Dan Waldman, the artist behind Made of Wood, starting playing the piano
when he was 5. His teacher wrote in an Aquaman notebook.
Today Dan is an accomplished producer, pianist and composer, having performed
both solo and with bands in the Boston, Albuquerque and Baltimore/Washington
areas. His music has been featured in various media, from album compilations to
TV and web/terrestrial radio stations.
In 2010, Dan created Made of Wood, a chillout funk project. The music is created
using a range of acoustic and electronic, live and sampled sounds. Many of the
sampled sounds come from alterations of his own performances.
The inspirations for the sounds are wide-ranging: from Thievery Corporation and
Massive Attack, to the Meters, Parliament Funkadelic, Radiohead and Air. Dan
also draws from his classical background and classic film composers, such as
Lalo Schifrin.
In Feb 2012, Dan released The Chill/Funk Trip. The album has led
to Made of Wood being a "Top 10 Emerging Artist," (jango.com) and the album has
received glowing reviews. Currently he is working on "Narcotherapy Hypnosis," an
album that fuses the styles of the 60's and 70's with trippy old-school synth
sounds and modern percussion.
Dan currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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