Dan Morrell

He Kept Both

The music started with a guitar, sixth grade. The DJ career started freshman year of college, playing sing-along songs in a dumpy basement that hosted weekly after-hours.

A B96 Mixmaster from 2000 to 2012. Eleven hundred Street Mixes, 1.3 million listeners a week. First place at the Super DJ Spin-Off in Las Vegas that same year. The Chicago Bears' exclusive DJ chair. Thirty-plus underground mix CDs across three series. He had been playing guitar since sixth grade and kept playing straight through all of it. He kept it out of the act until he could do both at once instead of taking turns.

Summer Bash, 2003. Tinley Park. He carried a guitar out over his own DJ set for the first time. He had been playing since sixth grade. He says it sucked.

Summer Bash, 2009. Toyota Park. Twenty-five thousand people, two decks and a guitar, and that time it landed. Nobody else in that format was doing it, and it was the first time both worlds were the job at the same time.

The lane is a Chicago inheritance. Frankie Knuckles built the sound at The Warehouse, and the radio mixers carried it to a million car stereos. Morrell was one of them, a B96 Mixmaster from 2000 to 2012. His sound now sits as a blend of David Guetta, John Summit, and James Hype. The rest is his own: guitar phrasing that owes a nod to John Mayer and Jimi Hendrix, arena attitude that owes Van Halen (Hagar-era), grit lifted off Nine Inch Nails. He will still drop Metallica into a club set and make it work. Bass Beats and Melody 2026 is 91 minutes of it, live guitar by Dan, live drums by his son Daniel, and an original called "Let Loose."

The catalog runs in series, not aliases. Bass Beats and Melody since 1999. Euro Daddy, seven volumes. Mix Tour, four. Early volumes went out under the name he used on B96 before everything moved under his own.

The Sound

• Tempo: tech house and house, club and festival.
• Guitar: played over the mix live. Not sampled into it.
• Edge: closer to Nine Inch Nails than to a main stage.
• Crossover: rock remixes handled as club records. Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, The Killers.

Also Operating

• MIXMASTERED (PARENT COMPANY · HUB, since 1996). The parent company. Everything below runs under it.
• MIXMASTERED STUDIOS (MIXING & MASTERING, since 1996). Mixing and mastering, online since 1996. Thousands of records through the room. Fast, and nobody has to be impressed with you.
• MIXMASTER THROWDOWN (NIGHTCLUB PROMOTIONS, since 1997). Chicago nightlife crew since 1997. Tour tapes, club takeovers, bookings.
• MIXMASTERED RECORDS (INDEPENDENT LABEL, since 2008). Home for the catalog. Small releases, hard selection. Placements on 90210, SYTYCD, and MTV.
• ACOUSTIC SOUND PANELS (STUDIO ACOUSTIC TREATMENT, since 2010). Acoustic panels built to order for studios, control rooms, theaters, and offices.
• LEAN PRINT SHOP (PRINT & GRAPHIC DESIGN, since 2020). Print and graphics. Union shop, fast, no waste.
• MIXSTAND (STUDIO HARDWARE, since 2026). Stands and rigs built for people who actually work at them. Designed in Chicago.
• ONEHUB360 (WEB PLATFORM · SAAS, since 2026). CRM, inbox, pipeline, invoicing, and analytics on one login. Built to run this portfolio.

Credentials and Career Highlights

• 2000 to 2012: B96 MIXMASTER. 1,100+ dance mixes aired to 1.3M weekly listeners.
• MULTI-YEAR: CHICAGO BEARS EXCLUSIVE DJ. Official event DJ · plus warm-up mixes for the Chicago Bulls & Luv-A-Bulls.
• 2001: SUPER DJ SPIN-OFF CHAMPION. First Place, RA Nightclub (now LAX), Luxor Casino, Las Vegas.
• 1999 to 2009: B96 SUMMER BASH (11 YRS). Route 66 Raceway, Tinley Park and Toyota Park. 50,000 at the Joliet raceway in 1999. Guitar over the DJ set: first tried at Tinley Park in 2003, landed at Toyota Park in 2009.
• 2009: U.S. ARMED FORCES TOUR. 3-week entertainment tour, Japan.
• VARIOUS: OPENED FOR MAJOR ACTS. Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, Black Eyed Peas, LMFAO, Rihanna, Run DMC, LL Cool J.
• MAJOR LBL: REMIX CREDITS. Tracks featuring Akon, Matisyahu, Flo Rida, Nathan, The Script.
• INDIE LBL: MIXMASTERED RECORDS. Placements on WB's 90210, FOX's So You Think You Can Dance, MTV's Taking The Stage.
• 2010: JACK-FM / CBS ROCK MIXES. Rock mixes for a Chicago rock format. First time it was done here.
• PUBLISHED: AUTHOR. "Be A Top DJ In 10 Easy Steps" (2010).

