David Murphy Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Collaborated with artists, promoters, agents, and brands across a diverse variety of genres to present multiple shows a week at a 200+ capacity music venue & beer garden.
• Booked live shows featuring such artists as Chappell Roan (headline debut), billy woods, Hollie Cook, Mavi, Iniko, Liturgy, grouptherapy., Agriculture, Armand Hammer, 454, Kowloon (live debut), Vanishing Twin, NPR Tiny.
• Booked club events and DJs/collectives such as Pangea Sound, Cuffing Season, Gorgeous Gorgeous, Stanton Warriors, Andre Power, Orlove, Lez Croix, Moonshine (MTL), Mike Nasty & Jeremy Sole (KCRW).
• Organized shows and private events with brands and organizations including NPR, Boiler Room, Spotify, Epitaph Records, ANTI- Records, Brain Dead, Italians Do It Better, Sound & Fury, HUF, Flatspot Records, Roland Drums.
• Led in-house coordination between various departments including production, marketing, bar, and front of house.
• Organized venue calendar and negotiated competitive deals while developing relationships with artists, promoters, and agents on a scale ranging from local to international.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Berkeley, California, United States

• Manage the venue's customer service account, assisting patrons with refund requests and updates to the status of upcoming shows during the COVID-19 shutdown.
• Continuation of Front of House Intern responsibilities.

• Assist FOH Show Manager with day-of-show management of the 1,350-person capacity music venue, including settlement with talent and third-party vendors, execution of contracts in collaboration with production staff.
• Develop in-house sales analysis tools and assist with National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) administration during theatre shutdown due to COVID-19
• Compile highly detailed show folders with the Day Manager, cataloging sales, purchases, contracts, settlements with tours and third-party vendors, bank deposits, staffing, and insurance and tax documentation.
• Manage venue spreadsheets and registers to track profit and loss across departments and compile contract details on offers and holds for upcoming shows.

• Assist Community Engagement Coordinator on show nights with settlement with tour merch vendors, collection accounting of donations supporting the venue's non-profit education program, and inventory of UC Theatre.
• Account for all cash and credit transactions with the Merch department on show nights and ensure that cash is deposited in a timely manner with thorough record keeping and documentation.
• Compile show folders detailing sales, deposits, inventory, and receipts.
• Manage customer questions and needs including pitching the theatre’s non-profit education program to guests, gathering donations, cataloging ticket giveaways, and organizing unclaimed items.

Berkeley, CA

• Maintain a safe and friendly environment at a 1,350 person-capacity live music venue by enforcing health and safety rules while assisting audience members with myriad customer service needs.
• Perform a variety of tasks on show nights, including – but not limited to – ticket scanning, ID checking, VIP and crew assistance, and general event security.
• Establish and utilize clear lines of communication between the audience, the floor manager, fellow floor staff, medical staff, and any pertinent tour staff.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Coordinate the administration of up to 500+ COVID-19 vaccinations and tests per day at various mobile sites located throughout the Los Angeles area.
• Maintain clear lines of communication between site leads, LA Fire Department officials, physicians, patients, and other CORE associates to ensure an efficient and streamlined vaccination process.
• Process confidential patient information in an orderly, friendly manner while preparing and executing extemporary solutions to obstacles such as crowd management and language barriers.

Oakland, CA

• Multi-task in a fast-paced, public-serving role, keeping in mind multiple pressing tasks while planning, completing, and adapting to each in a streamlined and timely manner.
• Address the needs of customers quickly and efficiently at a longstanding and perpetually busy neighborhood restaurant.

San Francisco, CA

• Acted as an on-site liaison to meet the needs of performing musicians and artists, including assisting sound technicians with setup, working with transit center engineers to secure sufficient power supply, and managing.
• Sought out local musicians, artists, and vendors to be booked at Salesforce Park and was involved in negotiations involving logistics, scheduling, and price.
• Conducted extensive research on behalf of BRV clients around North America, compiling data on local events and traditions, neighborhood demographics, and competing parks and event spaces in the area.

Oakland, CA

• Compile playlists and upload weekly music mixes featuring recent releases and personal favorites across the spectrum of indie rock, pop, electronic, and R&B.
• Maintain an active presence on Twitter (@rogueplanetrdio) and Facebook to promote broadcasts, share music news, and engage with artists, labels, and fellow music blogs.
• Research up-and-coming and established acts alike through a variety of music publications and playlists
• Manage a personal calendar of upcoming releases and live shows.

Cambridge, MA

• Performed independent, day-to-day execution of long-term experiments on the effects of social hierarchy, hunger, and emotional neural circuits on mouse behavior.
• Acquired an array of skills and associated concepts quickly and developed advanced methods through regular practice and research.
• Invented new solutions to sticking points in experimental procedures and tested these different methods of solving a given problem to see which worked best.
• Was responsible for troubleshooting any errors or malfunctions in software and/or hardware to ensure optimal and accurate performance.

Cambridge, MA

• Assisted in daily operations studying the effect of chronic stress on generalization of fearful stimuli in a rodent model of PTSD.
• Personally handled all stages of tissue harvesting, histology, and staining from live rodent to slide preparation and analysis.
• Analyzed broad variety of data including quantifying behavioral tests, measuring microscopic stain intensity, and statistical analysis of raw behavioral and physiological data.

Boston, MA

With Tastemakers, it was my duty to provide a regular flow of in-depth articles on new album releases, local shows, and the current landscape of music, delivering content under strict and consistent deadlines. Publications include a discography-wide review of the Flaming Lips and an interview with the band Pallbearer. I have been published both online and.

San Francisco Bay Area

As Community Events Intern, it was my responsibility that the six counties that make up the Bay Area chapter of the American Red Cross were providing disaster preparedness materials and information to the people of their communities in an efficient and effective manner. More specifically, I was tasked with receiving event requests from local companies and.

Oakland, CA

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Behavioral Neuroscience, Cum Laude

Legal And Practical Aspects Of The Music Business, A

Certificate-level course focusing on contract law across the music industry including royalty calculation, copyright ownership and.