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Dan

danpetty

About Me

I am a guitar player/songwriter/ producer living in LA. I have a small but very cool studio where I like to spend my time writing songs with people and recording them. Some of the people that I have worked with here are Lisa Loeb, Courtney Jaye, Audra MacDonald, Marla Sockoloff, Nina Gordon(veruca salt), Michael McDermott, Kay Hanley(Letters To Cleo), Michelle Lewis &,Jill Sobule. As a guitar player I've recorded or performed with people like Shawn Colvin, Leeann Rymes, Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, Curt Smith(Tears for Fears), Jesse mcCartney, Sinead O'Connor, Joan Osborne, Sandra Bernhart, Joey Mcintyre, Andru Donalds, Marry Me Jane and a whole bunch of other people you may or may not have heard of.

My Interests

Scuba diving, old guitars,going to the beach,

I'd like to meet:

Really good singers/artists to work with.

Music:

Elvis Costello, Neil Finn, Del Amitri, Billy Preston, Pat Metheny, Jr. Brown, Daniel Lanois, Squeeze, Aqualung, Death Cab for Cutie, Pink Floyd, Pete Townshend-even, and almost especially, the incredibly pretentious 80's solo stuff, Beatles,Fountains Of Wayne, Josh Rouse, Donny Hathaway,

Movies:

Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,My Life As A Dog, Toto the Hero, Tapeheads,Local Hero,

Television:

I'm Alan Partridge, The Office, Arrested Development, 24, Real Time with Bill Maher, Look Around You,

Books:

The Corrections, Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier and Clay,Middlesex, High Fidelity, Fortress Of Solitude, Barrel Fever, The Fuck Up, Confederacy Of Dunces, Girl with Curious Hair, Gates Of Eden(Ethan Cohen),Empire Falls

Heroes:

Pete Townshend, Elvis Costello