About Me

My name is John Daniels and music is my passion. I’ve been writing, playing, arranging and transcribing music since I was in the sixth grade. My music education and experiences have widely broadened my abilities.

Here is some of my background. education and experience:

• While in high school, I did three arrangements for my high school concert band and one for the senior chorus.
• I rehearsed and conducted the performances for those arrangements I did.
• I was in one of the first Christian rock bands for which I arranged the horn parts. 
• I graduated from Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC with a B.A. in music. 
• While in college, I wrote and arranged pit orchestra and show tune music for two theater productions. 
• I helped teach an arrangement class for my fellow students.
• As a professional musician, I've written and arranged for rock bands, church choirs and school bands, choral groups, string orchestras, pit orchestras for musical theater, recording sessions with strings and horns, even a polka band.
• I've transcribed music of all kinds, from folk to rock, classical to middle eastern traditional.
• I've recorded three of my own albums and countless others on which I've either played or arranged for the instruments, as well as doing vocal work. 
• My music has been sold and used in the US, Europe and Australia.
  
  My professional musicianship extends to my recording experience, which is well-rounded as well. The first song I did had about nine parts and I used a ping-pong process. Since then I've progressed to digital recording with all sorts of bells and whistles. I use a hybrid method of modern and old school methods since I record both modern and more traditional music.
  
  I'd consider it a privilege to be able to compose, transcribe, arrange and/or record for you.

Salt Cellar Creations reserves the right to refuse to do any arranging, composing, transcription or any other musical work that contradicts the morals and values held by the owner.