Bass Beats and Melody 2026

Ninety-one minutes, forty-seven tracks, no breaks. House, tech house, and rock remixes that behave like club records. Dan plays the guitar live over it, not sampled in. His twelve-year-old son plays the drums. The original is called "Let Loose" and it lands near the end.

Tracklist

1. 01. Intro Megamix
2. 02. Metallica - Seek & Destroy (Olmega Remix)
3. 03. Cajmere - Brighter Days (Marco Lys Remix)
4. 04. The Bucketheads - The Bomb (Stereothieves Bootleg)
5. 05. Global Deejays feat. Rozalla - Everybody's Free (Klaas Remix)
6. 06. Richard Grey - At Night (G_High Remix)
7. 07. Taylor Swift - Blank Space (Froidz vs Svendekay Bootleg)
8. 08. JAY-Z - 99 Problems (Linq Remix)
9. 09. Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On (HayaT Remix)
10. 10. Andruss & Fatboi - Mamaera (Extended Mix)
11. 11. Paris Avenue - I Want You (Acapella)
12. 12. Block & Crown - Pom Da Wildstyle (Original Mix)
13. 13. SAINt JHN - Roses (Palla, Balzanelli & Michelle Remix)
14. 14. Chris Lorenzo - Appetite (Extended Mix)
15. 15. Kevin McKay, Pupa Nas T & Saucy Wow - Work (Extended Mix)
16. 16. Benny Benassi & The Biz - Satisfaction (Videojean / Sunnery James Remix)
17. 17. HÄWK Mash-Up - Break N' Sweat vs FE!N vs The Next Episode
18. 18. ATCG - Don't Stop The Music (Original Mix)
19. 19. CID - Party Jumpin' (Extended Mix)
20. 20. Fatboy Slim & Daniel Steinberg - Bus Stop Please (Guetta & MORTEN Remix)
21. 21. Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On (Perfecto Remix)
22. 22. Green Velvet & Bontan - Percolator (Bontan Extended Remix)
23. 23. J Balvin - In Da Getto (Chris Lorenzo Remix)
24. 24. Disco Lines & Tinashe x Alice Deejay - No Broke Boys x Better Off Alone
25. 25. Adele - Hello (Astero Remix)
26. 26. Guetta, Afrojack, Amel & Garrix - Our Time (Extended Mix)
27. 27. Nelly Furtado - Maneater (Remix)
28. 28. Noizu & Westend - Push To Start It feat. No-Me
29. 29. Wade - Pan Jabi (Original Mix)
30. 30. Guetta, Prophecy & MORTEN - Kill The Vibe (Extended Mix)
31. 31. Sean Paul & Odd Mob - Get Busy (Odd Mob Extended Club Mix)
32. 32. Gorgon City, John Summit & Rhys - Is Everybody Having Fun
33. 33. GREG (BR) & Pedroz (BR) - Goodies (Original Mix)
34. 34. Ivan Kay - Everybody Deluxe (Original Mix)
35. 35. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train (JAER Bootleg / Dan Morrell Rework)
36. 36. Play!On - Rap Das Armas (Ruocco & Bergasa Remix)
37. 37. KARPOVICH - Sex Machine (Original Mix)
38. 38. Tinashe - Nasty Girl (DJ Susan Edit)
39. 39. Jack Harlow vs Cowley & Purple Disco Machine - Lovin On Me / Energy
40. 40. Jackers Revenge - Want It Right Now (Original Mix)
41. 41. Arodes & Redd (US) - Use Somebody (Extended Mix)
42. 42. ZHU & HNTR - Faded (Blacklizt / HNTR Extended Remix)
43. 43. Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (John Summit Remix)
44. 44. Metallica - Unforgiven (Russell Khan Remix)
45. 45. VICE & LOML - Mr. Brightside (Extended Mix)
46. 46. Dan Morrell - Let Loose
47. 47. End

The Mix Series

The catalog runs in series. Release titles, not artist names.

• Bass Beats and Melody (1999 to now). The flagship. Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 2026. Listen
• Euro Daddy (volumes 1 to 7, 1998 to 2004). Euro and progressive house, remastered in 2023, streaming in full. Listen
• Mix Tour (volumes 1 to 4, 1999 to 2002). A Mixmaster Throwdown series, cut with Dan Morrell, DJ Flipside, DJ Speed, DJ Lee Michaels, DJ Platinum, Giotek and DJ Corso. Details

Latest from YouTube

New videos and the full Bass Beats and Melody playlist are on YouTube.

Bookings and Press

Clubs, festivals, press: 1-800-649-6278. Chicago, Illinois. Send the date or start here.