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Daniel Hogan has dedicated over 30 of his 40 years on this planet to Drumming and the pursuit of happiness through music.
Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on April 1, 1966. I was to grow in a musical environment. No one in my family played an instrument, but there was a lot of music. My father was a rock n roll DJ in High School listening to the early broadcasts of Allen Freed and I was exposed very early to rock n roll and Motown. My grandmother exposed me to big band jazz, swing, and even country.
In 1977, I began to study music in school. After a year, I started to take lessons with Nick Stamanis at The Percussion Center in Downtown Fort Wayne. The inspiration of his teaching fueled my desire to learn more. Nick was my teacher until my sophomore year in High School. The first of many great teachers to follow.
I decided well into High School that I would make a career in music as a performer. Neil Graham knew what my aspirations were and started grooming me for Music School. I was able to pick pretty much wherever I wanted to go but I wanted to go where I was going to get the best education. For Neil, it was only one choice. The University of Akron. It was a smaller program that was run by Dr. Larry Snider. This was because he only took on a few students a year and I would study directly under him only and not some graduate student. I worked harder than I ever had and I won the scholarship. I was so excited to get there.
The college experience was new to me as I’m sure it is to a lot of people that age. In high school we partied a lot and with no supervision, it was easy for me to submerge myself into the college party scene. I loved going to my music classes, but I really didn’t have the desire to go to my other classes. “I was there to study music, why do I have to take these other classes?” I thought. Although I did enjoy playing waterpolo which had me in the best shape of my life. My first year I lived in the dorms where there was parties every weekend somewhere and the frat houses were always having a party.
Dr. Snider kept us busy. I played in the Percussion Ensemble, Steel Drum Band, and Wind Ensemble. I also played with The Akron Symphony as part of my scholarship. All this and private lessons with Dr. Snider was a load. I also studied jazz with Bob McKee who was the drummer of the Mike Douglas Show. I was never driven so hard to be the best.
The Steel Drum Band was the most fun. We got to play with musicians like Andy Narell and Dave Samuels (Spyro Gyra) and the music is so much fun to play. The instrument is a challenge but I loved to dance around while I played. I felt so free and the feel was so loose that you could lose yourself in the song and just enjoy the moment.
My second year, I started playing with a jazz fusion group with guitarist Scott Sommers. This was when I really spread my wings and got what jazz was about. My playing soared to new heights and playing Caribbean music in the Steel Drum Band really showed me what feel was all about.
I even spent the summer with some of my classmates in Revere, Massachusetts playing in the 27th Lancers Drum & Bugle Corps. I thought it would be like BOP on a higher level and it was. We had some of the best players and instructors. They were Charlie Poole and Scott Stannard, along with my fellow classmate Glenn Fugette. Unfortunately, I got no pleasure out of the experience. It was the beginning of my unraveling. The demon’s shadow was coming over me and I didn’t see it coming.
My second year started out good and things seemed to be going fine. I started doing drugs and drinking when I was in junior high and I seemed to be okay with it. In high school we always partied to celebrate and enjoy each others company. But now things were different, the pressures of classes, practicing 6-8 hours a day, and balancing schedules was taking it’s toll. The drugs got a lot harder and I drank almost constantly.
Living in a fraternity house gave me some respite from dorm life, but the drugs and alcohol started being a crutch. Mainly it was the cocaine that got me through. Towards the end of the year I was missing classes, and just spent my time partying to avoid the responsibilities that awaited me. That is when I came up with the saying, “Reality is going to suck.” Everyone noticed the change, including Dr. Snider, and they were concerned. I hid it as best as I could but even I know that it’s impossible.
The first day of finals, I snapped. The world came crashing in and I couldn’t handle it. I packed up my car and left Akron never to return. I don’t remember anything about the next few weeks but I did return home and went into therapy.
To this day, I have never been able to face or apologize to Dr. Snider for what happened. I ruined my career and will never forgive myself for what I did. I let down many people who cared for me including Neil Graham who’s relationship with me has always been strained since.
Now that I had my confidence back. I was approached by one of the bartenders at the restaurant I worked at. His name is Brook Hukill and he was playing punk in the Minneapolis scene for the last few years. I was very interested in that style of music, I loved the modern music of the 80’s and Brook introduced me to the underground scene. Then I got together with guitarist Todd Bishop of Auburn, Indiana and we started making music, but it was different. It was our own music. The group was called Suspended Animation and we have been making music on and off for almost twenty years. We wrote songs that were campy and fun. I wrote my first hit, a song called. “What I Like About Barnyard Animals.” It won the band a spot on a record. It got a lot of airplay and we had a few other songs that got radio play. We are like brothers and like family we have had our falling outs. From time to time, the line up changed, but there was always two of us in the group.
I graduated from Purdue with a degree and I started working as assistant audio engineer at LaBov and Beyond Recording Studios. I did jingles for radio and some television work. I even started doing live sound and got more involved in the production side of music. I even got to work with the rock group Warrant on a session. At IPFW, my roommate and I produced television shows for the college station. I did a lot of music videos for local bands and I got more involved in the Fort Wayne music scene. I continued to play and work in sound and recording. I even worked at Sweetwater Sound designing recording and live audio systems.
Another group I loved introduced me to the blues. A guy I worked with named Brian Felton found out I was a drummer and asked if I would meet his friend Kent Detter. Kent was a blues guitarist and Brian played bass. They were playing with a drummer but he could never get the feel. I asked for a tape of the songs and spent a couple weeks listening to Elmore James, Howlin’ Wolf, Robert Johnson, and Muddy Waters. I was mesmerized by how loose the playing was. It wasn’t like jazz, but more like the Caribbean music I played at Akron. It has a push pull kind of feel like a rocking horse. I told them I was ready and we had a rehearsal. The sound was exactly like the old blues masters. It was so good that Yank Rachel and Buddy Guy both couldn’t believe we were three white boys from Indiana.
Unfortunately, the drugs returned and I wanted nothing to do with that. I saw it take Kent and I had already been through that so I left.
Brian and I played later with a band called Hangman which was one of the best classic rock groups that I ever had the opportunity to play with. It was made up of the best musician’s Fort Wayne could offer that also included Phil Maxwell, and guitarist Richard Whittington. Phil was a perfectionist and I came to respect that. Every night we strived to play the flawless show. Many nights we came real close leaving the audience stunned. After awhile, many of the local musician’s came to see the show and were left with their jaws on the floor. We wanted to set the bar high and we did. Richard went on to the band Brother and Phil went on to The Lowlife Socialites Rhythm & Blues Review.
Unfortunately, the money wasn’t there and I met my wife who is a jeweler. She introduced me to the jewelry industry and I have been doing that for the last ten years. I became a jewelry designer and Diamontologist. With the money I made, I started my own recording studio where I record in my spare time and I also do remixes on acid (the software). You can see my works and remixes on acidplanet.com. After my separation with my wife, I have dedicated myself full time to jewelry. I am currently travelling the United States for a jewelry designer making custom jewelry.
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We added our little ballad "Just Another Broken Shell" to our profile. Also take a listen to "Synaptogenesis" and "Enter Dystopia", all three tracks are on our latest album “X to the Power of Ten”! Additionally you’ll find a little Making Off and there’s new merch available!!!
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