Brett Domino is the alter-ego of British musician and comedian Rob J Madin. As Brett Domino, he is a musician and

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from

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, although Madin is actually from

Chesterfield, Derbyshire Chesterfield is a market town and unparished area in the Borough of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, north of Derby and south of Sheffield at the confluence of the River Rother and River Hipper. In 2011 the built-up-area subdivision had a p ...

. He is best known for his YouTube videos, in which he plays covers and original songs on various musical instruments, most notably the

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. His band, The Brett Domino Trio, currently consists of only two members, Domino and "Steven Peavis" (Ste Anderson), having only been a three-piece for around a year. "Mitch Hutchinson" (Michael Denny) left the band in 2009, allegedly to become a forklift truck driver; he later returned to celebrate the band's fifth anniversary and appear on the finale of ''Brett Domino's Weekly YouTube Thing.''

Career

The Brett Domino Trio were featured a number of times as part of

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's ''

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'' in 2008, and in 2009 the band appeared on ITV's ''

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'', performing live as the house band on two episodes of ITV2's sister show, ''Britain's Got More Talent.'' Domino's YouTube videos have received over 31 million views and have been promoted by the likes of

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, and

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. On 22 November 2010, Domino released a song called "Gillian McKeith", a humorous take on the celebrity during her time in the 10th series of the

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show '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!''. The YouTube video gained over 1 million views in a week and entered the

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at number 29 on 28 November 2010. In 2011, Madin introduced a YouTube character named "C-Bomb" — a self-proclaimed

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super-producer. On 14 June 2012, BBC Comedy uploaded a specially commissioned C-Bomb music video entitled "Bowl Date" to its website and YouTube channel, followed by a further music video "Mutha Nature" on 4 October 2012. Domino appeared on ''

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'', the BBC children's programme, on 1 March 2012, performing a comedy song detailing a shortlist for the best children's book of the last ten years. Domino continued to produce regular musical segments for the show between 2012 and 2020. In October–November 2012, Madin was commissioned to write a number of Domino songs for the BBC programme ''

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''. He wrote five songs that were released weekly via the BBC's YouTube channel. On 1 July 2013, a 20-minute sitcom pilot entitled ''C-Bomb'' was launched on

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and subsequently broadcast on

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. The pilot was written by Madin with Jason Cook and Daniel Peak. Domino's "How To Make A Hit Pop Song" video was nominated for the Best Internet Comedy Short award at the 2014

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. Madin and Anderson attended the event as themselves. Between 2015 and 2016, Domino was a regular guest on

's '' Weekend'' with

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, presenting a musical segment, often involving the other guests on the show. On 16 August 2015 he performed a medley of

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songs with Shaggy himself. The Brett Domino Trio appeared in Dictionary Corner on ''

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'' in August 2016, January 2017, January 2019, January 2020, February 2020, and February 2021.

Singles

Albums

Songs Off YouTube

Release date: 1 March 2011 Track listing: * Beat It (2011 version) * Justin Timberlake Medley * I Feel for You * We Speak No Americano * 1980s Stylophone Medley * Bad Romance * Jurassic Park Theme * Ellie Goulding Medley * Hip-Hop Medley * Nelly Furtado Medley * Michael Jackson Medley * Korn / 50 Cent / Tenna Marie Medley * Now 75 Medley * Party In the Park (Radio Aire) Medley * William Tell Overture (live) * Track By Track Commentary

Reflections

Release date: 9 December 2013 Track listing: * Gz and Hustlas (Intro) * Earthquake * UK Top 10 Medley (06.05.12) * Buck Rogers * Get Lucky * Suit & Tie (Interlude) * Pusher Love Girl * Beauty and a Beat * Sexy and I Know It * E.T. * Insane in the Brain * In Paris (Interlude) * I Been On * 212 * 1D Medley * Hey Ya! * Holy Grail * Tinie Tempah Medley * Firework * Aviation Medley * Ministry of Sound Medley

Funk

Release date: 20 January 2017 Fan funded on

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. Track listing: * All Rhetoric * NGC 4945 * Blackberry * Fake Friends * Interlude #1 * (In a) Funk * Facsimile * Fuchsia * Magic Cane * Shade * Interlude #2 * Douche * Interlude #3 * Tongue Tied

Keytar Your Heart

Release date: 12 June 2020 Track listing: * Lunchtime Lover * Bin Guy (A Song Containing Exclusively Three Letter Words) * Penelope, Please Stop Recommending so Many TV Dramas * I Think I'm in Love with the Girl Who Works on Checkout Six in Decathlon * Bad Lips (A Song Created from a Word Cloud of Ed Sheeran Lyrics) * Happy Birthday (to Whoever) * Bad Bad Boy * Get Bumpsy (An Attempt to Bring Back a Range of Obsolete Vocabulary) * Drop Crotch Jeans (Ode to 2017) * Pinocchio 2020

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Domino, Brett English keyboardists English multi-instrumentalists Musicians from Leeds Living people 1986 births