[1] Artists to whose efforts Daly has contributed have sold in excess of 300 million singles and albums in vinyl, tape, CD, and digital download music streaming formats.

He then worked with Zoo Entertainment (Bertelsmann Music Group) as both BMG corporate Vice President and head of the Artists & Repertoire division.

Daly also worked with the family of Jimi Hendrix in producing The River of Color and Sound, an award-winning interactive multimedia biography of Carlos Santana.

In 8th grade, he invented a device he entered into a local science fair which used light waves to transmit sound across a large hall.

", written and recorded by Tom Guernsey and Joe Tripplet, with its Everly Brothers' Wake up Little Susie guitar riff and Bob Berberich's drumming, plus the band's live performance, pushed the Hangmen past The Beatles to the number one position in the Washington, D.C. regional radio charts.

As an A&R executive, Daly has worked with or discovered many of the ground-breaking music acts that eventually defined their genre, including Janis Joplin,[14] Carlos Santana, The Cars, and Tool, among others.

"[20] Daly then formed the trio Grin with fellow Hangmen alumni and drummer and friend Bob Berberich and Nils Lofgren.

[22] Daly has consulted to the US Government's Comcast STC Satellite Television Corporation where he designed the PSR2000, the first prototype desktop consumer unit for digital music downloads, developed in conjunction with Hartford Gunn, the first president of PBS.

[24] As head of the A&R divisions at the four largest American Record corporations, Daly has overseen hundreds of artists, including their signings and album productions.

[31] In film, Daly Executive Produced and co-wrote the globally multiple-award-winning music video The Girl Who Faded Away, which debuted in Graumann’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA, in partnership with Portland, Oregon director, editor and co-writer Brent Heise.

Daly co-directed, co-wrote, and co-edited with Gary Yost the multiple-award-winning film documentary about the restoration of Marin County's Mount Tamalpais: The Invisible Peak (narrated by actor Peter Coyote).

[35] Daly wrote and produced the first digitally recorded (SoundStream system) live music video and TV series, StudioLive, which was short-listed in the Emmy's technical category.

Daly acquired the rare instruments with the help of Dr. Arthur Molella, then Chairman of the museum’s department of the History of Science and Technology at the Smithsonian Institution.