Dan C
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- Skill Level:
- Amateur
- Instruments:
- resonator guitar, fiddle, slide guitar, banjo, Mandolin (All), electric guitar, ukulele, irish bouzouki
- Genres:
- country blues, irish, gypsy swing, folk rock, alternative rock, instrumental
- Influences:
- John Fahey, Django Reinhardt, Oscar Aleman, Coleman Hawkins, Miles Davis, Carlos Paredes, Caoimhin O Raghallaigh, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, The Beatles, The Doors, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Bert Jansch, Andrew Bird, Charley Patton, Skip James, Neutral Milk Hotel, Sidney Bechet, Boubacar Traore, Kronos Quartet, Calexico, Pentangle, The Kinks, Dave Brubeck, Blind Willie Johnson, Iron & Wine, Robert Johnson, American work and folk songs, Irish folk songs and poetry, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and other beat poets, Thelonious Monk, Yo La Tengo, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford, The Decemberists
I'm interested in using traditional techniques and concepts to create new music. For example: the use of modes rather than diatonic scales; use of drones; fingerpicking; exploring time signatures and rhythms not often utilized in popular music; using instruments in genres where they may not be commonplace. I tend to prefer acoustic instrumentation to electric, if only because of the tonal qualities-- I like sounds. I'm largely self-taught and my grasp of theory is tenuous. I wish I was a better player and poet than I am, but I try. :)
- Band or Group:
- The Odd Wolves; The Conquistadors; The Green Grass Boys
- Favorite Lyric:
Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.
- How I Work:
Slowly, usually. I have spurts of creativity...
- Experience:
Playing informally with friends, some recording, both solo and in group
- Equipment:
Regal RC-2 Duolian
Trinity College TM-375 Irish Bouzouki
Cheap Strad copy I bought on craigslist
Old, label-less Yugoslav guitar with cracks and terrible intonation I use as a slide guitar
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