- In the early 70s, Fairbairn started producing when he was part of the Vancouver band jazz-rock group Sunshyne, on which he played both trumpet and horn.
- During the mixing sessions for Yes' The Ladder, on May 17, 1999, Fairbairn was found dead by Yes singer Jon Anderson and Armoury manager Sheryl Preston in his Vancouver home.
- In 1980, Fairbairn won his first of three Canadian music industry Producer of the Year Juno Awards for Prism's third album Armageddon.
- In March 2000, Fairbairn was posthumously awarded the Canadian Music Hall of Fame Juno Award for his work.
- Fairbairn played the trumpet since the age of 5, as well as studying the piano.
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