Dizzy O’Brian is an artist who believes that creativity does not necessarily involve following trends or going with the flow. Despite being assured in music school that ‘this is the way it’s done,’ he couldn’t help but make note that the noteworthy composers had that special measure of integrity that helped them to fashion music that was true to their own heart. 

Two of his music idols exemplified this quality to a high degree. They are Beethoven and John Lennon. This sounds like two irreconcilable commodities, unless you know that Beethoven frequently told his critics where they could get off and often made his publishers wait for a finished version. Lennon, likewise had a stormy relationship with his managers and record labels, progressively breaking out of the ‘mop-top’ marketing they began with.

Dizzy’s music is quite often about going against the grain. For example, Marian the Contrarian is about someone who does their own thing despite social pressures. Similarly, Breakout No. 2 is just that; the breaking out of conventional norms.

In his most recent work, The Electra Suite, Dizzy draws on the original Greek plays in which the story became fraught with the commentary of its day and apologetic endings. Dizzy sets the story free, making it the story of a dark heroine reclaiming her birthright.

In Dizzy’s musical output, you will find several musical genres, from alternative rock to electro and ambient, to mention just three. Because he creatively blends acoustic and electronic instruments, one might say his sound is similar to The Piano Guys or ELO but, in the end it is all exclusively Dizzy O’Brian.