Derek Dixie

Derek Dixie
Derek Dixie
Birth name	Derek James Dixie
Born	Youngstown, Ohio, United States
Genres	R&B; pop; hip hop; soul;
Occupations	Musician; record producer;
Instruments	Drums; strings; keyboard;

Derek James Dixie is an American musician, record producer, and musical director best known for his work with Beyoncé, Chloe x Halle, and The Carters.^[1] He has five Grammy nominations and one Emmy nomination.^[2]^[3]

Early life and education

Dixie grew up in Youngstown, Ohio. He attended Youngstown State University and graduated from The Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, Ohio. Afterwards he taught audio engineering at The Recording Workshop.^[4]^[5]

Career

MTV’s Making His Band with Sean “Diddy” Combs

In 2009, Dixie was one of 42 finalists in the MTV show "Making His Band," about Sean "Diddy" Combs’ search for a band to play on his upcoming album, "Last Dance in Paris."^[4]

Superbowl

Dixie was the music director for Beyoncé’s solo Superbowl half time show performance in 2013 and again in 2016 when she co-headlined with Coldplay and Bruno Mars.^[5]

In 2019, Dixie arranged and orchestrated a performance by Chloe x Halle for Superbowl LIII with 30 Youngstown State University musicians and a Los Angeles horn and string ensemble.^[5]

“I am proud that I was able to put such an important task in the hands of my hometown,” he said. “When you hear the arrangement, I hope you will feel that every note, chord and rhythm in the orchestration means something.”
— Derek Dixie, ^[5]

Beyoncé

After almost ten years of working with Beyoncé as Music Director, Dixie received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music Direction for “HOMECOMING: A Film by Beyoncé.”^[1]

Dixie worked with Beyoncé to create Black Parade, an anthemic song for her to sing about her heritage, hometown and African roots, reflecting on the Black Experience in America and release on Juneteenth.^[6]^[7]

Songwriting, instrument, arrangement, vocal and production credits

List of song productions, string/horn arrangements and co-writes, showing year released and album name
Title	Year	Artist	Album
"Pretty Hurts" "Partition" "Blow" "Drunk in Love" (Featuring Jay-Z)	2013	Beyoncé	Beyoncé
"7/11" "Ring Off" "Flawless Remix" (Featuring Nicki Minaj)	2014		Beyoncé: Platinum Edition
"Don't Hurt Yourself" "6 Inch" (Featuring The Weeknd) "Daddy Lessons" "All Night" "Formation"	2016		Lemonade
"Summer" "BOSS"	2018	The Carters	Everything Is Love
"Babybird"	2018	Chloe x Halle	The Kids Are Alright
"Bigger" "Find Your Way Back" "Don't Jealous Me" "Ja Ara E" "Brown Skin Girl" "Keys to the Kingdom" "Otherside" "Scar" "Spirit"	2019	Beyoncé	The Lion King: The Gift
"Welcome" "Crazy In Love" "Freedom" "Formation" "Sorry" "Kitty Kat" "Bow Down" "I Been On" "Drunk In Love" "Diva" "Flawless/Feeling Myself" "Top Off" "7/11" "Party" "Don't Hurt Yourself" "I Care" "Partition" "Yonce" "Mi Gente" "Baby Boy" "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" "Hold Up" "Countdown" "Check On It" "Deja Vu" "Run The World (Girls)" "Lose My Breath" "Say My Name" "Soldier" "Get Me Bodied" "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" "Love On Top" "Shining (Thank You)"	2019	Beyoncé	Homecoming: The Live Album
"Intro" "Forgive Me" "Wonder What She Thinks of Me"	2020	Chloe x Halle	Ungodly Hour
"Black Parade"	2020	Beyoncé	The Lion King: The Gift (Deluxe Edition)
"People of the Pride"	2021	Coldplay	Music of the Spheres
"Pray It Away" "Make It Look Easy"	2023	Chlöe	In Pieces
"Overture" (Featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda) "Intro" "Requiem for a Dream" "Truth or Dare" (Featuring Freddie Gibbs) "Outro" "Demigod" "Night 4" "Awards" "Mad" "Prodigy" "Intermission" "Show Me" "Plain Jane" "Tap" "Hurt" "Blind" "Delilah" "Get Here" (Featuring Stevie Wonder))	2023	Chika	Samson: The Album
"Ameriican Requiem" "Daughter" "Amen"	2024	Beyoncé	Cowboy Carter

Film & documentary scoring

Year	Title	Director	Studio/Distributor	Notes
2019	HΘMΣCΘMING	Beyoncé Ed Burke	Parkwood & Netflix
2020	Black Is King	Beyoncé Kwasi Fordjour	Parkwood & Walt Disney Pictures	Scored with MeLo-X & James William Blades

Awards

Dixie has five Grammy nominations and one Emmy nomination.^[2]^[3]

Grammy Awards

Year	Title	Artist	Category	Role	Result
2017	Lemonade	Beyoncé	Album Of the Year	Producer	Nominated
2021	"Black Parade"		Record of the Year	Producer	Nominated
			Song of the Year	Songwriter	Nominated
			Best R&B Song		Nominated
2023	Music of the Spheres	Coldplay	Album of the Year		Nominated

References

^ ^a ^b Fekadu, Mesfin (27 Aug 2019). "Beyoncé's music director on Emmy nod : 'It feels good'". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 2022-08-27. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
^ ^a ^b "Recording Academy Grammy Awards". www.grammy.com. Archived from the original on 2022-08-27. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
^ ^a ^b "Nominations Search | Emmy Awards". Television Academy. Archived from the original on 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
^ ^a ^b Throne, Michael (13 August 2009). "Ross County man competes for chance to work with Diddy". Chillicothe Gazette. p. A.1. ProQuest 442658409.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Super Bowl Pregame Show Orchestrated by YSU Musicians". University Wire. 7 February 2019. ProQuest 2176651496.
^ Fekadu, Mesfin (27 November 2020). "Black experience". Philadelphia Tribune. p. 2B. ProQuest 2483992473.
^ "Beyoncé drops new song 'Black Parade' for Juneteenth: Listen". Los Angeles Times. 20 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2023-11-30.