Dave D'aranjo

Dave is a bassist, producer, and drummer based in Boston, Massachusetts, seeking work as a sessionist, pit musician, and more!

Education:
• BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, BOSTON, MA - Sept. 8, 2008 to August 14, 2015
- Dual Degree: Contemporary Writing & Production / Performance (May 9, 2015)

Minor: Recording & Production for Musicians (May 9, 2015)
- Diploma: Professional Music (May 10, 2014)

Minor: Drama (May 10, 2014)

Studied with Ron Mahdi, Dave Buda, Ed Lucie, Barry Smith, Danny Morris, Whitman Browne, Tiger Okoshi, Anthony Vitti, Dave Clark, Bruce Gertz, John Patitucci, Livingston Taylor, Victor Bailey, David Fiuczynski, and many other amazing teachers, bassists, and musicians.
- “Bass Lines” Summer Program: June 6 - 8, 2008


• THE BASS COLLECTIVE, NEW YORK CITY, NY - Sept. 10, 2007 to May 30, 2008
- Elective Intensive Program: March 24, 2008 - May 30, 2008
- Certificate Program B: January 7, 2008 - April 14, 2008
- Certificate Program A: September 10, 2007 - November 16, 2007

Studied with great musicians such as Lincoln Goines, Janek Gwizdala, Steve Marks,Tony Conniff, Frank Gravis, Hill Greene, Adriano Santos, and Bob Quaranta. Notably, the Bass Collective enabled me to be a participant in Victor Wooten’s instructional DVD, “Groove Workshop”, available from Hudson Music.


Recent Performance Experience:
• MUSICALS - (MTO = Berklee Musical Theater Orchestra; MTC = Berklee Musical Theater Club)
- “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” (Berklee MTO) - April 25 & 26, 2013
- “In The Heights” (SpeakEasy Stage Company) - May 10, 2013
- “BPC Screams! A Halloween Event” (Berklee MTO) - October 31, 2013
- “Christmas at the Theater” (Metrowest Symphony Orchestra) - December 8, 2013
- “Triple Threat: Original Music...” (Berklee MTC) - February 26, 2014
- “Spring Awakening” (Berklee MTC) - March 6 - 8, 2014
- “Legally Blonde” (Berklee MTO) - April 24 & 25, 2014
- “AIDA” (Fiddlehead Theater Company) - October 16 - 19; 24 - 26, 2014
- “The Wiz” (Fiddlehead Theater Company) - February 13 - 15; 20 - 22, 2015
- “Next to Normal” (Berklee MTC) - March 6 - 8, 2015
- “Avenue Q” (Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club) - March 10 & 11, 2015
- “Curtain Up” (Berklee MTC) - March 30, 2015
- “The Big One” (Lesley University) - April 9 - 12, 2015
- “Cabaret” (Berklee MTO) - April 29 & 30, 2015
- “Jesus Christ Superstar” (Fiddlehead Theater Company) - April 24 - 26; May 1st - 3, 2015

• BERKLEE EVENTS
- “Executive Sessions - Steve Oristaglio & the Full Circle Band” - April 21, 2012
- “Berklee Gala 2012 - Steve Oristaglio & the Full Circle Band” - October 13, 2012
- “Boston Rocks! - Steve Oristaglio & the Full Circle Band” - April 20, 2013
- “Commencement Concert 2015” - May 8, 2015

Other Skills:
I am a member of ASCAP since 2007, and NARAS since 2012. I attended the 56th Annual Grammy Awards on January 26, 2014.Through my award-winning independent record label,“Interrobang Records”, I have produced and submitted two albums for consideration in the 57th Grammy Awards. (www.interrobangrecords.com). I regularly write bass transcriptions and post them to my website (including a full transcription of the musical Hair) and this has greatly helped my sight- reading abilities - an ongoing process. I am also developing my skills as an upright bassist, and have played upright on several musicals so far. I am a freelance video editor (Final Cut Pro) and sound engineer (Logic; Pro Tools) and administer the aforementioned webpages. I also enjoy cooking, traveling, and collecting Tiki mugs!