Hi… I’m Daniel.

I am a music producer, songwriter, mixer, and ridiculously amateur designer and photographer.

I founded my music production company The Burst Collective in 1996.

In 2007, we launched an online music licensing portal, BurstLabs.com, and then partnered with Sony/ATV and Extreme Music in 2008 to take things up a notch internationally.

I’m a fairly successful commercial music producer and composer… I have literally thousands of cues currently being used by such varied clients as Microsoft, GM & Gatorade, virtually all of the top shows on HBO, ABC, NBC, Fox, and all across the globe.

My first love in the music world is producing records for other artists, something I’m grateful I still get to do from time to time.

Burst HQ is my recording studio that I designed and built in 2002. It’s housed in a former post office just outside Milwaukee.

I’ve made some in-roads as a pop songwriter, having co-wrote Emma Roberts first single, I Wanna Be (iTunes), for her Columbia Records debut.

I’m a recovering former fundamentalist evangelical prone to fits of righteous indignation at the lies told by those in power, and I treasure genuine conversation with real people.

I have opinions, viewpoints, and ideas. I am open to being wrong as well as admitting “I don’t know yet.” If you’re interested in working together or just chatting about the topics of the day, email is the best way to reach me.