DEON BROWN

“Everything Changes” - thank you thank you thank you thank you 100000x for the amazing moment that was this weekend!! i am so honored, overwhelmed, and gracious for the love, support and recognition for these performances. it is in these moments, i know God is real in these spaces and beyond. i am full and inspired by witnessing the work of some of the most incredible artists in the bay area i was able to share the stage with and grow alongside as a recipient of this grant and graduate of the CQC1 cohort. It was an honor to grow along side you. thank you to @qcc_sf for seeing me, uplifting my art, and assisting my transition in music from passion to profession combined. and to the incredible @cbscokes @annerzzz_ known as @montalvostrings , thank you for uplifting me and sharing your gifts as you in my eyes (and I’m sure the worlds eyes), are forces of nature as graceful and powerful as you play (and @tripadviser for being such a lovely human and making this happen!); and it was a complete dream come true to play alongside you. hugs, daps, and kisses to the homies who popped out to both of these sold out shows. lastly, if you have question whether or not this life of passion, art, purpose, and beyond, i am here to remind you i am living proof of the testament as so. and i am just getting started. love, light and for God and art always, ya boy, d. “Everything Changes” Nov 9-10th, 2024 Vocals, Composition and Arrangement by: Derwin Deon Brown II String Accompaniment: @cbscokes @annerzzz_ of @montalvostrings In performance at the @qcc_sf 2024 CQC1 Fall Cohort Showcase

DA TOWN TOWERS, 2026 A hand-built sound system sculpture installed at Oakland Public Library also known as Cornbread Stack Sound System V2. Hand-built birch plywood enclosure, acoustic insulation, 15-inch low compression woofers, 1980s Japanese compression horn drivers 8Ω salvaged, caster wheels, cotton Designed and built by: Derwin Deon Brown II (Black American Sound System @blackamericansoundsystem ) Fabrication Assistance: @__vanclee Photography: @samirahosborne @checkurenbox Archival and Curatorial Assistants: @kai.wavy @jasthemuse On view at @oaklibrary “Soul, Sonics, and Soundsystems” On View: February 26th - April 30th, 2026 Location: Oakland Main Library Visit our website in our bio or oaklandlibrary.org for more details.

april showers

i am extremely proud and honored to announce i am now an official cowboy of the historic @oaklandblackcowboyassociation . not only is this a rare honor as one of the few invited/elected in over two years (and one of the youngest), but this accomplishment is personal as it is something lil me would be so proud of and would think is “tight asf”. thank you immensely to my oakland family for uplifting me.

march on

joy is a discipline too

“Soul, Sonics and Soundsystems” marks the first solo exhibition presented by Black American Sound System @blackamericansoundsystem and singer/composer Deon Brown @ddeonbrown in partnership with the Oakland Public Library @oaklibrary in honor of the library’s 75th anniversary and 100 years of Black History. This historic three month exhibition establishes the library as a site of communal listening, where sound functions as sacred practice, cultural memory, and a living archive in the city of @oakland . The space will feature a high fidelity listening room, curated Bay Area music archives on display and community programming through April 2026. At the center of the exhibition is the Cornbread Sound System, presented in its most recent high fidelity form as a dedicated listening room. The work gives homage to the recycled, soulful ingenuity of guerrilla sound systems shaped by the Great Migration, while tracing the lineage of Black soul music, 1970s–1990s car audio and sound system culture, and Black sonic experimentation in the city of @oakland across the Bay Area and greater California. “Soul, Sonics, and Soundsystems” On View: February 26th - April 30th, 2026 Location: Oakland Main Library Visit our website in our bio or oaklandlibrary.org for more details.

Working on Merch + CDs today. Had to share. Grateful people want to hold the work, not just stream it. A few copies left — shipping starts January. DM me if you want one. Link in Bio