Daniel Riera Email & Phone Number

Oakland

Specialty: Latin music. I give each piece of new music a score according to our proprietary "Music Genome"

Oakland, CA

Teach music production, beat making, and DJ’ing to youth, primarily under-served populations in the East Bay Area. Part of TFS' mission is to find innovative ways of delivering STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) curriculum through the arts.

San Francisco

Instructor of Music Notation and Score Preparation in the Music Production and Sound Design for Visual Media department. Implemented lesson plans on theory and notation rules, arranging, transcription and score creation using Sibelius.

I provide technical support for the computers and music labs at Academy of Art's Music Production and Sound Design for Visual Media department. I specialize in Logic, Sibelius and Protools.

I produce custom, royalty-free music and sound effects for television, advertising, audio/video projects and video games. Clients include the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau, Vsolay, Inc., and independent producers. I also work with artists on single track or full album production.

San Francisco

Instructor for Music Theory. Geared towards audio engineers, this course surveys meter and notation rules, scales, chords, modes, roman numeral analysis and pop music analysis.

Boston, MA

I taught hip-hop production skills to disadvantaged youth transitioning from secure treatment facilities back to their home in the Roxbury community. I helped build a computer based recording studio and helped the students develop their technical and creative skills. The session culminated in the release of a CD featuring student music.

Managed backstage operation at Café 939. My duties included setting up the stage, backline, lighting and audio engineering at five performance venues including the Berklee Performance Center (large regional concert venue). Experience working with national and international level touring acts.