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INTERVIEWING THE STARS You can now watch excerpts from Dan’s 2006 on camera interviews with Green Day, Poppa Roach, Joseph Arthur, Ciara, LL Cool J and others online: Rhythm & Soul coverage, More Interview coverage. Coming soon: composers Laurence Rosenthal and Mark Isham. Both SESAC and BMI continue to rely on Dan for magazine and online content. New at BMI are interviews with composer/producer Rafa Sardina (Sheryl Crow, Luis Miguel) and writer/producer Dave Tozer (John Legend, Heather Headley). Coming soon, Dan’s interview with metal mavens Shadows Fall for SESAC Magazine. NEW BOOK ON SHELVES! Now released! How They Made It: True Stories of How
Music’s Biggest Stars Went from Start to Stardom from Hal
Leonard Books. Buy
it online and at bookstores everywhere. You can now read Dan’s blog and hook up as friends at www.myspace.com/dankimpel NEW NATIONAL COLUMN “Left Coast Lines” is the name of Dan’s new column for American Songwriter magazine. Covering all of the song-related biz from L.A., this national publication encourages Dan to interject a little edge into his patented prose. LATEST SEMINAR NEWS This summer, Dan will be conducting regular career counseling sessions for Musician’s Institute students at MI’s Hollywood campus. Dan will also be returning to the school for his popular “Networking in the Music Business” class this fall. Dan has entered into a relationship with SongU.com and will conduct his first interactive online lecture on August 10 at 7:00 p.m. PST. Plans are underway to initiate a multi-week class beginning in fall 2006. Dan has been invited to kick off the West Coast Songwriters Conference in Los Altos California with an opening networking address on Sept. 9 2006. In addition, he will be on hand throughout the weekend, lecturing, moderating panels, and yes, even signing books. |
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| OLDER NEWS: FLYING UNITED If you’ve flown United in the past few month, you’ve heard Dan’s voice on “Broadway Lights” and “Café Cabaret” among other shows. His outstanding on-air interviews for United include legendary Motown masters Holland-Dozier-Holland and Rock & Roll hall of Fame inductee, Graham Nash. ASCAP HONORS ASCAP, (American Society of Songwriters, Authors and
Composers) has invited Dan to return as their on camera interviewer
for their upcoming awards season. His past interviews for the Society
include conversations with Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, Timbaland,
Burt Bacharach, Diana Krall, John Debney, Metallica, Incubus, Solomon
Burke and Linda Perry. The ongoing event, The Songwriters Studio, featuring a one hour performance/interview segment, has featured Dan’s onstage interviews with Academy Award winner Ray Evans ("Que Sera, Sera," "Mona Lisa"); Randy Sharp ("A Home" by Dixie Chicks); Jeffrey Steele ("When the Lights Go Down" by Faith Hill); and Greg Barnhill ("Walkaway Joe" by Trisha Yearwood.) Plus recent guests Desmond Child, Jill Sobule and Lisa Loeb. NETWORKING LECTURE UPDATES Musicians Institute (MIT) in Hollywood has inaugurated a class, "Networking in the Music Business" with Dan's as the instructor- with his latest book “Networking Strategies for the New Music Business” as the text book. The course, a step-by-step primer for aspiring artists and musicians, is currently offered twice annually, spring and fall, through the Music Business Program. Catch Dan in Nashville at Tin Pan South, presenting a Networking lecture on Friday, March 31 2006, 1pm - 2:30pm. Find out all about the event at www.nashvillesongwriters.com. Dan will be a panelist at the upcoming Durango Songwriters Expo: Santa Barbara Wine Country, June 1-3 2006. Info is at www.durangosong.com. COLUMNS, FEATURES, ARTICLES Dan's "Song Biz" column in Music Connection magazine continues to span a remarkable breadth of songwriters and composers. Recent entries have included two time Academy Award winner Al Kasha, and indie singer/songwriters Wille Nile and Tony Gilkyson. Check out Dan’s cover feature on the band Train. Dan has been contributing features to BMI World (www.bmi.com) on reggaetón, Latin and film music. He also has the next cover feature for the newly redesigned SESAC Magazine, on the metal band Shadows Fall. Check out www.sesac.com. ON A PERSONAL NOTE Dan spent the holiday season in Amsterdam and Paris; a righteous beginning to a fresh new year. |
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