Brion moved west from New York city.

He studied at the Cornish School of the Arts. Because of his classical background, he also had offers from the School of the Arts in Paris, Berklee, Manhattan, Juilliard and GIT.

By now, Brion was gigging regularly, sometimes in solo support slots to Allan Holdsworth and Stanley Jordan, but mainly learning the group thing with cover bands.

Brion was on the road with various Top 40 acts playing AC/DC and Led Zeppelin songs.

Then, Brion took a trip into Portland to check out as many bands as he could, and stumbled across a band called Nimble Darts - with a certain Dan Reed on keyboards and guitar. After the gig, Brion commented to Dan: "I like your songs and I like your style".

Three weeks later, Brion received a call saying Dan really wanted to get hold of him. They met on Brion's next time in Seattle and Dan told him of his vision. Brion again :

"We talked and we both had a lot of songs demoed and I had a dream about meeting a guy like him, and we just put our heads together. Sure enough, the songs sounded like they were written by the same mind - the rest is History!"

Brion's work with Dan Reed Network speaks (sings) for itself.

Brion's career after Dan Reed Network has been difficult to track down. Most of his work has been songwriting and guitar playing for artistes such as En Vogue, Ketero, Ricky Jones, El and Chico DeBarge, Total, Jordan Knight (ex New Kids on the Block), BeBe Winans, Ce Ce Peniston, his own group The Hoodies, boy band Sons of Harmony, and Amanda Hayley.

And in a strange twist of fate in May 2001, Brion then joined Edgar Winter's band along with Melvin Brannon. Brion then moved on to join Babyface's band in August 2001 after playing guitar on a couple of tracks on his new album.