OUTing The Music Industry w/ Derick Swinson

Derick was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has been signed to A Train Records under an unnamed boy band project, but left the group to attend college and study musical theatre. But his heart kept calling him back to music.

With brief stints as a background singer and dancer for a local hip hop artist, and a hip hop/tap choreographer and teacher for a dance studio in Las Vegas; Derick decided to head back to music as a solo artist. When asked has it been easy, he says, "Nothing is neither easy nor hard."

It has been his journey. He struggled. He still does. He's been musically in bad situations. He has refreshed his views and now makes music. "Sometimes you reach a point in your life where you have to make music that isn't to please everyone standards but make it for yourself. Without the goal of saying someone got to see, or it needs to be a certain standard to please people," says Derick. With his own brand of soul, Derick attempts to give his own brand of soul with his own personal message. With his love of music, Derick set out to take his personal journey of giving his music to the world. Aligning himself with the right motive and right people, brought bigger opportunity. He has recently joined the ExPat Records family. He looks forward to growing into new and bigger situations with his family. Come join him on his journey.