Matt Fink (born February 8, 1958), better known as Dr. Fink, is a keyboardist, producer, and

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best-known for playing keyboards in

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's band,

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. At Prince concerts, he was distinguished onstage for performing dressed in a surgical mask and scrubs. He has also worked with artists, songwriters and producers, including The Time, Lipps Inc., The Jets, Vanity 6, David Z.,

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., P. Diddy, The Rembrandts,

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, PC Munoz, 7 Aurelius, Steve Nathan,

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Bray, Criss Starr, and Marc Mozart. Fink has won three

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, three

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, and numerous RIAA gold and platinum awards for his work with Prince and The Revolution.

Life and career

Fink joined Prince’s band in 1978, which later became

and worked with him until 1991. His work with Prince included his work with

, The NPG, Madhouse, and the 1984 film and album ''Purple Rain'', which has sold over 25 million copies worldwide. His work with

includes co-writing credits on the songs " Dirty Mind", " Computer Blue", " 17 Days", "

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" and " It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night," as well as studio session credits on the albums '' Dirty Mind'', '' Controversy'', ''1999'', ''Purple Rain'', '' Around the World in a Day'', ''Parade'', ''Sign o' the Times'', '' Lovesexy, The Black Album, and Graffiti Bridge''. In 1987, Fink opened his own studio facility in Minneapolis, now called “The Operating Room,” where he works on other projects such as his Sony Acid Loop libraries titled ''Dr. Fink’s Funk Factory'' and ''Matt Fink’s StarView Session Keys'' which is also part of the quartet of the ''Artist Integrated Sample Libraries.'' After his tenure with Prince, he became staff producer/engineer for Minneapolis-based record label K-Tel/Dominion Entertainment, from 1991 to 1996 where he produced and recorded fifteen specialty album projects. In 2001, he released the solo album ''Ultrasound''. Other credits include video game soundtracks for Headgames/

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, work with King Show Games on both voiceover and music for casino game machines, PBS documentaries, and various advertising spots. In 2007, Fink signed an exclusive management deal with the German-based management and production company,

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, where he worked on various projects for

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. and Sony Entertainment. Most recently as an executive music producer, he gathered some of the finest musicians/composers for the ''Rhythm Rumble'' video game created by Pixelakes. After Prince's passing in 2016, Dr. Fink reunited with

, who has a song featured in the 2019 Netflix feature, ''Wine Country'' starring

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, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, and

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. Currently, he works with New York-based company V-Media Entertainment as Director of Catalogue and Licensing and staff producer/engineer for their Minneapolis-based recording studio River Rock Studios.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fink, Doctor 1958 births Living people American funk keyboardists American pop keyboardists American rhythm and blues keyboardists American rock keyboardists American soul keyboardists Songwriters from Minnesota Record producers from Minnesota New Power Generation members The Revolution (band) members Musicians from Minneapolis 21st-century American keyboardists