Daniel Portis-Cathers
Daniel Portis-Cathers composes and produces music for film and television. His 30+ years in the industry include scores for corporate-industrial film, commercials, documentaries and short-form drama.
He composed and produced extensively for Apple Inc. and developed a number of the virtual instruments for their GarageBand recording application.
Much of his work has been in acoustic guitar and world music. His wide range of projects also includes songwriting in alt-rock and gospel styles, orchestral instrumentals and a cappella religious choral works.
Daniel co-wrote and produced Big Whisper a 16-song cd with Nashville hit songwriter, Rand Bishop.
Acoustic Guitar – Projects have included collaborations with several of North America’s premiere guitarists:
- Alex DeGrassi – fingerstyle (Windham Hill and Narada records),
- Doug Smith – (Grammy winner and 2006 National Fingerstyle Guitar champion),
- Mark Hanson – fingerstyle (Grammy winner),
- Terry Robb – (Cascade Blues Assoc. “Muddy Award” winner - 19 times!!),
- Ralph Towner – jazz/experimental (ECM, multi-Grammy winner),
- John Standefer – (2002 National Fingerstyle Guitar champion),
- Fuego Rapido is a six-song mix of Flamenco and rock genres featuring San Francisco guitarist Daniel Fries and local guitarist, Dan Balmer.
World Music – Several of Daniel’s world music projects (and here) were the result of trips to Africa, Sri Lanka and Thailand and followed a decade as director and principle composer for The Portis-Cathers Ensemble (guitar, tabla, electric violin).
He owns Deep Sea Music, Inc. and lives in Portland, OR