Thank you so much for joining me for the second part of my interview with Dan Whitehouse, an award-winning composer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who has an outstanding career spanning twenty years of touring, teaching and composing.

Today, we will explore the impact of COVID-19 on Dan's life and career after lockdown made a visit to Japan become an almost two years stay. We will talk about some pros and cons of the safety measures around the pandemic and exchange tips to stay creative, active and healthy in times of crisis. Dan will highlight some career highs and lows, and to wrap everything up, he will share some key aspects to keep in mind in order to become a professional musician. Due to the circumstances, this interview was recorded through Zoom, reason why you might perceive a slight change of audio quality between the introduction and the show. The quality of the content, however, remains A+.

00:00 Show Introduction

00:49 Who is Dan Whitehouse?

02:05 Lockdown in Japan

06:58 Career highs ‘Somebody Loves You’ & 4 year Harry

12:24 Dealing with glamourous and the mundane of life

14:23 Tips for building a full-time career in music – listen to your inner artist; relationships; building an audience; dealing with distractions

22:26 A little Japanese. 4 year old Harry sings ‘Somebody Love You’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZDk1Edsg08

Dan Whitehouse double album ‘Dreamland Tomorrow’ Produced by Tom Rose and Boo Hewerdine Watch “Dreamland” here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO1TLiYz-Dg To steam/download the album https://soundcloud.com/danwhitehouse/sets/dreamland-tomorrow/s-QlS5C

Tomorrow (Gustaf Ljunggren Remix) https://open.spotify.com/track/0schdHiEU9NTGtR2zb4yUq?si=yCKooZAQQkC_U5U8jsUFSg

Videos http://www.dan-whitehouse.com/site/video/

Dreamland (live) https://youtu.be/3o9zNhnK7NI

Dreamland (Dir Martin D Hyde) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO1TLiYz-Dg

Glass (Dir Martin D Hyde) https://youtu.be/wfnM7C2AFc8

Glass (live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpLbaUAYfmQ

State of The English (Dir Martin D Hyde) https://youtu.be/sNbvVKPQ9-o

State of The English (live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oB3UKNnqis&feature=youtu.be

Weightlifting (Dir Martin D Hyde) https://youtu.be/VRLWoXTJGZo

What I Didn’t See (Dir Martin D Hyde) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeUzwexbnNY

Crazy On The Weekend (Sunhouse) live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MGuR2HzHB8

Given Up (live) https://youtu.be/OgdzzMsQpoE

Tomorrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQwDi1jjPzE

Dan’s contacts:

Website: www.dan-whitehouse.com
Twitter: @dan_whitehouse
Instagram:@whitehousedan
Facebook: @danwhitehousemusic

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