with years of built-up inspiration from video game soundtracks and raised in a family of musicians, dayv began self-instruction on tuba around age thirteen, performing a solo feature within his first year on the instrument. during high school he earned honors as featured soloist, performed in the new jersey all-state symphonic band at the baton of composer robert w smith, the regional orchestra, and other select ensembles. he also had the privilege of touring the american southwest, england and paris with the 'all-american youth in concert' symphonic band, conducted by dr william silvester. a devoted student of computer science at the college of new jersey, he nonetheless performed with the tcnj wind ensemble, jazz ensemble on trombone, brass ensemble on euphonium and tuba, and wrote arrangements for his student brass quintet. here dayv minored in music theory, studying orchestration under avant-garde composer dr robert young mcmahan. while pursuing a degree in composition at uarts in philadelphia, dayv was a student of composers andrea clearfield, evan solot, norman david and rick hall, among others. he is a member of the audio engineering society, as well as the philadelphia chapter of the american composers' forum, receiving their young jazz composers award in the small ensemble category.
dayv has written arrangements and compositions for brass quintet, string quartet, young symphonic ensembles, jazz ensembles, solo piano, piano & voice, solo instrument with accompaniment, and chamber ensembles, in addition to songwriting and recording his own material. back up jackson completed production of their first album in late 2005, marking his first major project as producer, and sparking a new interest in audio. having recently completed the audio engineering program at the conservatory of recording arts and sciences, dayv is currently engineering for delaney bramlett, and lives at a home recording studio outside los angeles with 4 fellow conservatory graduates.
. quality recordings tracking and mix engineering services
. original compositions printed, sequenced or recorded
. soundtracks for film, animation, narration, videogames
. arrangements of favorites for your instrumentation
. transcriptions sheet music from piano, voice, ensemble recordings
. young ensemble pieces adjusted for any skill level
. anything really just ask and we can work together!
email: dayv@backupjackson.com
compositionsC01 "invisible art, verse i" for r. nelson, trumpetC02 "mambo no. 2 pencil" for jazz ensemble C03 "randomosity movement iii" for brass quintet C04 "the schizophrenic symphony" C05 "sonotaform: the paperboy" C06 "decisions" for transfusion ensemble C07 "a psalm of praise" piano / voice C08 "electronic planet: faulty expectations" |
soundtracksF01 "introducing magigoo" andrea sollentinoF02 "potter's clay" 1 robert watson F03 "potter's clay" 2 robert watson F04 "triangle fun time" emily o'keefe F05 "the sign" kelly alcock (kea) F06 "remarkable farkle mcbride" 1 john lithgow F07 "remarkable farkle mcbride" 2 john lithgow F08 "all that he is" joan campbell | |
videogamesG01 concept - melancholy themeG02 concept - victory theme G03 concept - underground theme G04 concept - character theme G05 concept - adventure theme G06 concept - magical theme G07 concept - battle theme G08 concept - airship theme G09 concept - military theme G10 concept - villagers theme |
songwritingS01 "song for gabrielle"S02 "the santalizer ruins christmas" S03 "back to you someday" S04 "lemon nut-edged cookies" S05 "except doreen" - buj S06 "shoulder to cry on" - buj S07 "philadelphia del noche" - buj S08 "jesse and jaime" - buj S09 "aly's a super-spy!" back up jackson songs cowritten by jay butkowski | |
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jack enea: "i am free." (2004)
trumpet, trombone, arrangements (marimba, strings) |
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tim gillis band: "a branson country christmas." (2004)
keyboards, accordion, vocals |
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back up jackson: "conquers the world." (2005)
recording / mixing, arrangements, bass, keyboards, vocals |
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jack enea: "red white and blue." (2007)
recording / mixing / mastering, arrangements, bass, trumpet, trombone |
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delaney bramlett: "a new kind of blues." (2008)
recording / mixing engineer |
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davey jones locker: "the alibi" (2008)
keyboards, trumpet |
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paper box (self-titled) (2009)
bass guitar, vocals |
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joanna burns: the green year" (2011)
trombone, tuba |
sikstudios is available for business! located next to a relatively creepy vacant piece of real estate in pacoima california, just north of los angeles, we offer both cakewalk sonar 4 and protools 7 le platforms, an acoustically treated control room and tracking room, instruments and an innovative approach to your music. four conservatory of recording arts graduates from diverse backgrounds live together and engineer tracks at the studio, so someone's always around for a recording project. contact dayv for information, rates, or to schedule a session!
