Expanded Bio

Daniel has always been involved in music, performance, and production. From childhood, he's played lead roles in live performances- from church plays to high school musicals, and at the age of fifteen, Daniel started taking guitar lessons from Tom Leadon, original member of Tom Petty's band, Mudcrutch.

In 2001, Daniel graduated from MTSU with a recording industry degree and minors in mass communication and business administration where he studied a variety of mediums of creative expression including: film/television production, graphic design, VFX/digital animation, sound design, songwriting/ scoring, and audio engineering.

Upon graduating MTSU, Daniel has spent his career at iV audio branding, in various roles as general manager, project manager, producer, engineer, and sound designer, working on numerous internationally award winning projects for some of the biggest brands and advertising agencies in the world including: Ford, Dodge, Chevy, Mercedes, Audi, BMW, Opel, Seat, Trojan, McDonalds, Burger King, Hershey's, Brach's, Ritter Sport, Laetta, Nestea, TUI, and Purina.

Daniel loves playing the role of "Sound Designer", but equally enjoys helping artists achieve their creative vision... sometimes drawing creativity out of them they never thought they had.

Favorite Quotes:

• "Fear makes one self focused" - Sarah Mcleod
• "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde

Random Facts:

• Sorry ladies... He's married.
• Learned to drive on a 1965 Ford Mustang
• Enjoys creative, gourmet cooking, using ingredients from his garden when possible.
• Favorite musical artists: Smashing Pumpkins, Led Zep, U2, BT, The Kills, Bjork
• Favorite visual artists: Adam Scott Rote, Salvador Dahli