Ok, so my names Daniel Gordon Rodda, mostly just known as Danny.I was born on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand back when it was just a little seaside community of around 10 000 people....these days it seems like its out grown itself and lost touch with reality, so my wife and I bought a house in a little town called Foxton Beach, which has a population of around 7500.
I grew up on the coast though and spent the first 3 years of my life living on a small offshore nature reserve, Kapiti Island, from which the coast takes its name, so even though i've moved to a quieter place, I still have a strong tie to my Turangawaewae (For those of you that have no idea what that is, its a Maori term that refers to the place you feel you truely belong...but has more meanings and deeper connatations and is as much a concept as it is a phrase)I feel so passionately about my home town I even once stood as a mayoral candidate...luckily a little sanity prevailed and I didn't win.So anyway, I've been playing music most of my life (not always that well...and some would say still not all that well) but didn't start writing songs until I was 16, for 12 plus years i've been writing and performing under the name Monkey Puzzle, but after the first 10 years I lost interest in writing and MP turned into a covers band. For the past year I've been the singer for Wellington Blues Rockers Faster She Said as well as still fronting the Puzzle.Along the way i've also been lucky enough to have been involved with and played alongside some of the best and most talented musicians in New Zealand, many of whom have gone on to much greater things, check out some of their bands: (The Learn, High Dosage, OdESSA, Crumb)
I've done a lot more with music than most people expected I ever would, and i'm still trying to find more ways to have fun.
The songs on this profile will change from time to time depending on what mood i'm in, but I hope to be able to share with you all a wide selection of songs i've written and performed on, so stay tuned and enjoy.
Now for the ego stroking and bragging! Over the past 15 years my music has been heard on Radio throughout the world, showcased on over 30 Extreme sports shows, CDs and Videos...I've headlined the Queenstown Winterfest, played Planet-X, Vodafone X-Air(3 times), toured New Zealand, Asia, Australia and the USA, shared stages with legendary kiwi acts including Blindspott, Muckhole, Headless Chickens, Weta, Salmonella Dub, Head Like A Hole, The Datsuns, Garageland, Mama Said and ElemenoP and International acts like Creed and SNFU, been endorsed by a custom guitar maker, had sponsorship by everyone from Oakley and Adidas through to Quicksilver and Boras Shoes and many other brands besides... To hear more of my music click on the links to my other bands in the top 20.
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