Darby is a composer, producer, and yoga educator facilitating the intersection of sound, creativity, mindfulness, and embodied awareness.
After growing up in Texas where he earned his degree in Finance and worked in the corporate world, Darby replaced the wing-tips with flip-flops, bought some synths and analog recording equipment, started the band Twist of Fate, and in a few years signed a development deal with CBS and moved to sunny Southern California.
As a composer Darby spent several years as a staff writer for Sony Music. He has written and produced music for CBS Records, Atlantic Records, Mercedes Benz, Ford, Universal Studios, Disney, Chuck E. Cheese, Time Warner, Buena Vista Pictures, a slew of TV shows & commercials, online games, and has composed hundreds of songs in every imaginable genre for production music libraries. In 2021 he released Ambient Meditation: Adrift in the Glimmer and in 2022 he released Susurrus, A tribute to Harold Budd. Both of these albums are widely-played in Yoga and Meditation studios around the world.
As a producer Darby has overseen the journey of countless songs and albums, for commercial release and for sync. He has an ear for hearing a composition’s emotional essence and a production clarity to bring forth that essence to bond the music to the listener.
Two-time Grammy winning mixer/engineer Francis Buckley (Quincy Jones, Glen Ballard, Stevie Wonder) said of Darby: “You’re the real thing when it comes to songwriters and I should know cause I’ve worked with the Best”.
While navigating the challenges of the entertainment business landscape, Darby discovered yoga. He was intrigued by the deep changes a mindfulness practice offered not only his physical and mental health but also how this yoga expanded his creative capabilities as a songwriter and producer. This has led to twenty plus years of practice and over seventeen years of teaching yoga as a mindfulness tool to foster deeper more expansive creativity. His philosophy is that we all are artists creating our unique individual journey. How that manifests itself, whether as a musician or an accountant, benefits from the same foundational principles of awareness, mindfulness, and fostering community. He teaches workshops and retreats focusing on enriching the creative spirit alongside his wife, singer-songwriter Arielle Silver.