Daniel Brummel
Daniel Brummel (far right) with
Nada Surf , 2016
Born (1981-09-15 ) September 15, 1981 (age 42)
Pasadena, California , U.S.Genres Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
musician
composer
producer
Years active 1995–present Labels Website
danielbrummel .com
Musical artist
Daniel Brummel (born September 15, 1981 in Pasadena, California) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who has performed and recorded with various musical groups including
Sanglorians ,
Ozma ,
Weezer ,
Nada Surf ,
Scott & Rivers ,
Spain , Gowns, Monstro, and
The Elected .
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5] He composed the music for the
Lifetime network television series
American Princess with partners
Gwendolyn Sanford and Brandon Jay.
[6]
Brummel graduated from the
Los Angeles County High School For The Arts in 1999, received his
Bachelor of Arts degree in music composition from
UCLA in 2006 (where he studied orchestration with
Paul Chihara , voice with
Don Neuen , and guitar with jazz legend
Kenny Burrell
[7] ) and his
Master of Music degree in commercial music from
CSULA in 2016.
[8] As a singer, bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, and drummer, Brummel has performed consistently on international tours with his various projects since 2001, when
The Michigan Daily dubbed him a "pop-culturally aware songsmith"
[9] at age 19. He has also led interfaith community music events,
[10] sang protest songs,
[11] and performed experimental folk music at the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art , the
Hammer Museum ,
[12] the
Norton Simon Museum ,
[13] the
Los Angeles Central Library ,
[14] and the
International Association for the Study of Popular Music .
[15] In March 2011, Brummel was artist-in-residence at
Machine Project Gallery in Los Angeles, where he hosted Skylike Notdoings, a series of events exploring the connection between music, meditation, Eastern spirituality, and dreamwork.
[16]
Brummel cowrote the song "Eulogy For A Rock Band" with
Rivers Cuomo and
Ryen Slegr for
Weezer ’s 2014 album
Everything Will Be Alright in the End .
[17] He then served as music director and touring member (guitar, keyboards, percussion) for
Weezer ’s fall 2014 album release tour, coordinating and conducting a new 18 person fan choir in each city.
[18] In 2016, he joined
Nada Surf as touring bassist for the North American dates of the "
You Know Who You Are " album release tour, substituting for original bassist Daniel Lorca and garnering praise for being "as talented of a musician as the band could have asked for to fill in."
[3] In academia, he served as the Dean of the
California College of Music
[19] from 2015-2019, achieving the institution's initial accreditation through the
National Association of Schools of Music ,
[20] and he currently serves as the Chief Academic Officer for
Point Blank Music School
[21] in Silver Lake.
Discography
As a Solo Artist
Speak Easy (Coptic, 2005)
Switched-On Scarlatti (2019)
Initiation (2013)
Odalisque (2020)
Live on KEXP (Acoustic) (2016)
Live on KEXP (Electric) (2016)
スコット と リバース (self-titled debut album) (
Universal , 2013)
Nimaime (Sony, 2017)
In Need Of In-Between (2010)
Letter To The Lord (My Major Company, 2011)
Living In Transit (Atmosphériques, 2014)
Super(b) Exitos (2019)
[26]
All My Sunsets EP (2020)
[27]
Jewish Family Christmas Tree! (2020)
[28]
No Hard Feelings (2021)
[29]
Lost On Purpose (2021)
[30]
Film/TV Soundtracks
References
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[1] BuzzBands.LA "Sanglorians: Love Is The Speed Of Light"
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[2] KROQ CBS Local "Weezer Brings Zombies To Life At Walking Dead Comic Con Party"
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[3] PunkNews.org "Nada Surf - Live In Denver (2016)"
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Archived 2015-01-28 at the
Wayback Machine Weezerpedia "Scott & Rivers"
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[5] Billboard.com "Solo Projects Won't Mean The End Of Rilo Kiley"
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American Princess (TV Series 2019– ) , retrieved 2019-02-26
^ Leigh, Bill (2003), Daniel Brummel: Melodic Scholar , Bass Player Magazine
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"Daniel Brummel – California College of Music" . ccmcollege.com . Retrieved 2019-02-26 .
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[6] Michigan Daily "Get Up Kids & Ozma Bring Pop Smarts To Weezer Outloud! Tour"
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[7]
Archived 2014-05-12 at the
Wayback Machine Los Angeles Central Library "Interfaith Sing ALOUD"
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[8] Los Angeles Times "Protest Songs With Emily Lacy"
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[9]
Archived 2014-05-12 at the
Wayback Machine Hammer Museum "Machine Project Artist In Residence"
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[10]
Archived 2015-06-26 at the
Wayback Machine Norton Simon Museum "Sounds From Around The World"
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[11]
Archived 2014-05-12 at the
Wayback Machine Los Angeles Central Library "Sing ALOUD"
^ Old Devil Time: Drone Folk Meditations
http://iaspm-us.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Lacy-and-Brummel.pdf
Archived 2019-02-26 at the
Wayback Machine
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[12]
Archived 2014-05-12 at the
Wayback Machine Machine Project "Skylike Notdoings: Daniel Brummel in Residence"
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"Weezer - Everything's Alright" . 3 October 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016 .
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[13] Noisey Vice: I Sang Onstage With Weezer"
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"California College of Music Faculty" . Archived from
the original on February 26, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2018 .
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"National Association of Schools of Music" . Retrieved February 7, 2021 .
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"PBMS LA Catalog 2021" . Retrieved February 7, 2021 .
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"Daniel Brummel | Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved 2019-02-26 .
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"Everything Will Be Alright in the End - Weezer | Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved 2019-02-26 .
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"Pacific Daydream - Weezer | Credits | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved 2018-01-23 .
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"Sargent Place - Spain | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved 2019-02-26 .
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"Super(b) Exitos by Sofa City Sweetheart" . BandCamp . Retrieved 2021-01-07 .
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"All My Sunsets by Manisha" . BandCamp . Retrieved 2021-01-07 .
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"Jewish Family Christmas Tree! by Jonathan Mann" . BandCamp . Retrieved 2021-01-07 .
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"Introducing Daniel Brummel" . davidprincemusic.net . Retrieved 2021-01-07 .
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"Lost on Purpose, by the Easy Button" . BandCamp . Retrieved 2021-01-07 .
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American Princess (TV Series 2019– ) , retrieved 2019-02-26
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"Upcoming emo movie debuts new trailer and song written by TBS' John Nolan" . Alternative Press . 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2019-02-26 .
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Geek USA (2013) , retrieved 2019-02-26
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Still Waiting... (Video 2009) , retrieved 2019-02-26
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That Darn Punk (Video 2001) , retrieved 2019-02-26
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