Music Unites Souls Everywhere

Dan has generated tens of thousands of leads and negotiated dozens of U.S and international distribution partnerships that have generated over $3 million in revenue for multiple startups, most recently as Head of Sales & Member #6 at Meural, an art/tech company that he grew to over $5 million per year before it was acquired by NETGEAR for multiple 8-figures. His articles on startup sales have been featured on publications like Forbes, Huff Post & Inc. Magazine. He is also an artist and combines a love of music with his passion for business.

ZEN is a recording artist and songwriter that established prominence in NYC by releasing music, performing at local venues, festivals, and colleges for the past 8 years as well as touring internationally in Europe. He has also written and executive produced many records for independent artists. ZEN began helping artists navigate the music business and hosting music showcases prior to co-founding M.U.S.E.

Darren is a software engineer and creative from Danville, VA. As CTO of M.U.S.E., he directs our technical strategy and leads product development and ideation. Darren has been designing and creating software products from start to finish since 2015, including our flagship product which started prior to M.U.S.E. with his brother, BZZY OG, to help independent artists promote their music and grow their audience. Prior to his transition to engineering, Darren was a professional basketball player, playing in countries including Colombia, Mexico and France as well as a couple of years in the NBA G-League which speaks to his versatility as a person and his work ethic to continuously improve and evolve.

Khirsten is a professional graphic designer and the Art Director of M.U.S.E. She brings a fine arts education, a passion for design, and a lifelong love of music and culture to her work. Khirsten has been instrumental in amplifying and refining M.U.S.E's visual brand identity and the overall aesthetic of promotional assets from the logo to the overall brand, look and feel of everything we do.

Bryant White, known professionally as BZZY OG is an American rapper, songwriter, and recording artist from Danville, Virginia. He adapted his stage name from his earliest influences such as Biz Markie, Busy Bee, and Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs N Harmony. Growing up in project housing BZZY witnessed criminal activity which played a role in shaping his perspective on life. BZZY taught himself how to mix his own music and began putting out songs, within just a few months he had a remix of Kanye West's “Lift Yourself” he mixed himself go viral on Soundcloud with well over 168,000 plays to date. BZZY continued to put out original singles such as “Kenny Burns” and “10 Speed” as well as two EP's $792 Million and Endless Summer leading up to his debut independent album release with BZZY in December of 2019. Just 9 months after releasing BZZY he was signed by M.U.S.E in the Fall of 2020 and released his debut label album OG in April 2021.

Meet Cornell Paynes a.k.a Coney Da Producer, the latest member of our music production team. He is a New Orleans native from the lower ninth ward that found his love for music in the year of 2002. Coney began his journey playing the piano in church and soon began to experiment with other instruments. Coney's basement at the time became a low-budget recording spot for local aspiring artists to help them stay out the streets. Brought up and influenced by Mannie Fresh, The Runners, and J.U.S.T.I.C.E League, Coney began to find his own flow and create his own unique sound. In 2005, Coney lost everything due to the disastrous Hurricane Katrina. Although he faced so much loss, he used that as motivation to recover and improve his skills. Coney then started his own production label, PROvision Productions. Renowned Artists such as Juvenile, Boosie Badazz, Kevin Gates and many others have personally worked with Coney. To this day, Coney continues to produce and share his talent with the world. Coney played a huge role in producing the OG album and really knows how to bring music to life with his deep passion and dedication.

LeTreez is a multi talented artist and producer/engineer from the island of St.Maarten.

After being on and off with music until he turned 18 years old, he decided to pursue his music career heavily. He taught himself how to mix his own music, and then got into producing 2 years later. LeTreez knew that to have full control over his music he would have to understand every facet that goes in to creating and editing music. He always had a peculiar attention to details in his music, and is always making sure to put his best effort into everything he does from music to his other ventures.

He is now a full time mixing engineer, producer and artist.