NRW Germany based musician Daniel McLaine (born “Daniel Knop”), studied at the Drummers Institute, earning the best student 2004/2005 award, and graduated from the ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem (NL) where he studied jazz and pop drums.

For more than 25 years he has been a very versatile and highly sought-after drummer in bands of various musical genres, has acted as a studio drummer and producer, and published the video “Ableton Live für Drummer” in 2009.