About DRYFT Music:
We began this concept of offering intimate concerts with the growing reality that live music is a dying art-form - and more specifically, live music where people listen and understand the value of being an active participant and where musicians are compensated for sharing something so personal.
DRYFT Music opened its doors in January 2018, launching its first concert on a historic steamship in Seattle, the S.S. Virginia V, to a captivated, sold-out audience. We quickly realized there was an incredible need for this type of intimate show, a concert where the audience sits right next to the performer, where the musician can see and talk to their entire audience, where the physical space enhances the experience.
The global pandemic changed the music landscape dramatically, with many venues around the country shuttering their doors. In combination with streaming music as the predominant form of taking in music, musicians have struggled to stay afloat. And yet music is something we all deeply connect with and I would argue is essential in our lives.
Dryft was created to change this paradigm. We created a model that offers fair compensation and a unique, engaging space for the musician; a cozy, quiet, listening room environment in beautiful, unusual venues; and a way to bring everyone together in an unbeatable experience that is unlike any other concert you’ve experienced. We bring you intimate concerts in unique, historic spaces. — Darren
About the Founder
Darren founded DRYFT Music in January of 2018, and has since produced hundreds of concerts in the Pacific Northwest, focusing on historic venues such as Seattle’s S.S. Virginia V steamship and the Stimson-Green Mansion, as well as the Aberthau Mansion in Vancouver, B.C. He has been intimately involved in Seattle's music scene for over 12 years as a producer and musician, formerly with the folk-pop duo, March to May, and currently on his own solo project, The Small Kingdoms.
Darren loves bringing people together in intimate spaces around the shared experience of live music, but also loves to travel, having ventured to over 50 countries on six continents. He is an avid hiker and adventurer, spending as much time as possible outside in remote locales. He also loves corgis but doesn’t have one yet.