1. Daniel Mangan was born on April 28,1983 and is a Canadian musician.
19 Facts About Dan Mangan
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Dan Mangan has won two Juno awards and has toured extensively throughout North America, Europe and Australia, having released 5 studio LPs and numerous EPs and singles.
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Dan Mangan has scored for feature film, as well as television for Netflix and AMC.
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In 2003, at 20 years old, Mangan completed his first set of recordings: an EP of simply recorded acoustic songs called All At Once.
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Dan Mangan released the album independently at first, selling the album online and at live shows.
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In September 2009, Dan Mangan was awarded "Artist of the Year" at the Verge Music Awards.
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The package includes an essay by Dan Mangan about making the album and its commercial success.
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Dan Mangan asked Seattle's Eyvind Kang to write orchestral arrangements for the forthcoming recordings.
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At the 2012 Juno Awards, Dan Mangan was awarded New Artist of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year for Oh Fortune, and was nominated for Songwriter of the Year and Video of the Year for the music video for "Rows of Houses", directed by Jon Busby.
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Dan Mangan has won six Buckys to date, the most winning artist in the award's history, and is the only artist to win "Best Song" more than once.
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Dan Mangan became a father during this time and scored a soundtrack with Jesse Zubot for the feature film Hector and the Search for Happiness.
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In that same year, Dan Mangan was nominated for Best Original Song for Wants, a song he contributed to the film The Valley Below.
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Dan Mangan has recorded and produced works for Astral Swans, including two tracks on 2015's Good People Rock and 2018's Strange Prison.
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On Canada Day in 2011 Dan Mangan performed for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
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Dan Mangan have been invited to perform at many international music festivals including:.
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Dan Mangan's family moved often, residing in both the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia, but primarily in his current residence of Vancouver.
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Dan Mangan was influenced by his parents' record collection, especially the music of Nick Drake and The Beatles.
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At sixteen, Dan Mangan started a band called Basement Suite with some classmates and played gigs at local community centres.
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Dan Mangan studied at the University of British Columbia, earning a BA in English Literature.