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BIO
Dan Prindle is an instrumentalist and composer originally from Manchester, Connecticut.
Dan can be found playing all styles of music, from classical to jazz
to rock, on either of his two main instruments: bass or cello. He is
also a proficient pianist, guitarist and vocalist. In addition to playing
solo performances in assorted venues from rock clubs to weddings, he
has performed live with some of the Northeast's
finest artists. He currently
performs regularly with Connecticut artists RANE, Bill
Carleton and Brian
Jarvis.
Dan was named the Best
Bassist in 2004 and 2006 by
the Hartford Advocate. Also in 2006, several artists who call Dan
their bassist were nominated for or received awards. The Brian
Jarvis Band was nominated for Best New Band, as was the Bill Carleton
Band. Bill Carleton
and lead guitarist Lee Sylvestre were given the award for Best Duo. RANE,
with whom Dan has played for nearly eleven years, was recognized
as both the Best
Groove Rock Band and the Best Indie/Emo Band in 2006, and in
2007 was named the Best Groove Rock Band. RANE
has appeared in cities all over the Northeast, including Hartford,
Boston, Providence, Portland, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, New York, Chicago
and many others. They have opened for the Allman Brothers Band, Jerry
Garcia Band, Santana, Rusted Root, Tom Petty, Guster and Ozomatli,
to name a few. RANE was voted Hartford's Best New Band in 1997,
Best Pop Band in 1999,
Reader's Choice in 1998, 2000 and 2005,
and Best Groove Rock Band in 2001, 2002 (featured
on cover), 2003 and 2004.
Dan holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music from the Berklee College of Music,
where he majored in composition and where his principal instrument was
the electric bass. Dan graduated in 2001, Magna Cum Laude. He
is currently a Master's Degree student in Music Theory at the University
of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Dan has also appeared on
recordings by artists such as those mentioned above, as well as Mark
Mulcahy (formerly
of the Miracle Legion), Frank Black of the Pixies, The
Whatnot,
Missing Joe (featuring members of The
Brightwings) , Anthony Edwards, John Rodgers of Mighty
Purple, David
Cain and many others.
Click here to read what the press is saying about Dan, Rane and the
Bill Carleton Band.
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