Various assignments & little productions from my years at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Arranged from Newest to Oldest. More to come. 

Berklee College of Music Assignments: Dave D'aranjo

Migrant Motel performs "Back in Black" by AC/DC
Produced & mixed by Dave D'aranjo for:
MP-P305-002 (SP15) - Record Production for Musicians 
Berklee College of Music

Migrant Motel is:
David Stewart, Jr. - vocals, bass (Peru)
Ed Graves - guitars(England)
"Chava" Ilizaliturri - drums (Mexico)
www.migrantmotel.com

Recorded at: 
Dirty Water Studios, Charlestown, MA
www.dirtywatersound.com

KissyPig Studio, Allston, MA
www.kissypig.com

Recording assistance and co-production by: James Willetts
www.jameswilletts.com


Sound-Alike: Migrant Motel performs "Back in Black" by AC/DC

Here's a sketch for a song I wrote shortly after starting Berklee College of Music in late 2008.... I should finish this one up someday! Berklee Beach is the strip of sidewalk outside of 150 Massachusetts Ave, the main Berklee building, where there are always students milling about, hangin' and smoking between classes. 

"Berklee Beach"

I used to have this great show on the Berklee Internet Radio Network, called "The Low End". It ran from February 19th, 2009, to June 18th, 2009. Only 16 episodes, but boy did I put a lot of work and planning into each one! My goal was to deliver two solid hours of a bassist's favorite jams, and I think I did a pretty good job on that.

Anyway, I also put together this intro for each show. There are a couple of things to know about what you're hearing: 
- The first two Radio IDs you hear were created by BIRN staff, and the 2nd one features Bootsy Collins, of course. 
- When my own voiceover picks up, Ive used a song called "Bass Face" by Brian Bromberg as the backing track.
- In Version 1 of this, I am “singing”. Yikes! 
- Later, I found a singer and created Version 2. Many thanks to the amazing Dari Matilsky! Her vocals were recorded at the BIRN studio on March 31st, 2009 by Aaron Bastinelli.
- I overdubbed some crazy slap bass additions to Version 2 as well!

Here's a blurb I used to have on the show page: 
"If it makes the bungle jungle rumble - if the funk punks a swampus stank - if the tones walk through the valley of the shadow of C4- and if the vibrations are so deep it hertz, chances are you're digging The Low End.

Let Singaporean-born bassist Dave D'aranjo (aka DJ Darangatang) slide you down the neck of the most ridonkulous, bulbous bass jams out there. 

You'll hear today's best players and yesterday's classic axe heroes. You'll hear 16th-note pockets, fat whole note grooves, warm acoustic butter, double slaps, slides, and more popped G-strings than you'll know what to do with.

All this goes DOWN every Thursday afternoon, 2pm to 4pm Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5) on the Berklee Internet Radio Network.
Or, tune in to the BIRN1 via the "College Radio" tab within your iTunes™ streaming radio library.

Turn up your subwoofer, because:
If you're feeling the groove, chances are you're listening to The Low End! ™"

"The Low End" Radio Show Intro - The BIRN - Version 2 of 2

I produce music and play bass guitar.
www.davedaranjo.com