darkpop!

Hi 👋🏼 I'm Donny Darkpop
mad grateful to be fulltime as a producer in LA

Songs I've produced have hit 6mil+ Streaming and we're gaining momentum FAST.

here's some of my work

Everyone Around Me Is A Legend

lol we laugh a lot if u can't tell !

Bad Photos of Great Sessions:

here's my studio

I share the room with two grammy nom/winners

At the pace I'm moving it's only a couple years before I join them.

This is Danny Garcia - my studiomate / grammy winning engineer and my go to for mixes. He works on a lot of my records these days.

drumming on trashcans for cash at 17 they all said I'd be on drugs by my late 20s, but instead I'm working on hella good music with mad inspired artists who are actually carving out careers and on the way up.

I spent almost a decade touring the East Coast with working bands, hella breweries and bar gigs, selling merch and building fanbases all throughout New England.

during this time I was teaching guitar, bass, and drums fulltime, and producing as much as i could

I also was working at Northfire Recording Studio in Amherst MA. dope room and a kickass Neve console from the 70s. I made some seriously cool records here.

I also built a studio from the ground up, and produced some really kickass albums for local artists like Eddie Saturn, Mackie Gene Spear, The Greys, and Vanta.

This is my GF Willow - when I'm not producing records I'm spending time w her and our cattle dog Blueberry, hitting the beach, or climbing rocks 🪨

I'm a Lucky Guy 🖤🖤🖤

I'm not the best on any one instrument, but I pretty much play them all, and I prefer to keep an element of liveliness in the music I work on. I'd describe my sound as Refined, Raw, Fun, Powerful, Real.

I see myself as a superproducer in the early stage of my career.

Now that I'm established in LA, I spend every day working with artists songwriting, producing, finishing records,

and building community directly connecting with fans one by one

I've helped artists go from a few thousand listeners to tens of thousands organically by making songs that not only sound good but really reflect who that artist is and their unique point of view.

we've clarified their artist identity, brand, and strategy too so they can actually build a business around their artist career

and I help build teams around artists, so they can succeed and focus more on what they're best at

This is ur brain on darkpop.

If you've ever felt like you don't feel sure abt your journey as an artist, take some inspo from my journey:I almost quit music back in 2023 - I was burnt out from gigging constantly and scraping together a living...

I taught myself to draw, got a job in a tattoo shop, and started pursuing a tattoo apprenticeship

I was actually about to be offered an apprenticeship and my life would have gone an entirely different trajectory BUTTTT....

I remembered that my entire life I've been building the skills that set me apart to become one of the best producers in the game. The only reason I was looking for a change was bc I thought it couldnt work...

So I sold all my gear and moved to LA.

Immediately I got hired to produce a series of writing camps run by a former Sony Exec.

I met hella artists and got established in my studio...

Now I'm producing the best music I've ever made, working with really talented artists who are on the way UP, and forming deeper connections in the industry each and every day.

So if ur lookin for a sign to get up and DO THE THING... this is it :)

I Take My Work Seriouslybuttt I don't take myself too serious.. we laugh a lot most of the time ha !

If you have a project you need a set of ears on, or if you just want to say hello, DM me on insta - let's connect !