The NBC Today Show Superstar Talent Search Winner
DGP Records Presents
Pop's New Superstar
DAN GARDNER
· Dan makes a celebrity guest appearance on
the hit radio show "Personally Speaking"
with 26 million listeners.
* Dan made a celebrity appearance on the
hit Turner South television show
"Home Plate."
* The New York Mets asked Dan to
come back again this year to sing his
incredible rendition of the National
Anthem.
* Dan is the special musical guest performer
at this years "Teacher of the Year Award"
ceremony.
* Dan was a celebrity guest on the nationally
syndicated show "Your Weekend with
Jim Brickman."
* Dan’s hit radio single, “More Than
Life,” reached #12 on the FMQB Top
40 Adult Contemporary chart.
· Over 80 radio stations are playing the
single nationwide, and the single is
being played over 1332 times a week.
· Wal*Mart and Coca Cola are teaming up
with Dan to promote his album, “More
than Life.”
· Dan performed the NationalAnthem
for 22 million television viewers in New
York, January 19, 2004, for the Martin
Luther King Jr. Celebration.
· Dan wowed the ears and captured the
hearts of millions when the NBC viewers
voted him Today's Superstar” with over
66 million viewer impressions and 11
appearances on the NBC Today Show.
· Dan performed for 2 million viewers for
the televised lighting of the Christmas
tree at New York’s Rockefeller Plaza.
· Dan appeared as a guest on the
Christopher Close-Up Show, shown in
166 countries and aired on 99 cable
networks.
· Dan performed for the New Year’s Eve
Peach Drop for 150,000 people in
Atlanta.
· Dan performed at the Kentucky Derby
Mint Jubilee Coalition to Cure Cancer
Benefit.
· Dan was featured on the cover of JEZEBEL
magazine.
· Dan performed at the Gala Legacy Ball
for Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
· Dan Performed at the South Eastern
Emmy Awards.
Dan Gardner Gives More Than Life
on DGP Records
Dan Gardner
He wowed the ears and captured the hearts of millions when the NBC Today Show viewers voted him “Today’s Superstar” in the highly rated television program’s music icon talent search. Now known internationally, Dan Gardner is again showing why he was chosen over 4100 contestants and six finalists as the television viewer’s favorite.
His incredible debut album, “More than Life”, is available nationwide. Gardner wrote and produced on his amazing album, and the first single climbed quickly to the #12 position on the Adult Contemporary top 40 radio chart. Fourteen–time Grammy winning producer and songwriter David Foster (Whitney Houston, the Beatles, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart), who has worked with Gardner, observes, “Dan can really sing. To the people’s credit who voted, they picked a guy that really, really, can sing. He has a great sense of timing. He gets it. He has a great delivery of the lyrics, and really seems to care about what he is saying in a song.”
The past two years have been busy for Dan Gardner. After performing and making ten appearances with over 60 million viewer impressions on the NBC Today Show and winning the competition Gardner has continued his trek of special appearances with several performances for the New York Mets; appearing as a special guest on the nationally syndicated radio show, “Your Weekend with Jim Brickman” and ABC radio; appearing on behalf of Wal*Mart and Coca-Cola as the musical guest at Wal*Mart Grand Openings and community events around the nation. Gardner performed for 22 million on television for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Observance; he helped 150,000 people bring in the New Year as he sang at the Peach Drop in Atlanta; Dan performed for another 2 million for the televised lighting of the Christmas Tree at New York’s Rockefeller Plaza; He was featured on the cover of JEZEBEL magazine; Gardner appeared on the Christopher Close-up television show which is shown on 99 cable stations and in 166 countries; he made a special appearance and performed at the Kentucky Derby Mint Jubilee Coalition to Cure Cancer Benefit; He performed for the Gala Legacy Ball for Big Brothers Big Sisters program; Gardner performed and was a presenter for the South Eastern Emmy Awards; He has been a guest speaker for several events around the country including Camp Fire USA Absolutely Incredible Kids Day, Teacher of the Year Awards, and other events; He has made numerous appearances nationwide in cities and towns promoting his debut album on radio and television shows.
Currently Dan is performing and making appearances nationwide.
There's no doubt about it; Gardner is an extraordinary vocalist, but "the next pop icon"? It's a tall order, but one that the former voice teacher and professional singer can match measure for measure.
He makes his listeners care. In More Than Life, there's love lived and lost, and Gardner maps out that journey, from a relationship's first bloom in "Crazy Kind of Love" and the gift of special connections in "All My Life," to the doomed trysts of "My Heart is Breaking" and "Nine Lives."
With More Than Life, Gardner's voice is a ribbon of color that ties together the album's songs and wraps each one in its own emotional package. Sometimes silk, sometimes suede, his vocal textures give the material a truly palpable quality. "Singing allows me to play the part of the storyteller, which is always interesting to me," says Gardner, who waxes prolific in the blues-drenched narrative, "My Heart is Breaking."
Irresistible pop for grown-ups, More Than Life is completely get-able. Gardner is a consummate entertainer – vocalist, songwriter, performer and producer. All of these qualities are wholly evident, as he brings together elements of pop, blues, jazz and rock for a well-varied collection of ballads, high energy, mid-tempo tunes, to form a soulful and groove-driven style that's unmistakably his own.
"Crazy Kind of Love," for example, shows off Gardner's flair for hip, funky, old school-meets-new-school, while "Lost Without Your Love" is a ballad of pure emotion, as Gardner conveys that all-too-familiar scenario of letting go of a good thing, and then regretting the decision later. "Show Me Your Love" is all mid-tempo optimism in which he talks about ending a really bad relationship, meeting someone new, and still trusting that love can be a positive experience with the right person.
The CD is a diverse collection of relationship songs chronicling the phases of life transitions and personal discoveries.
Background Information
After his birth in New York City, Dan was adopted and raised in Goshen Indiana, the youngest of five siblings. (Two sisters, racially mixed like Dan, had also been adopted in New York.)
His love of singing began in the Mennonite Church -- where four-part harmony was a staple. The Gardner children were required to take piano lessons, and Dan took for five years before switching to the saxophone for three years. While Dan always loved music in all its forms, he enjoyed singing best. Always knowing he wanted to be a performer, Dan began preparing early in his childhood studying music through his college career. His studies have left him with a repertoire that includes singing fluently in Spanish, Italian, and English. Dan attributes his strong work ethic and passion to his supportive family.
Before Dan became a recording artist he was a respected vocal teacher in the Atlanta community.
Throughout his life Dan has focused on the development of his voice, songwriting skills, and stage presence. He spends time in the gym to stay in shape. For Dan, his journey continues to be rewarding and he's enjoying each day as it comes.
