Dan Freeman NYC

Dan Freeman is a producer/bassist and music technologist based in Brooklyn, New York. He's Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music as well as on the faculty of The Juilliard School and New York University.

Born in Boston to a family containing generations of musicians in his mother’s native land of Nicaragua, he attended Harvard College, earning a degree in history. Immediately after graduation, he moved to New York City and worked for over ten years as a session bassist performing in a myriad of venues ranging from underground Brooklyn loft parties to Carnegie Hall.

In the mid 2000’s he became fascinated with the musical possibilities of laptops, the Ableton Live software and interfaces for performing digital music. In 2018 this passion led him to design a prototype instrument for digital live performance known as “Blinky” which combines a sampler, a sequencer, audio effects processing and a grid interface. Since 2019, he's done live sets that range from experimental electronica to live improvised disco/house dance sets.