Darryl Neudorf

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Darryl Neudorf is a Canadian musician and record producer.

He was a member of 54-40 in the early 1980s, but left that band before their commercial breakthrough. He is best known during this time for co-writing the hit song "I Go Blind", the smash hit which was later covered by rock group Hootie and the Blowfish. He has also worked as a producer for a number of other recording artists, including Kevin Kane, Kinnie Starr,Twilight Circus Dub Sound System, The New Pornographers, Neko Case and Streetnix.

In 1988, he worked with Sarah McLachlan on her debut album, Touch, and in 1991 on her second album, Solace. In 1993, he filed a lawsuit against McLachlan and her label, Nettwerk, alleging that he had made a significant and uncredited contribution to the songwriting on Touch, and alleging that he wasn't paid properly for work done on Solace. The judge in this suit eventually ruled in McLachlan's favor on the songs, in that, though Neudorf may have contributed to the songwriting, neither regarded each other as joint authors. The judge ruled in Neudorf's favor on the payment issue.

Neudorf continues to produce music and is currently an instructor of musical production.