Bio
After many years as a software engineer, Dan Tappan tired of working for corporations and decided to look for other creative outlets. His lifelong love of folk music prompted him to get serious about playing, and he started participating in the local open mike scene. Eventually Dan discovered that crafting lyrics and melodies tickled the same creative brain as designing software and he began writing his own songs.
Dan writes vivid, lyrical songs steeped from snippets of life, seasoned with dashes of humor and whimsy, a dusting of philosophy, and an occasional pinch of pathos.
Awards
Dan’s song Thought I Knew received an Honorable Mention in the March/April 2019 American Songwriter Magazine Lyrics Contest
Dan’s song Only Autumn Knows received an Honorable Mention in the May/June 2014 American Songwriter Magazine Lyrics Contest.
Quotes
“What does a music coach do with a guy that, some years ago, shows up as a student and now sports the warmest of voices and songs you want to cover? You tell others to put him on your stage. Well? What are you waiting for?” – Vance Gilbert
“Eloquent and incisive, Dan’s lyrics and folk melodies will guide you through tales, real and imagined, to places deep inside your own thoughts you didn’t know were there. It’s a journey worth taking….” – Raymond Gonzalez
“Your lyrics are most indelible and bear repeated listening.” – Steve Rapson