Fink joined
Prince’s band in 1978, which later became
The Revolution and worked with him until 1991. His work with Prince included his work with
The Revolution,
The NPG,
Madhouse, and the 1984 film and album
Purple Rain, which has sold over 25 million copies worldwide. His work with
Prince includes co-writing credits along with other band members on the songs "
Dirty Mind", "
Computer Blue", "
17 Days", "
America" 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/
Activision, 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,
Mozart & Friends, where he worked on various projects for
Universal Music Group,
Warner Bros. and
Sony Entertainment. After Prince's death in 2016, Dr. Fink reunited with
The Revolution, who had a song featured in the 2019 Netflix feature,
Wine Country starring
Amy Poehler,
Maya Rudolph,
Rachel Dratch,
Ana Gasteyer, and
Tina Fey. 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. ==References==