DAREN BURNS URBAN NERDS

Whats new you may ask? I've finished mixing the CD "Have We Met?" by the MBB Trio with David Mills and Craig Bunch. We recorded and mixed at Wayne Peet's "killzone" studios and it turned out well. We will be…Read more

Dave Carpenter was my teacher for a year and a half while I was at CalArts from fall 1995 through the fall of 1996. Not only was he a great musician and bassist, he was a gracious human being…Read more

Well, it's been a few weeks since I wrote here, but wanted to update. I had a nice gig @ Cafe Metropol last Friday with the great guitarist, Andre LaFosse, the amazing violinist, Todd Reynolds, and the always…Read more

Here's a video of 'Thirty-Six Ghosts' from my Recital. It features, Joule Ladara-Vocs., Eric Klerks-Vocs., Vinny Golia-Woodwinds, Ulrich Krieger- Woodwinds, Scott Collins-Guitar, Misuzu Kitazumi-koto, Andrew Niven- Drum Set, Ingo Deul-Percussion, Randy Gloss…Read more

Things have been extremely busy and school is coming to a close. My recital is over and it went well. Everyone involved played their ass off and I received a lot of great feedback. I also just came back…Read more

First off, my recital is rescheduled for April 1st. No joke. Here is the poster that Kio Griffith, a great artist and graphic designer, created for the event. I think it looks pretty awesome and I am still finding…Read more

It is titled 'Ball Lightning Formation' and was recorded live last Wednesday, 03-05-08, @ the Nova Express closing party. Andre LaFosse played as well as Chris Opperman and it was a fun time! I went on at about 12:30am, played…Read more

...due to a power failure in Santa Clarita.The sound engineer, John Baffa said it was the first time he ever had to cancel an event in his time @ CalArts. I think this is the first time I have ever…Read more

Had a crazy week that felt like a month last week. We had violinist, Mark Feldman (He gave me a pack of cigarettes and he had my favorite quote from the week "It's like when you go to a violin…Read more

LA Times Review-Betty Garrett, Closet Songwriter Alright, got my first ever mention in the LA Times yesterday. It is for this musical I started last week, most reviews never mention the musicians, but The Times did... "Musical…Read more

My favorite new quote: "If you miss the sensual part of music, you risk becoming a gynecologist and not a lover" - Rabih Abou-Khalil On a sadder note, Joe Zawinul of the band Weather Report and Miles Davis'…Read more

Just got done with an intensive 1 week rehearsal/recording session with Dave Mills on piano and Craig Bunch on drums. We recorded at Wayne Peet's studio called Killzone Studios in Mar Vista and recorded 11 written tunes and 3 improvisations…Read more