After finishing high school, Derendorf started working with producer Rick Parashar in Seattle, Washington recording rock bands in the 1990s.

He participated in the beginning of the TV-Idol era with the Pop Stars USA project, which launched the group Eden's Crush on Warner Music.

Other notable producing and writing credits include Josh Groban's Closer, another Number 1 debut, Australia's Stephanie McIntosh's Tightrope, Eden's Crush's Popstars (feat.

In 2008, Derendorf was reportedly working on tracks with such stars as Delta Goodrem, Beto Cuevas, British artists Tiffany Page, and Amy Pearson and Australian rockers Michael Paynter and The Androids.

[2] In February 2011, Derendorf produced and co-wrote the debut single "Heal" by 15-year-old German teen sensation Andrea Renzullo, finalist on another SyCo Television show, Germany's Got Talent ("Das Supertalent").