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Deemo Melody Labs

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About Me

Deemo Melody Labs is the synthesis of Daniel Morel's compositions and projects started in 2004 or later, and can be found at www.deemo.net . New projects and compositions are added on a weekly basis, so visit early and often!

Daniel Morel started a career in music playing dinner clubs during high school, both as a solo act and with jazz combos. He attended Bucknell University (2003), receiving a BA in Music, where he studied piano performance and compostion. He has written/arranged for the Bucknell Jazz Machine (2000) and the Arts Street Organization (1999/2001). Currently, Daniel sings with the Cherry Chreek Chorale (Denver), plays weddings and dinners, and occassionally works with Swing Shift (Highlands Ranch).

Daniel lives in Denver, CO with his CD collection and keyboards. Find out more by visiting www.deemo.net .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/11/2006
Band Website: deemo.net
Band Members: Daniel Morel
Influences: John Adams, Robert Ashley, Laurie Anderson, Broadside Ballads, Childs Ballads, Bix Beiderbecke, Leonard Bernstein, Change Ringing, Zez Confrey, Aaron Copeland, Claude Debussy, M Dougherty, William Duckworth, George Gershwin, Phillip Glass, Gustav Holst, Charles Ives, Scott Joplin, Steve Reich, Soul Coughing, Skatalites, Tin Pan Alley, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Tom Waits, XTC, John Zorn, and many others.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Heroic Music

The performances came, and went great. The Cherry Creek Chorale has once again given its all for the biennial Scottish/Irish festival, and there was nary a dry eye in the house. Much of the music was ...
Posted by Deemo Melody Labs on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:12:00 PST

Catalogue Available

The catalogue for Deemo Melody Labs is starting to grow! How exciting. After several sales and a few more print runs, more of my music is out there and available for purchase. Feel free to view anythi...
Posted by Deemo Melody Labs on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:43:00 PST

Upcoming Concert

Save the date! The Cherry Creek Chorale is hosting their biennial Scottish/Irish Festival. Special guests include The Centennial State Pipe Band and the Celtic Harp Society. It's always a pleasure to ...
Posted by Deemo Melody Labs on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:55:00 PST

Folky folk folk...

In a folky funk. Or is that a funky folk. Lately, I've been listening to lots of Simon & Garfunkle (now THAT'S a fun musician's name) and Peter, Paul & Mary. Great musicians of their days. Bes...
Posted by Deemo Melody Labs on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:27:00 PST

Improv

Nursery songs. Ballads. Folk songs. They're all great for arranging into new melodies. This week's rag, in particular, is an example of one of many times where improv on the piano turns into something...
Posted by Deemo Melody Labs on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:10:00 PST

Happy New Year

Happy New Year! Best wishes to everyone. Enjoy the new year. Enjoy the new music. Start off the year doing something you've never done before (perhaps telling several friends about this music site?). ...
Posted by Deemo Melody Labs on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:00:00 PST

Short Week

Nothing grandiose or prophetic to say this week. I have taken a new temp job to help pay the rent, and had less time overall to work on music (such a horrible tradeoff). Please accept this week's set ...
Posted by Deemo Melody Labs on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:34:00 PST

Experimentalism

According to a recent online quiz, my tastes in music are not only considered "Indie", but I am sub-classed as being "Avant-garde". No surprises there. Then again, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk don...
Posted by Deemo Melody Labs on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:25:00 PST

Short Names?

Is there a relationship with American composers and their names? There appears to be a significant number of American composers with names that are only two or three syllables. For their entire name. ...
Posted by Deemo Melody Labs on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:37:00 PST

Happy Thanksgiving!

This week was Thanksgiving for us in the USA. Copeland seemed like the right type of music to be listening to during the holiday. A fun fact about this champion of Americana: his "Fanfare for the Comm...
Posted by Deemo Melody Labs on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 05:34:00 PST