Brett Domino
Brett Domino is the alter-ego of British musician and comedian Rob J Madin. As Brett Domino, he is a musician and internet celebrity from Leeds, although Madin is actually from Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He is best known for his YouTube videos, in which he plays covers and original songs on various musical instruments, most notably the keytar. His band, The Brett Domino Trio, currently consists of only two members, Domino and "Steven Peavis" (Ste Anderson), having only been a three-piece for around a year. "Mitch Hutchinson" (Michael Denny) left the band in 2009, allegedly to become a  forklift truck driver; he later returned to celebrate the band's fifth anniversary and appear on the finale of "Brett Domino's Weekly YouTube Thing." Career. The Brett Domino Trio were featured a number of times as part of BBC Radio 1's "The Chris Moyles Show" in 2008, and in 2009 the band appeared on ITV's "Britain's Got Talent", performing live as the house band on two episodes of ITV2's sister show, "Britain's Got More Talent." Domino's YouTube videos have received over 31 million views and have been promoted by the likes of Justin  Timberlake, Lady Gaga, and Ellie Goulding. On 22 November 2010, Domino released a song called "Gillian McKeith", a humorous take on the celebrity during her time in the 10th series of the ITV show "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!". The YouTube video gained over 1 million views in a week and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 29 on 28 November 2010. In 2011, Madin introduced a YouTube character named "C-Bomb" — a self-proclaimed dubstep super-producer. On 14 June 2012, BBC Comedy uploaded a specially commissioned C-Bomb music video entitled "Bowl Date  to its website and YouTube channel, followed by a further music video Mutha Nature" on 4 October 2012. Domino appeared on "Blue Peter", the BBC children's programme, on 1 March 2012, performing a comedy song detailing a shortlist for the best children's book of the last ten years. Domino continued to produce regular musical segments for the show between 2012 and 2020. In October–November 2012, Madin was commissioned to write a number of Domino songs for the BBC programme "Young Apprentice". He wrote five songs that were released weekly via the BBC's YouTube channel. On 1  July 2013, a 20-minute sitcom pilot entitled "C-Bomb" was launched on BBC iPlayer and subsequently broadcast on BBC Three. The pilot was written by Madin with Jason Cook and Daniel Peak. Domino's "How To Make A Hit Pop Song" video was nominated for the Best Internet Comedy Short award at the 2014 British Comedy Awards. Madin and Anderson attended the event as themselves. Between 2015 and 2016, Domino was a regular guest on ITV's "Weekend" with Aled Jones, presenting a musical segment, often involving the other guests on the show. On 16 August 2015 he performed  a medley of Shaggy songs with Shaggy himself. The Brett Domino Trio appeared in Dictionary Corner on "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown" in August 2016, January 2017, January 2019, January 2020, February 2020, and February 2021. Albums. Songs Off YouTube. Release date: 1 March 2011 Track listing: Reflections. Release date: 9 December 2013 Track listing: Funk. Release date: 20 January 2017 Fan funded on Kickstarter. Track listing: Keytar Your Heart. Release date: 12 June 2020 Track listing: