Daniel Brummel

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Daniel Brummel
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Brummel performing with Weezer in 2014
Background information
Born September 15, 1981 (age 42)
Origin Pasadena, California, U.S.
Occupation(s) Singer
songwriter
musician
composer
producer
teacher
Website Website
Twitter
Instagram
Associated acts
Ozma
Sanglorians
Daniel Brummel and the Contraband
Scott & Rivers
Weezer
Commuter Music
Nada Surf
Spain
The Elected

Daniel Gorciak 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 Ozma, Sanglorians, Scott & Rivers, Weezer, Nada Surf, Spain, Gowns, Monstro, and The Elected. He also helped compose the music for the Lifetime network television series American Princess.

Biography

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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 and his Master of Music degree in commercial music from CSULA in 2016. 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" at age 19. He has also led interfaith community music events, sang protest songs, and performed experimental folk music at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Hammer Museum, the Norton Simon Museum, the Los Angeles Central Library, and the International Association for the Study of Popular Music. 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.

Brummel recorded and performed with The Elected during Ozma's hiatus. Andrea "Dre" Babinski and he overlapped as touring musicians with the band for a period.

More recently, Brummel co-wrote 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. 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. 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.” In academia, he served as the Dean of the California College of Music from 2015-2019, achieving the institution's initial accreditation through the National Association of Schools of Music, and he currently serves as the Chief Academic Officer for Point Blank Music School in Silver Lake.

Equipment

  • Dan's original P-Bass was nicknamed "The Delorean."[1] [2]
  • Dan occasionally wore a blue jumpsuit to Ozma shows during the band's early days. He can be seen wearing one in the unedited photo of Rock and Roll Part Three's album art.[3]

Collaborations with Weezer/Rivers Cuomo

Brummel circled on The Good Life's cover
Brummel on tour with Weezer in 2014

Discography

Ozma

Weezer

Sanglorians

Daniel Brummel and the Contraband

Commuter Music

Monstro

Gone with the Ghosts

Jose Galvez

As a Solo Artist

Nada Surf

Spain

  • The Soul of Spain (Glitterhouse Records, 2012)
  • The Morning Becomes Eclectic Session (Glitterhouse Records, 2013)
  • Sargent Place (Glitterhouse Records, 2014)

The Elected

  • Me First (2004)
  • Sun, Sun, Sun (Sub Pop Records, 2006)

Gowns

  • Broken Bones (Southern Records, 2008)

Jorge Huaman

  • In Need Of In-Between (2010)

Irma

  • Letter To The Lord (My Major Company, 2011)

We Are Me

  • Living In Transit (Atmosphériques, 2014)

Sofa City Sweetheart

  • Super(b) Exitos (2019)

Manisha

  • All My Sunsets EP (2020)

Imogen Clark

  • "Found Me" (2020) - remo soundshapes, tambourine

Jonathan Mann

  • Jewish Family Christmas Tree! (2020)

David Prince

  • No Hard Feelings (2021)

The Easy Button

  • Lost On Purpose (2021)

Hit the Shark!

  • The Surprise Button! (2023)

Film/TV Soundtracks

  • That Darn Punk (2001)
  • Zoey 101 (2008)
  • iCarly (2008)
  • Türkisch für Anfänger|Turkish for Beginners (2008)
  • Still Waiting... (2009)
  • Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
  • Geek USA (2013)[7]
  • (Romance) in the Digital Age (2017)
  • American Princess (2019 TV series) (composer, 10 episodes)

See also

References

  1. Daniel Brummel fan correspondence 2021 https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Dan_proves_Im_not_insane.png
  2. OzmaFans Forums 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20211023233923/https://www.ozmafans.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=c4mj3rs9vqki5a4nmjjmtbjdqp&topic=3367.msg152533
  3. Unedited Rock and Roll Part Three artwork https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Uneditedrrp3.jpg
  4. Weezer "Go Away" // SiriusXM // Alt Nation https://youtu.be/kTSAIcpHFog
  5. Weezer Eulogy for a Rock Band https://youtu.be/CNmMvyQp7H0
  6. WEEZER PERFORM "EULOGY FOR A ROCK BAND" LIVE AT FINGERPRINTS RECORDS - 10/8/2014 https://youtu.be/LwHHXBqZL-s
  7. Geek USA Trailer https://youtu.be/4RuLQxHQZDs