Ridgely, Delirious, Shane and Shane, Debbie Tan, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Indigenous, U2, Koo Chung, Evanescence, Neah Lee, Lifehouse, Katinas, Michelle Hunter, Sean Ho, Van Cliburn, Tanya Tai, Garth Brooks, Bebo Norman, Jimmy Eat World, P.O.D., Michael W. Smith, Billy Joel, Jars of Clay, Jamie Purnell, Third Day, Creed, DC Talk, BB King, Allen Levi, Nickel & Dime, Waterdeep, Caedmon's Call, Rich Mullins, Alexander Ashkenazy, Michael Hedges
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Been compared to Howie Day and Weezer (thanks to Koo Chung www.myspace.com/koochung)
Dan Tan's earliest music lessons were given by his piano-playing older sister as he turned pages while she practiced. Under her tutelage, he learned to sing and harmonize and the meaning of big words like syncopation. Violin and piano lessons put his early learning into practice. A brief college semester with UNC-CH guitar virtuoso William Stewart forever opened his mind to the versatility of the guitar and secured its place as the primary instrument in Dan's life. After years of church choirs, college praise bands, and a brief stint in an experimental Lutheran Generation-X band, Dan Tan began to hone his solo voice at local open mics in 2003. He describes his songs as "tragedies of hope". Tragedy, redemption, and hope are recurring lyrical themes. His style of singing has drawn comparisons to Howie Day and Weezer and John Denver. He has been writing songs since the age of 13, and has written somewhere in excess of 50 songs to date. Currently Dan performs at local coffee shops and at Triangle-area Borders Books and Music stores. When not at his technical day job, Dan can often be found volunteering as a youth counselor, rock climbing, shooting photos, and running sound at small gigs.
hey bro bro:) thanks for stoppin by the other night and showing us you and anica's trip to hawaii... makes me want to take a vacation!!:):) hey if you arent too busy on the 23rd of feb we could use some sound help:):) We're playing at pheasant creek... BLessings Shell
hey sir dan:) how did Borders go last night? sorry we couldn't make it out... Was wondering if you have any other dates coming up in Sept for playing there? I see that you said the 8th which is actually when a friend's wedding is. Do you have anything scheduled after that? If so let us know.. perhaps we could play with you too:):) Also...my mom would love to see some pics of the cake from Morgan's B-day:) I'm sure that the pics turned out awesome:) Blessings Michelle
Hi Dan ... Just a little love coming your way from our fam in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. You know our sending group is now in the Charlotte area. Blessings brother and keep playing your wonderful music, Clay, Pam, Xiaoqing, Zhengnan, Xiaoai, Yudian & Aiguo
What's up brother? Glad to see you're still making and playing music! We never did see the pics from NC, so if you wanna send them, that'd be hot. send them to reillytheband@gmail.com
also we may be heading via your way in the Fall, say October. if you know of something, let me know. Sounds like a good time of Mark breaking our backs again!
Hey Dan:) You did a great job... at the creek:) Thanks for being an awesome friend and brother in the Lord:) Hope your gig this Friday goes well:) We will prob be headed to the mtns this weekend:) Many Blessings and Hugs M&M&A
Hey Dan, it was good to see you this weekend-- I'm glad you were able to come on the retreat this year. Thanks so much for being part of the worship team. Also thank you for being supportive and volunteering to facilitate our small group :). take care, Ershela
Hey Dan:) thanks man:) we can always count on you:) I had some glossy stuff made up too to pass out for the concert:) When it comes in- I will give you a bunch to hand out:) I hope we can make it to one of your music dates at borders... I know however that I have a wedding to go to on each of those dates though:( Just actually went to 2 weddings this weekend...:) Big hugs
Michelle and gang:)
Glad you liked my music, yeah currently just using a digital recorder I lose all of my acoustic tone and it sounds awful. What kinda gear should I use to start recording?
