Daniel Tashian (born 1974) is an American songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He has spent ten years writing and producing for Big Yellow Dog Music.
Tashian's music career began when he was 19 years old and signed his first deal on
Elektra Records
Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the ...
.
His first album was produced by
T Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. Burnett has won several Grammy Awards for his work on film sou ...
, and he also started a band called
The Silver Seas
The Silver Seas, formerly the Bees, are a pop-rock band from Nashville, Tennessee.
History
The Bees formed around the end of 2000 after singer-songwriter Daniel Tashian called producer-musician Jason Lehning. Tashian "had an instrumentation ...
(originally called the Bees) in 1999.
The success of that band lead them to an appearance on ''
Later... with Jools Holland''.
In 2018, he co-produced
Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Lee Musgraves (born August 21, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She began her career in the early 2000s, when she self-released three solo albums and recorded another album as a member of the duo Texas Two Bits. In 20 ...
' critically acclaimed album ''
Golden Hour'' in addition to co-writing 7 of the album's 13 songs, including "Slow Burn", "Happy and Sad", "Love is a Wild Thing", and the album's title track, "Golden Hour".
Tashian received two Grammys,
one ACM award,
and one CMA award
for his work on the album. Other production credits include
Tenille Townes
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...
' ''Living Room Worktapes'' EP,
's ''On This Holiday'' album,
and work for artists including
A Girl Called Eddy,
Trent Dabbs,
Emily West,
Lily & Madeleine,
Lissie
Elisabeth Corrin Maurus (born November 21, 1982), known as Lissie, is an American singer-songwriter. She released her debut EP, "Why You Runnin'", in November 2009. Her debut album, '' Catching a Tiger'', was released in June 2010. Her second st ...
,
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
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, and Sad Penny.
Other notable songwriting credits include his first number one song, "Hometown Girl" by
Josh Turner
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, "White Horse" by Tenille Townes, "Good Night" by
Billy Currington
William Matthew Currington (born November 19, 1973) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Universal Music Group Nashville, Mercury Records Nashville in 2003, he has released seven studio albums for the label: his Billy Cur ...
, and "The Bees" by
Lee Ann Womack
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. He has also had several sync placements in hit TV shows like ''
Pretty Little Liars
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'', ''
Nashville
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'', ''
Reign
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'', and ''
Scorpion
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'' (as well as the film ''
Our Idiot Brother
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''). His band, the Silver Seas, also had a song featured on the TV series ''
Breaking Bad
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''.
In 2019, Tashian released ''I Love Rainy Days'', a children's album for which he wrote and produced all the music and painted all associated artwork,
following in 2020 with ''Mr. Moonlight'', another children's album.
In July 2020, Tashian collaborated with
Burt Bacharach
Burt Freeman Bacharach ( ; May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music. Start ...
on the EP ''Blue Umbrella''.
Personal life
Tashian was born in Connecticut
to musician parents who perform as the country and bluegrass duo
Barry and Holly Tashian.
He and his wife Lillie Fish have three daughters, Tigerlily, Matilda and Tinkerbell.
Selected songwriting credits
Selected production credits
Awards
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American multi-instrumentalists
American country record producers
American male songwriters
Grammy Award winners
21st-century American male musicians