GBA 112 Dan

Summary: In GBA 112 we get better acquainted with Dan. He talks about being superstitious about songwriting, where songs come from, making music for film, Primary School, the tension between popular music and academic musical theory, growing up as a skater in the suburbs in the 90's, quitting jobs and more. The conversation was recorded a few years ago, in Bristol during the night before St Paul's Carnival, late at night on a roof. Dan plugs: Daniel Weltman: http://www.danielweltman.com/ Snails: http://snails.bandcamp.com/ Hollowbody: http://hollowbody.bandcamp.com/ I plug: The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo campaign: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/stand-up-tragedy-goes-to-edinburgh We mention: Good Will Hunting: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119217/ Dead Poets Society: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097165/ Stockhausen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen Basic Instinct: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103772/ Eisenstein: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Eisenstein Aphex Twin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphex_Twin Handels Water Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuw8YjSbKd4 Dodgy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgy Wonder Stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Stuff Ned's Atomic Dustbin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned's_Atomic_Dustbin Smashing Pumpkins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smashing_Pumpkins Pearl Jam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam Sebadoh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebadoh Pavement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavement_(band) Sonic Youth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Youth Siamese Dream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HeGu6-Ji7E ABBA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA James Last: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last The Carpenters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carpenters Simon and Garfunkel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel Sounds of Silence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Silence The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freewheelin'_Bob_Dylan Bob Dylan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan Karen Dalton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton_(entertainer) The Pastels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pastels The Smiths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths Nick Drake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Drake Leonard Cohen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen Famous Blue Raincoat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aRKZFR5imM Bernard Herrmann: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Herrmann Enio Morricone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Morricone Neil Young: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young Joy Division: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division Ian Curtis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Curtis You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?