Brian Wilson

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Brian Douglas Wilson born June 20 1942 is an American musician singer songwriter and record producer who cofounded the Beach Boys After signing with Capitol Records in 1962 Wilson wrote or cowrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group He originally functioned as the bands songwriter producer colead vocalist bassist keyboardist and de facto leader Wilson is considered a major innovator in the field of music production the principal originator of the California Sound one of the first music producer auteurs and the first rock producer to use the studio as its own instrument The unusual creative control Capitol gave him over his own records effectively set a precedent that allowed other bands and artists to act as their own producers or coproducers He was a major influence on the retrospectivelytermed sunshine pop and Flower Power music that proceeded