Next Level

Musically, people had been taking notice of Daniel since the age of 12 when a junior high school music teacher, impressed with his ability to read music, handed him a bass and said, If you can learn to play this over the summer you can be my bass player in the jazz band. And so he did. Over the next few years, a lot of hard work, lessons, and hours of practice kept him advancing through high school jazz band. Inspired by great teachers and legendary artists such as Billy Joel, Journey, Rush, and many more from all genres, Daniel began to focus his talents and by age 17, had become an accomplished jazz, swing, and rock bassist. After high school he attended Cal State University at Hayward and was selected as a freshman to play with Dave Eshelmann's top Jazz Ensemble and was also working professionally to help pay for his college tuition. By this time Daniel had discovered the amazing music of such artists as Jaco Pastorious, Dave Holland, D'Angelo, and Squarepusher which inspired him to begin to write and perform his own music. at age19 he'd been tabbed to be the bassist for Matt Catingub's Copa Cat Pack Band, with Concord Jazz Records.