[2] After graduating with a degree in English literature from Sir George Williams University,[3] Bryans moved from Montreal to Toronto with his group Theodore's Smokeshop in 1970,[5] and soon developed a reputation as a musician, engineer and record producer in the burgeoning counterculture scene around Rochdale College.
[Note 1] During the 1970s, Bryans continued to develop his reputation as a musician, engineer and producer, working on records by the Time Twins, The BobCats and the Downchild Blues Band.
Prior to that time, Bryans was the drummer for the Toronto new wave and art punk band The Government, while Segato continued her association with Mama Quilla II.
[3] In 1987, he also recorded a rearrangement of Moe Koffman's "Curried Soul", which CBC Radio One used as the introductory music to the second half-hour of its nightly news program As It Happens until September 2013.
[3] In 1989, Bryans and Aaron Davis received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Score for their work on George Mihalka's film Office Party.
[12] In the 2000s, he focused extensively on promoting Latin music in Canada, playing a prominent role in the emergence of artists such as Laura Fernandez, Aline Morales and Alex Cuba.