Danny Blume is an American

United States

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 music producer, musician

Musician

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, and composer

Composer

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. He is a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 winner, multiple Grammy nominee, and co-founder/owner of the production team GoodandEvil with Christian Castagno, with studios operating in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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 and Woodstock New York. .

Blume grew up in Columbus and Athens, OH, surrounded by a family of bluegrass music

Bluegrass music

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ians. He started playing guitar at age 8, after hearing The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper album. At sixteen, he began performing professionally in various country-western and R&B bands in the Boston

Boston

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 area. Blume relocated to New York City in 1987, and became heavily involved in the vibrant downtown music scene in the 1990s, performing and recording with Kid Creole and the Coconuts

Kid Creole and the Coconuts

Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created and led by August Darnell. Its music incorporates a variety of styles and influences, in particular "American and Latin American, South American, Caribbean, Trinidadian, Calloway" and conceptually inspired by the big band era...

, as well as many other artists.
In 1997, Blume met Christian Castagno, and with the start of their team GoodandEvil began his focus on production. With GoodandEvil he received the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album “Wonder Wheel”, and has been nominated for Grammys for Sex Mob’s “Sexotica”, and Miguel Bose’s “Papito”.

Some GoodandEvil productions include Naty Botero, Voltio, The Klezmatics, Liminal, Elysian Fields

Elysian Fields

-General use:* Elysium, in Greek mythology, the final resting places of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous- Places :* Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey, site of the first organized baseball game* Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans* Elysian Fields, Texas...

, the Yohimbe Brothers, Amanda Lepore

Amanda Lepore

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, Jody Watley

Jody Watley

Jody Vanessa Watley is an American, singer, songwriter, record producer, and founder of Avitone Records whose music crosses genres from Pop, R&B, Jazz, Dance and Electronic Soul....

, Crystal Waters

Crystal Waters

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, Paper Lions and Northern State

Northern State

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. His original scores include “Night of the Living Jews”, “Nosferatu” with Liminal, Susan Marshall’s dance performance “The One and Only You,” and Steven Koplowitz “A Walk Between Two Worlds”.

Highlights of his performing career include Liminal, the Lounge Lizards, Jill Sobule

Jill Sobule

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, Gavin Friday

Gavin Friday

Gavin Friday is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer, actor and painter.-Career:Gavin was born in Dublin and grew up in Finglas, a neighbourhood located on Dublin's Northside...

, Medeski Martin & Wood

Medeski Martin & Wood

Medeski Martin & Wood is an American jazz trio formed in 1991, consisting of John Medeski on keyboards and piano, Billy Martin on drums and percussion, and Chris Wood on double bass and bass guitar....

, and Kid Creole and the Coconuts

Kid Creole and the Coconuts

Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created and led by August Darnell. Its music incorporates a variety of styles and influences, in particular "American and Latin American, South American, Caribbean, Trinidadian, Calloway" and conceptually inspired by the big band era...

 for ten years. Blume has appeared on multiple television shows including the RuPaul

RuPaul

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 show, Conan O’Brien, and Saturday Night Live

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.

Awards

• 2007 Grammy Winner for Best Contemporary World Music Album, “Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie
  Woody Guthrie
  Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
  
  ” The Klezmatics
• Nomination: East Coast Music Award for Chucky Danger - Chucky Danger (now Paper Lions
  Paper Lions
  Paper Lions is a Canadian indie rock band, formed in Belfast, Prince Edward Island in 2004 by singer and guitarist John MacPhee, drummer David Cyrus MacDonald, guitarist Colin Buchanan and bass guitarist Rob MacPhee. John and Rob MacPhee are brothers, and Buchanan grew up next door to them. They...
  
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• Nomination: VMA
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   Latino in the Best New Artist category, Naty Botero
• Grammy nomination, Miguel Bosé
  Miguel Bosé
  Miguel Dominguín Bosé is a Latin Grammy-winning Spanish/Italian musician and actor.-Early life:Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of the famous Italian actress Lucia Bosé and the legendary bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. He is also a cousin of Carmen...
  
  's “Papito”
• Grammy nomination, Sex Mob’s “Sexotica”

Production Shortlist

• Sexotica, by Sex Mob
• Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie, The Klezmatics
• Portable Soundtracks for Temporary Utopias, Hungry March Band.
• GoodandEvil Sessions, Blue Series Continuum
• Te Quiero Mucho, by Naty Botero
• Queen of the Meadow, by Elysian Fields
• Pokémon "The Gang's All Here (remix)"
• The Tao of Yo 2004, Yohimbe Brothers
• Dying in Stereo, by Northern State
• The Late Album, by David Poe
• Psychopharmacology, by Firewater
• Nosferatu, by Liminal
• Pre-Set, by Liminal
• One and Only You, by Liminal
• Knitting Factory Live at the Whitney Museum (Liminal)
• Goldberg Variations, by Uri Caine
• “125th Street Congress (remix)”, Weather Report
• Chaje Shukarije, by Esma, guitar and electronics
• Paper Lions, Paper Lions
• “Get Into It”, by Amanda Lapore
• Solvanut, by Jamie Saft
• “Friends Remix”, by Jody Watley
• “Quince Anos”, by Burlusconis - Quinceañera soundtrack
• So Long, by Louque
• Indus, by Algoritmo
• “Fuck the Boys (remix)”, by Willa Ford feat. Lady May
• “More To Life (remix)” feat. Ruff Ryders , by Stacie Orrico
• “So Yesterday (remix)” , by Hilary Duff
• Sum:1, by Sum
• “Lamentation Song”, by Carl Rux
• Bio Rhythms, by Atau Tanaka
• “Watch My Mouth”, by Cazwell
• Sparky, by Sparky
• Do U Damage, The Specimen

