Daniel McBrearty grew up in Wales, in a rural area where music making was integral to community life. He started playing clarinet at age 12, later picking up sax and guitar, after being captivated by music from the swing era, and mentored by a local music teacher - just as punk and ska were bursting onto the British music scene. Later, he followed a technical career path, choosing to continue honing his musical skills by playing in bands, and sitting in or studying with the best players and teachers whenever he could.

His growing interest in home recording was natural, as he found professional success as an engineer, designing and building pro-audio electronics in and around London in the 1990s. A 1996 debut CD found some success on the UK scene, but was also an exploration of writing, arranging and self-production, inspired by artists such as the Crusaders and Quincy Jones. Hearing an acoustic set by singer-songwriter Nick Harper in a small Soho cafe around that time ignited a desire to explore a parallel path as a singer-songwriter.

Daniel is not one to be limited by genre. As a clarinet and sax player, he explores genres from blues, jazz, soul, latin and reggae to traditional Irish music. He enjoys writing lyrcis as well as music, and has a growing repertoire of jazz-influenced songs which he sings himself or passes to favourite guest artists to record.

Moving to Belgium in 2001 (after a year in Dublin) and raising two daughters there, Daniel became a regular on the local jazz scene, and released a well-received CD of jazz standards and original tunes, "Clarinet Swing" in 2012. He started danmcb music around 2020 as a vehicle for his own productions. He has a growing catalogue of digital releases which have attracted solid streaming numbers, and which will expand to include physical product. Although practicing, recording and administering his label (on top of his day job as a technical consultant) currently takes up all his time, he intends to re-enter the live scene in 2026.