Brian Funshine

BRIAN’S  BIO

Click here for Chinese version – Translated by Winnie Huang (or see below) - huang.wenyi@gmail.com

Brian “Funshine” Alexander is a children’s music producer/entertainer, voice over talent, workshop presenter, and Jazz musician. Brian currently lives in Taipei, Taiwan with his Taiwanese wife, Jenna.

Brian is an experienced educator with over 15 years of teaching experience in both the USA and Taiwan, who holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology, with a focus in Music Performance/Education from the University of South Florida, USA. He combines his multitude of talents into the creation of music, performances, and voice recordings. Brian also writes and publishes materials for educational programs internationally (Taiwan, Japan, China, Korea), including products for the ESL market.

Brian’s kids music has often been compared to the famous Raffi, and his voice is often compared to the voices of Cat Stevens and Harry Chapin. Brian’s music has been featured on a multitude of products ranging from cartoons, computer games, commercials, English language materials, musical toys, CD’s, and DVD video products.

In the voice studio, Brian is called regularly for everything from cartoon voice-overs for TV stations such as Public Television Services (PTS) and Hwa Shr in Taiwan, to commercial voice-overs such as Dominoes Pizza, ASUS computers, and Infiniti cars, to doing character voices for toys, games, and web sites, company introduction and narration videos, infomercials, as well as educational materials for well known publishers such as Benesse, Giraffe, Kang Shuen, and Pearson. He is able to produce a wide range of character voices and voice-over styles. Brian also does voice over direction of other voice talent for various projects including the Leofoo Village Parade song and over 100 songs for companies like American Magazine Company (AMC), Shang Ren Publishers, and YOYO ABC TV.

As a multi-instrumentalist, Brian performs Jazz gigs on double bass and vocals for special events, weddings, and regular jazz venues in Taiwan and beyond. In addition, he utilizes his skills on guitar, vocals, percussion, trumpet, and keyboards to enhance his MIDI music productions.

In the area of children’s entertainment, Brian regularly performs educational events for schools, camps, special needs programs, and special events both in Taiwan, and internationally (Russia, Europe, Korea, Thailand, USA).

Please contact Brian at www.brianfunshine.com (brianfunshine@hotmail.com) for more information or to hear online demos of his work!Click here for Chinese version – Translated by Winnie Huang - huang.wenyi@gmail.com

Brian “Funshine” Alexander is a children’s music producer/entertainer, voice over talent, workshop presenter, and Jazz musician. Brian currently lives in Taipei, Taiwan with his Taiwanese wife, Jenna.

Brian is an experienced educator with over 15 years of teaching experience in both the USA and Taiwan, who holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology, with a focus in Music Performance/Education from the University of South Florida, USA. He combines his multitude of talents into the creation of music, performances, and voice recordings. Brian also writes and publishes materials for educational programs internationally (Taiwan, Japan, China, Korea), including products for the ESL market.

Brian’s kids music has often been compared to the famous Raffi, and his voice is often compared to the voices of Cat Stevens and Harry Chapin. Brian’s music has been featured on a multitude of products ranging from cartoons, computer games, commercials, English language materials, musical toys, CD’s, and DVD video products.

In the voice studio, Brian is called regularly for everything from cartoon voice-overs for TV stations such as Public Television Services (PTS) and Hwa Shr in Taiwan, to commercial voice-overs such as Dominoes Pizza, ASUS computers, and Infiniti cars, to doing character voices for toys, games, and web sites, company introduction and narration videos, infomercials, as well as educational materials for well known publishers such as Benesse, Giraffe, Kang Shuen, and Pearson. He is able to produce a wide range of character voices and voice-over styles. Brian also does voice over direction of other voice talent for various projects including the Leofoo Village Parade song and over 100 songs for companies like American Magazine Company (AMC), Shang Ren Publishers, and YOYO ABC TV.

As a multi-instrumentalist, Brian performs Jazz gigs on double bass and vocals for special events, weddings, and regular jazz venues in Taiwan and beyond. In addition, he utilizes his skills on guitar, vocals, percussion, trumpet, and keyboards to enhance his MIDI music productions.

In the area of children’s entertainment, Brian regularly performs educational events for schools, camps, special needs programs, and special events both in Taiwan, and internationally (Russia, Europe, Korea, Thailand, USA).

Please contact Brian at www.brianfunshine.com (brianfunshine@hotmail.com) for more information or to hear online demos of his work!

布萊恩-方帥 是一位兒童音樂製作人、專業表演者、配音人員、研討會提案人、爵士樂手。布萊恩目前和台灣籍妻子Jenna定居台灣台北。

布萊恩於南佛羅里達大學取得心理學學士學位，專長為音樂表演與教育，經驗豐富的他在美國與台灣兩地共有十五年以上的教學經驗。他結合自己的多項才藝創作音樂、參與各式表演及錄音領域。布萊恩也跨國撰寫以英文為第二語言的學習教材，並於台灣、日本、中國、韓國等地出版。

布萊恩深具娛樂效果的兒童音樂經常被人與知名的拉菲(Raffi)相比，他充滿溫暖質感的聲音也常令人聯想到凱特史帝文斯(Cat Stevens)或哈瑞薛平(Harry Chapin)。布萊恩的音樂更成為眾多類別與產品的主要特色，廣泛應用在卡通、電腦遊戲、廣告、英語學習教材、音樂玩具到各類音樂影像光碟產品中。

布萊恩經常參與各式配音工作，如電視台的卡通配音，合作單位包括台灣的公視與華視；廣告配音，合作單位包括達美樂比薩、華碩電腦、Infiniti汽車；除了為玩具或遊戲角色配音外，他也支援網站或公司簡介、敘事影像、宣導短片及教學材料等各式配音需求，合作單位包括知名出版社巧連智、長頸鹿、康軒、培生教育出版集團等。

布萊恩的音色豐富多樣，能為各式各樣的角色配音。他也以配音指導的身分參與各類錄音工程，包括六福村樂園、空中美語(AMC)、上人出版社與東森幼幼台等單位合作的上百首樂曲。

擅長多項樂器才藝的布萊恩，在台灣與世界各地參與爵士樂團演出時，表演低音大提琴，也在特殊活動、婚禮、駐場爵士樂團表演時擔任主唱。此外，他更將自己歌唱、吉他、打擊樂器、喇叭與鍵盤樂器等技巧，用於強化電腦音樂製作上。

在兒童娛樂表演上，布萊恩經常參與台灣與國際(含俄羅斯、歐洲、韓國、泰國與美國)各地學校或體驗營的特別節目,或與教學活動相關的表演需求。

若想了解更多布萊恩的資訊或洽談請至網站www.brianfunshine.com 與電子信箱 brianfunshine@hotmail.com 或請電:0921-863891與布萊恩聯絡