Scoring

• "Night of the Living Jews"
• “Nosferatu”, Liminal
• “The One and Only You,” Susan Marshall Dance Performance
• "A Walk Between Two Worlds"

Engineer/Mix Shortlist

• Felix da Housecat
• “The Love Guru”, vocal tuning for Mike Meyers, guitar
• Mago, Billy Martin
• Feels Closer, by Layo & Bushwacka!
• Camp Songs, Ben Perowsky
• La Mar Enfortuna, Oren Bloedow and Jennifer Charles
• Best Reason to Buy The Sun, by Benevento/Russo
• Riker's High soundtrack
• Credo, by Michael Attias
• Ringleaders Revolt, by Beat Circus
• Full Moon over Wowtown, by Thomas Truax
• Bop on Pop, Ben Perowsky
• Barcelona in 48 Hours, Edward Ratliff
• Unquiet, Matt Penman
• Knitting Factory Live at the Whitney Museum (Liminal)
• Square Root of Negative One, We
• Pokémon 2000, by the B-52’s
• Iffy, by Chris Speed
• Bobby Previte and Charlie Hunter

Live Performance/Touring Shortlist

• Kid Creole & the Coconuts
• The Lounge Lizards
  The Lounge Lizards
  The Lounge Lizards are a jazz group formed in 1978 by saxophone player John Lurie.Initially a tongue in cheek "fake jazz" combo, drawing on punk rock and no wave as much as jazz, The Lounge Lizards have since become respected for their creative and distinctive sound.-History:Lounge Lizards were...
  
  
• Liminal
• Katell Keineg
  Katell Keineg
  Katell Keineg , is a Breton-Welsh singer-songwriter, based in Dublin and New York.-Early life:Born in Brittany and raised in Cardiff, Katell Keineg is the second child and only daughter of Breton poet and playwright Paol Keineg and his then wife, Judith, a Welsh political activist and...
  
  
• Diva
• Jill Sobule
  Jill Sobule
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  , the RuPaul
  RuPaul
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   show
• Lisa Loeb
  Lisa Loeb
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  , Saturday Night Live
  Saturday Night Live
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• Chocolate Genius
• John Cale
  John Cale
  John Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....
  
  
• John Zorn
  John Zorn
  John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
  
  
• Gavin Friday
  Gavin Friday
  Gavin Friday is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer, actor and painter.-Career:Gavin was born in Dublin and grew up in Finglas, a neighbourhood located on Dublin's Northside...
  
  
• Oren Bloedow
  Oren Bloedow
  Oren Bloedow is an American singer, guitarist, and composer. He founded the band Elysian Fields in 1995 with Jennifer Charles.His father, Jerry Bloedow, b...
  
  
• Fertile Crescent
• Stoney Clove Lane
• Zeena Parkins
  Zeena Parkins
  Zeena Parkins is a harpist active in rock music, free improvisation and jazz. Parkins plays standard harps, as well as several custom-made one-of-a kind electric harps; she also plays piano and accordion...
  
  

Recording Musician Shortlist

• Uninvisible by Medeski, Martin & Wood, guitar, baritone guitar
• Friday Afternoon in the Universe, by Medeski, Martin & Wood, guitar
• Joy: A Holiday Collection, by Jewel, guitar
• Felix da Housecat, guitar and writing
• Legendary Marvin Pontiac, by John Lurie, guitar
• Backyardigans, guitar
• Get Shorty Soundtrack, by John Lurie, guitar
• Kiss Me Before the Light Changes, by Kid Creole & The Coconuts, guitar
• To Travel Sideways, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, guitar
• I Too Have Seen The Woods, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, guitar
• You Should Have Told Me You Were Catholic, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, guitar
• Private Waters in the Great Divide, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, guitar
• Primal Light, by Uri Caine, guitar and electronics
• Goldberg Variations, by Uri Caine, guitar and electronics
• Oren Bloedow, by Oren Bloedow, guitar
• Night of the Living Jews soundtrack, guitar, bass, drums, electronics, organ
• Barhopping, by The Whistling Hangmen, guitar
• Freedom Sounds; a Tribute to the Skatalites, guitar
• Brother to Brother soundtrack, guitar and electronics
• Knitting Factory Live at the Whitney Museum (Liminal), guitar and electronics
• Forever Now, Level 42, guitar
• Excess baggage soundtrack, guitar
• Danielle’s Mouth, by Danielle’s Mouth, electric guitar
• Beautiful Collision, by Bic Runga, tenor guitar
• Camp Songs, by Ben Perowsky, acoustic guitar
• The Debt Soundtrack, by Frank London, guitar
• Scientist at Work, by Frank London, guitar
• Chaje Shukarije, by Esma, guitar and electronics
• Carnival Conspiracy, by Frank London, guitar
• 2000 Years, Big Hot Sun

External links

• http://www.dannyblume.com
• http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=308922847 (Myspace page for Danny Blume)