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Dan Bowtell

Doing the fucking Palladium baby

About Me

I'm a jobbing musician that won some kind of award, going wherever the work is. At the moment I'm working for the Denny Wise Band, which means lots of very late nights in 4 star hotels watching rich people get drunk and dance. I spend most of the rest of the time teaching people of all ages how to play guitar.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Dan Bowtell
Birthday: Secret
Birthplace: Greenwich, SE London
Current Location:
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Dark Brown/Black (going grey)
Height: 5' 10
Right Handed or Left Handed: rightie
Your Heritage: half english, half italian
The Shoes You Wore Today: cheap white trainers
Your Weakness: I'm easily manipulated into doing things for people. I can't say no.
Your Fears:
Your Perfect Pizza: Meat Feast... with pineapple
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This year: To pay some tax
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: oi cnutface
Thoughts First Waking Up: errrrrr, that pretty much sums it up
Your Best Physical Feature: my forearms i think
Your Bedtime: about an hour after i've finished working or when i've passed out from boozing
Your Most Missed Memory: i'm missing a lot of my memory.
Pepsi or Coke: Diet coke, like a girl
McDonalds or Burger King: Bugger King
Single or Group Dates: How can you be vaguely romantic on a group date?
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee. Strong strong coffee
Do you Smoke: no
Do you Swear: like a fucking swearing machine
Do you Sing: in the shower and if someone pays me enough to get over the embarrassement of it
Do you Shower Daily: yes - unless I'm having a smelly day
Have you Been in Love: no
Do you want to go to College: Already done that.
Do you belive in yourself: no. I'm a figment of an ancient civilisations imagination that then wrote a book about me. I don't really exist though.
Do you get Motion Sickness: Nope
Do you think you are Attractive: In a coal mine during a power cut, yeah.
Are you a Health Freak: Probably a freak but not a health freak.
Do you get along with your Parents: I guess
Do you like Thunderstorms: They're kinda cool, except they turn my hifi off.
Do you play an Instrument: Guitar (well) and Mandolin (not so well)
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: not as much as i planned
In the past month have you smoked: no
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: no
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: nope, i've been working pretty much constantly
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no, it's all about Fox's Crunch Creams
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: no
In the past month have you been on Stage: Frequently
In the past month have you been dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: i've gone potato wedge dipping
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: Of course
Ever been called a Tease: Yeah, normally before being slapped
Ever been Beaten up: surprisingly no, despite walking through the dodgiest areas with expensive guitars in the dark
Ever Shoplifted: no
How do you want to Die: I'm not really planning on dying
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Taller
What country would you most like to Visit: Poland
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Brown
Favourite Hair Color: Brown
Short or Long Hair: Kinda in between
Height: a bit shorter than me
Weight: not really skinny, not too chunky
Best Clothing Style: Primark chic
Number of Drugs I have taken: 0
Number of CDs I own: lots and lots but not as many as some
Number of Piercings: none
Number of Tattoos: none
Number of things in my Past I Regret: Don't regret anything. It all makes you who you are.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Someone that can give killer massages.I would like to meet anyone with a story. As a musician I get to meet tonnes of people who have a lot of life experience in some odd fields. I could just spend my life listening to them.

Music:

Bluegrass, Disco, Funk and Jazz. Lots of nice odd chords. Anything sax... except Kenny G!

Movies:

Shawshank Redemption, Pi, The Green Mile, But I'm A Cheerleader!

Television:

Never Mind the Buzzcocks, American Dad, Family Guy, QI, Numb3rs, CSI. All a bunch of shite but the things I'm most likely to watch by accident or when I'm asleep.

My Blog

Arranging Hell

Occasionally the realisation dawns on you that you have completely shot yourself in the foot. I think I'm having such an epiphany. I've chosen to arrange 4 songs for a performance exam in April: Not E...
Posted by Dan Bowtell on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:00:00 PST

Jesus Christ Superstar

The past month has been quite hectic. I got called in at quite short notice to dep on an amateur performance of Jesus Christ Superstar. It was my first ever show and I had to know both the guitar part...
Posted by Dan Bowtell on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:33:00 PST