About
Electro-Acoustic / Ambient / Textural
Originally from Boulder, CO, I have been playing music since I was 10 years old. Studying various musical styles throughout the years, I was also a private student of renowned bassist, Dean Peer. As an accomplished, forward thinking musician with over 15 years of performance, production and composition experience, I explore the boundaries of modern music through experimentation and play.
My musical projects have appeared on WGN and FOX on several occasions, had radio play on WXRT Chicago and were reviewed in the Chicago Sun Times, the Chicago Reader and international music magazine, JazzTimes. I have also performed at venues including: House of Blues Chicago, Goodman Theatre, Taste of Chicago, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Maxims: The Nancy Goldberg International Center and Chicago's HotHouse. Most recently, choreographers have used my original scores at the American Dance Festival and North Carolina Dance Festival as well as at the Joyce SOHO in Manhattan.
Currently I am inspired by the synergy that exists between choreographer and composer, and am truly grateful to be working with the dance community. For me, original compositions allow the choreographer to realize their vision through the dialogue of music and movement. Thriving in these collaborative environments, I plan to continue creating new sonorous narratives to share with others.
@somnambul: Cheers!
@handsomemusic: Thanks! Really glad you enjoyed the song.
Yes! Really enjoyed this one. Would love to hear what you do with more instruments eventually. Cheers.
Wow. This was great. Love the lap steel layers/soundscape. Thanks for sharing.
I like this emerging drone/frequency. Lots of polyrhythmic stuff happening.
Awesome. I wanted this to go on longer....love the saturation paired against the live bass. Good stuff. Thanks for sharing!
Really love the slide/guitar layers. Makes for a great contrast to the steady pulse of the NodeBeat layers. The calmer dreamy ending is nice. Enjoyed this a lot! Thanks for sharing.
@Otologist: Thank you so much for the kind words! I'd love to hear it over a PA too...really grateful for your time and comment. Cheers
@J Butler: Thank you kindly! Really glad you like the piece. I appreciate you giving it a listen.
@DJ Kaboodle: Cheers! Thanks a lot for the kind words. I really appreciate it. I did want to make the NodeBeat 'sit' well w/my playing so I'm grateful that came through in the recording. Peace
@Jet Jaguar (NZ): Thank you so much for stopping by and giving it a listen. Really glad you enjoyed it!
@naotko: Nope. Standard tuning for this one! Thanks for listening.
Incredible. This was really good. Enjoyed every second of it. That sub bass! Lovely. Thanks for sharing.
@xyzr_kx: Thank you so much! I did try and blur the elements into one another. Really appreciate you taking the time to listen & comment. Cheers!
Excellent. Loved the various sections that were created by fading the beats in/out and exposing the other layers. Nice job. Thanks for sharing.
Good stuff! Really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing.
Nicely done. Really interesting to hear organ against the NodeBeat patterns.
Love these modular swells that come in/out. Good stuff.
Wow. This was really enjoyable. Love that deep sub-bass throughout. Thanks for sharing!
Love these guitar chords/swells.
Dreamy, skittery beats.
Love the faster beats underneath the sax. Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Lots of really great things happening in this track. Thanks for sharing.
Love how the sitar come more to the fore towards the end here. Interesting stuff throughout.
Wow. This was really good. Absolutely love the textures/tones you created for this. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing!
Lovely. Enjoyed every minute of this. Delicate and just perfect for my mood right now. Cheers.
Love this! I closed my eyes and imagined this as a soundtrack to an unwritten animated short (ala "The Illusionist". Thanks for sharing.
Really lovely Darren. Love what you've done for this piece. Cheers.
@Shintoe: Wow, I am flattered! Thank you so much for the kind words. I really appreciate it! Cheers
@Knopfdreher: Thank you for your kind words. I really appreciate you taking the time to listen/comment. Cheers.
@stevefound2: Thank you so much!
@Lizandmark: Cheers! Really appreciate it.
@ambienteer: Thank you so much James!
@Universal Mind: Thanks!
@Specta Ciera: Cheers Devin! Really appreciate it.
@echosonic: Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed it.
So lovely. Really nice, slowly evolving piece. Great use of the source material! Thanks for sharing.
Really beautiful. I was ready to keep listening for much longer...love the pads you managed to create from the source material. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.
Wow. This was incredible! So many excellent rhythmic elements and layers happening. Loved it. Thanks for sharing.
Love this piece! Really enjoyed all the layers/textures/rhythms throughout. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.