production work has received positive reviews from music publications and websites such as absolutepunk.net.

Recognition

Brandon and his work has been featured on: *

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* VH1 * e! *

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In addition, he has been featured in interviews in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'',

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, and ABC News.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Metcalf, Brandon 1986 births Living people Record producers from Washington (state) Record producers from Tennessee