Danny is an Asheville, NC native with a passion for teaching guitar and writing fingerstyle music. He started playing guitar at 16 and shortly after received a scholarship to study classical guitar at Brevard College. He studied there for a year until he decided to become a guitar teacher. Danny continued his education at Appalachian State University, in Boone North Carolina graduating with a Music Degree.Soon after graduation, Danny moved to Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Claire. He worked on the business side of the music industry for a few years, as a Publicist and Artist Management Assistant. All the while, Danny was teaching private guitar lessons, playing in sessions, and various gigs.In 2005, after much thought and prayer, Danny decided to follow his passion of teaching and playing guitar full time.He has since played classical guitar on the critically acclaimed sophomore record, "The King in a Rookery" (Hawley/Provident/Sony) by Pivitplex which CCM Magazine called "...an unbelievable alternative pop power masterpiece." He has also done guitar editing and arranging for multiple books, most recently "The Christian Life Hymnal – The Accompanist Edition" for Martingale Music and Hendrickson Publishers. For the past few years Danny has also played guitar for the music ministry at St. Bartholomew's Church in Nashville, Tennessee, voted "Best Church Music" by the Nashville Scene in 2006.In pursuit of his passion for teaching, he joined the board of Music4TNKids, a charity that raises funds and has provided musical instruments to dozens of schools in the middle Tennessee area, serving for two years. While there he also served as the music director for the "Cool Strings" guitar program, a program that Music4TNKids sponsored and Danny co-founded with the charity's president.Danny released his label debut, "Guitar Out Front," on Solid Air Records in 2008. The album contains 14 original fingerstyle guitar songs and was co-produced by Grammy winner, James Jensen. This is a follow up album to Danny's 2007 independent release, "Caffeine and Corduroy." In 2009, he will be featured on Solid Air's "Acoustic Guitar Highlights, Vol. 6."
