The story of the Farmer Middlebrooks Company began in 1973 when William Middlebrooks took his first piano lesson from Ms. Grace Enlow in Detroit, MI at age four (4). Later, his mother would have him DJ her house parties as well as perform at church regularly. In middle school, his music teacher, Sandy Love, a former Motown studio musician, created a band called the Frequency Force in which Middlebrooks was the lead singer and performed throughout Detroit for three (3) years. In high school, Middlebrooks was in the Concert Band, Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Band and Choir as well as performed in several stage plays/musicals. A passion was born that has resulted in a multi-dimensional William Middlebrooks, who is a musician (playing nine (9) instruments), DJ, songwriter, producer, choir director, music executive, independent record promoter, creative manager, event promoter, record label owner and music publisher. The album and movie covers above represent a portion of the professional legacy of William Middlebrooks since 1990 (some album covers are missing as they could not be recovered).

Having founded several companies, in the arena of music Middlebrooks created his first music company TGBTG Productions in 1990 (while working at CBS/Epic Records), which evolved into Reality Entertainment Group in 1994 and then after a hiatus, the Farmer Middlebrooks Company in 2008. Some key highlights throughout this history are:

•    While at Epic Records, Middlebrooks promoted the likes of Teena Marie, Luther Vandross, Babyface, Compton’s Most Wanted, Tony Terry, Alexander O’Neal and the list goes on.
•    REG was involved multi-millions of sales as our clients worked with tremendous creative talent and industry notables such as L.L. Cool J (Def Jam), Brandy (Atlantic), Rahsaan Patterson (MCA), Amyth (Rock The Bells/Warner), Phajja (Warner), Eric Benet (Warner), Foxy Brown (Def Jam), Johnny Gill (Motown), Eightball (Suave House/Universal), Raw Breed (Warner), Something For The People (Warner), Before Dark (RCA), B.C. (Red Ant), Ray J (Elektra), Tevin Campbell (Qwest), Chante Moore (Silas/MCA), Nona Gaye (Atlantic), Jason Weaver (Motown), Jody Watley (Bellmark & Atlantic), Chaka Khan (Warner), Vesta (Polygram), Patrice Rushen (Arista & Syndrome), and the list goes on.
•    Key REG clients included: Greg McKinney, Glenn McKinney, Derek Edmondson, Ommas Keith and Renee Spearman.
•    Movies and television did not eluded our clients with song placements in “Jerry Springer’s Ringmaster,” “Set It Off,” “White Men Can’t Jump,” “Brandy/Ray-J Disney Channel Special” and “Hollywood Shuffle.”
•    Reality Entertainment Group received its first company movie credit in “Jerry Springer’s Ringmaster.”
•    Middlebrooks served as a financier and executive producer of Live Session, a three (3) event music series held at B.B. King’s Blues Club on Universal City Walk.  The event received rave reviews in many industry trades, including BRE and Urban Network.  A Who’s Who list of entertainment executives were present at the shows and a number of notable artists attended as well as performed (Brownstone, Bokeem Woodbine, Brandy, Jesse Powell, etc.) as part of the show’s “industry only open mic” segment.  Live Session’s featured artists were Montell Jordan (Def Jam), Something For The People (Warner), Ray-J (Elektra), Soul (Motown) and Ronee Martin (MoJazz).
•    REG also was a financier and Co-Executive Producer of the album “A New Vision” by Toledo, Ohio based gospel choir The Imani Project.  The album was released on CGI/Polygram.