Danny Kastner
Encyclopedia
Danny Kastner is an American
musician
, composer
, director, producer, and entrepreneur
.
Kastner has founded four internet start-ups, including Music Interactive, Scores International, and POPstick. At POPstick, Kastner led the company's online marketing strategies for large-scale offerings with Microsoft, IBM, Dell, among other technology firms. In 2004, Kastner launched POPstick Outburst and coined the term social network marketing as an approach towards brand marketing through social networks. He hired advertising executive, Steve Dworin, former Chairman/CEO of NW Ayer as the president of the initiative.
Currently, Danny is CEO of FanRocket
, an internet digital content production company he founded in 2005.
Kastner appeared on the third season of NBC's The Apprentice
. After being "fired" by Donald Trump
in episode 3, Kastner, who holds a master's degree in music composition from Boston University
, wrote songs about his experience on the show. These, along with weekly musical recaps of each episode, were played on radio stations across the country. Kastner was re-hired by Donald Trump in an episode of Queer Eye
that followed the Apprentice, in 2005, where Kastner organized a charity event for underprivileged children which won praise from Trump.
As a composer, Kastner is a two-time BMI Composition Award winner, as well as a two-time ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award Recipient.
Kastner composed music for Padmé
, the fan film
that won the George Lucas Selects Award in the 2008 Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge
. He plays jazz piano in clubs around Los Angeles as a member of the band the Jazz Punks.
United States
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musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, director, producer, and entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
.
Kastner has founded four internet start-ups, including Music Interactive, Scores International, and POPstick. At POPstick, Kastner led the company's online marketing strategies for large-scale offerings with Microsoft, IBM, Dell, among other technology firms. In 2004, Kastner launched POPstick Outburst and coined the term social network marketing as an approach towards brand marketing through social networks. He hired advertising executive, Steve Dworin, former Chairman/CEO of NW Ayer as the president of the initiative.
Currently, Danny is CEO of FanRocket
FanRocket
FanRocket is a Los Angeles-based creator of online content programming and technologies.The company was founded by Danny Kastner, a contestant on season 3 of The Apprentice...
, an internet digital content production company he founded in 2005.
Kastner appeared on the third season of NBC's The Apprentice
The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)
The Apprentice is an American reality television show hosted by real estate magnate, businessman and television personality Donald Trump, created by Mark Burnett and broadcast on NBC...
. After being "fired" by Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump, Sr. is an American business magnate, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump's extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner and role on the NBC reality show The Apprentice have...
in episode 3, Kastner, who holds a master's degree in music composition from Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
, wrote songs about his experience on the show. These, along with weekly musical recaps of each episode, were played on radio stations across the country. Kastner was re-hired by Donald Trump in an episode of Queer Eye
Queer Eye
Queer Eye is an American reality television series that premiered on the Bravo cable television network in July 2003. The program's name was changed from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy after the third season to broaden the scope of its content...
that followed the Apprentice, in 2005, where Kastner organized a charity event for underprivileged children which won praise from Trump.
As a composer, Kastner is a two-time BMI Composition Award winner, as well as a two-time ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award Recipient.
Kastner composed music for Padmé
Padmé (film)
Padmé is a Star Wars fan film produced by Jason Ginsburg, Robert Reeves, and Kevin W. Walsh. The short was written by Walsh and directed by Reeves....
, the fan film
Fan film
A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book or a similar source, created by fans rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators. Fan filmmakers have traditionally been amateurs, but some of the more notable films have actually been produced by...
that won the George Lucas Selects Award in the 2008 Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge
The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards
The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards is an annual contest put forth by Lucasfilm and AtomFilms to showcase and acknowledge the growing genre of fan films made by, for, and about fans of the Star Wars saga. The inaugural contest in 2002 was the first time Lucasfilm had officially sanctioned the...
. He plays jazz piano in clubs around Los Angeles as a member of the band the Jazz Punks.