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Bryn Scott-Grimes is an award-winning US-Canadian virtuoso harmonica player, singer-songwriter, & guitarist based in Nashville. With influences ranging from psychedelic, baroque pop, blues, rock, folk, & jazz to reggae, hip hop, broadway show tunes, and The Great American Songbook, Bryn's musical tendencies are as eclectic and colorful as a Barnum & Bailey circus. Having grown up asthmatic carrying puffers around with him everywhere, it is a paradoxical miracle that Bryn is now building his name as one of the most daring and innovative harmonica players on the planet. As a recent 1st place instrumentalist winner in the 2024 Charleston International Music Competition & silver medalist in the 2024 Global Music Awards Bryn is inhaling deeper than ever, bringing his music to the world one breath at a time.
In 2022, Bryn landed an on-screen role playing himself as an alley way harmonica player in Canadian feature film Stealing the Sky, written by Marie Dame and directed by Megan Follows (Anne of Green Gables). Three of his original songs are also featured in the film's soundtrack, namely "Mr.Breathe," "Fly Off in a Tone" and "Philip Sousa Sous Chef." To top it off, Bryn contributed solo harmonica scoring to the film's soundtrack tying together scene transitions and accentuating the film's quirky, wistful atmosphere. Stealing the Sky is currently seeking its theatrical debut at an international film festival. Bryn's intricate harmonica wizardry can also be heard on numerous documentaries, short films, and music videos including CBC Gem’s Rockin’ the Coffin (2020), Danger Dolan’s “The Ant Who Complains All Day” (2016), and JbyJ’s documentary Me & My Harmonica which won best documentary at the Canadian Ethnic Media Association awards in 2017. As a go-to session harp player, Bryn has played on recordings by award-winning artists like Anna Gutmanis, Taylor Abrahamse, Steve Koven, Andy Humphrey and Goldpine to name a few. Before moving to Nashville in 2022, Bryn was also the co-founder of Silverthorn Studios, a professional recording studio built to support emerging and under-served artists in Toronto. Since its inception in 2015, Silverthorn was home to many up and coming musicians, songwriters, producers, and engineers in addition to hosting established acts and music industry legends like Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo), actor & musician Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian roots music heavyweight Ken Whiteley, iconic producer Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Woodstock, Led Zeppelin), and Canadian radio broadcaster Alan Cross. Silverthorn closed its doors in April 2022, and as its founders now focus on their solo music careers. Bryn has his own branded app for fans, followers, & harmonica players called BENDR. The app is like a Patreon mixed with online harmonica courses and chat forums, accessible on your phone, tablet, ipad, laptop and desktop. BENDR features all of Bryn's officially released music, behind the scenes footage, demos, voice memos, unreleased tracks & videos, hand-written lyrics, and access to all of Bryn's harmonica courses, masterclasses, song collections., riff libraries, and harmonica technique instructional content. |
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SYNC PLACEMENTS
Three original songs & original harmonica scoring in Stealing the Sky, a feature film by Marie Dame (directed by Megan Follows)
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Original harmonica score for CBC Gem's short doc Rockin' the Coffin (also featured at Toronto's Hot Docs Festival)
AWARDS & GRANTS
1st place instrumentalist in the 2024 Charleston International Music Competition (harmonica)
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Silver Medalist in the 2024 Global Music Awards (creativity/originality category) for "Mr.Breathe"
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Ontario Arts Council EP funding (2018)
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1st place as part of duo Taylor & Bryn in the 2015 National
Landmark Events Competition
FEATURE SESSION HARMONICA PLAYER
"My Favourite Parts of You" from Album Two by Goldpine
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"Lately It's Cold" award-winning song by Anna Gutmanis
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"The Ant Who Complains All Day" animated music video by Danger Dolan & Taylor Abrahamse
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"My Father" from album Love by Steve Koven
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"You're My" co-written with Taylor Abrahamse (Produced by Eddie Kramer)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Founder of the BENDR App (2022-present)
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Co-Founder & Manager of Silverthorn Studios (2015-2022)
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Futurpreneur & BDC Bank Funding Recipient (2015)
EDUCATION
BA Music (Honors), York University (2012)
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Canada Music Incubator Graduate (2021)
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Private guitar studies with Suneal Pal, Andrew Scott, and Brian Katz
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Harmonica studies with Howard Levy (online), Carlos Del Junco, and Jason Rosenblatt
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Private vocal studies Cindy Goh, Nadia Hosko, & Mary Michaela
Three original songs & original harmonica scoring in Stealing the Sky, a feature film by Marie Dame (directed by Megan Follows)
*
Original harmonica score for CBC Gem's short doc Rockin' the Coffin (also featured at Toronto's Hot Docs Festival)
AWARDS & GRANTS
1st place instrumentalist in the 2024 Charleston International Music Competition (harmonica)
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Silver Medalist in the 2024 Global Music Awards (creativity/originality category) for "Mr.Breathe"
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Ontario Arts Council EP funding (2018)
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1st place as part of duo Taylor & Bryn in the 2015 National
Landmark Events Competition
FEATURE SESSION HARMONICA PLAYER
"My Favourite Parts of You" from Album Two by Goldpine
*
"Lately It's Cold" award-winning song by Anna Gutmanis
*
"The Ant Who Complains All Day" animated music video by Danger Dolan & Taylor Abrahamse
*
"My Father" from album Love by Steve Koven
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"You're My" co-written with Taylor Abrahamse (Produced by Eddie Kramer)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Founder of the BENDR App (2022-present)
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Co-Founder & Manager of Silverthorn Studios (2015-2022)
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Futurpreneur & BDC Bank Funding Recipient (2015)
EDUCATION
BA Music (Honors), York University (2012)
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Canada Music Incubator Graduate (2021)
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Private guitar studies with Suneal Pal, Andrew Scott, and Brian Katz
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Harmonica studies with Howard Levy (online), Carlos Del Junco, and Jason Rosenblatt
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Private vocal studies Cindy Goh, Nadia Hosko, & Mary Michaela
Photo Credit: Laura E. Partain