Donnie Boynton

Donnie "D Major" Boynton (born 1976), is an American songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and music director, best known for his production contributions to Gerald Levert, Boyz II Men, Destiny's Child and Robyn albums, as well as assisting the musical direction of Tyler Perry's 2004 touring production Meet the Browns. Beginning his career as a keyboardist on UPN's 1997 late-night show Vibe, Boynton became a touring bandmember, accompanying gospel and hip-hop acts in concert such as Lil' Kim, Mase, Vanessa Bell Armstrong and Tye Tribbett, among others. He is currently the keyboardist of touring R&B/jazz band Groove Centric.

Songwriting, instrumental, engineering and production credits Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Apple Music, and AllMusic.

Title Year Artist Album"I'll Be There" 1996 Tim Bowman Love, Joy, Peace"Say It Again" Nneka Eddie (soundtrack)"Don't Take Your Love Away" 1997 Mario Winans Story of My Heart"My Only Reason" 1999 Robyn My Truth"Giving You Back""Now That She's Gone" Destiny's Child The Writing's on the Wall"Ya Di Ya" (Featuring Missy Elliott) Gina Thompson If You Only Knew (Shelved)"Once My Shhh" 2000 Sam Salter The Little Black Book (Shelved)"Let Me Know" Gerald Levert G"What Would You Do?" 2001 Nine20 "Maybe" Raphael Brown Private Life (Shelved)"Whatcha Need" 2002 Boyz II Men Full Circle"Keep On Dreaming" 2008 Lyfe Jennings Lyfe Change"I Need You" 2014 Lowell Pye Transformed"Drowning (Swimming With Sharks)" 2015 Ray BLK Havisham"Kurr£ncy" 2018 IAMDDB Flightmode, Vol. 4"Azul""That Chicken" Dyme-A-Duzin Crown Fried

Selected stage credits & appearances Year Title Role Notes 1997–1998 Vibe Keyboardist Originally hosted by comedian Chris Spencer and subsequently Sinbad. 2004–2005 Meet the Browns Keyboardist / Musical Arrangement Assistance A Tyler Perry production. 2018 Redemption of a Dogg Musical Director Biographical Music Production Presented by Snoop Dogg