Wikipedia:Glenarvon (Musician)

Derek Matthew Brown (born February 19, 1982), known professionally as Glenarvon, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City.

Biography
Derek Matthew Brown was born in Rockledge, Florida, and adopted not long after. He was raised in Daytona Beach, where he performed in alternative rock bands throughout the nineties. At 14, he started sending demos—recorded at home on a four-track cassette recorder—to record labels in the U.S. One, unaware of his age, offered to fly him to Los Angeles to record, but his parents worried it would negatively impact his education.

At 20, Brown moved to New York City and released two albums under the name Derek Matthew. Underwhelmed by the quality of the recordings, he pulled them from distribution and began studying audio engineering at SAE Institute. By 27 he was performing regularly and working on material with industry veterans. Then he developed an illness that often left him bed-ridden for a couple of days out of the week. He also lost his voice during this period, which lasted several months. Unable to sing, he returned to school—enrolling at Columbia University in the City of New York, where he earned a bachelor's degree in English & Comparative Literature. He then earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Literary Translation. During this time, he published book reviews with Cleaver Magazine, translated Spanish fiction , and served on the editorial board of The Columbia Journal.

Brown assumed the stage-name Glenarvon—a reference to the eponymous novel by Lady Caroline Lamb—to minimize confusion with other artists named Derek Brown.

Career
Brown performs and releases music under the name Glenarvon and produces other artists with db SPL, LLC.

Works

 * Smashing Idols
 * Derek Matthew I
 * Derek Matthew II