Daniel Lee ("DiEL")

DiEL's voice takes center stage with its warmth, character and five-octave range. He delivers sophisticated, percussive, powerful guitar & refreshing, quirky lyrics that fill the mind with pictures.

Live shows are intense and compelling musically (see quotes below) with soft-spoken chat mixed in.

Daniel Lee has shared stages with Shawn Mullins, Better Than Ezra, Willy Porter, David Garza, John Mayer, Ian Moore, Cowboy Mouth, Michelle Malone, David Mead, Devon Sproule, and Matthew Kahler, among others.

Performances:

*Opened for a live Mountain Stage Radio Show
*Atlantis Music Conference
*Midwest Music Summit
*John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage (Washington, DC)
* Festivals in Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Midwest, Atlanta, and the Washington, DC area.

Awards and honors:
*National winner, Mountain Stage NewSong Contest.
*Winner of the prestigious Eddie’s Attic Shootout for Performing Songwriters (Atlanta), joining roster that includes John Mayer and Dana Kurtz.
*Chosen as first Artist-in-Residence at Strathmore Music Center in the Washington, DC area
*Songwriter of the Year, Washington (DC) Area Music Association.
*Gold Prize in Rock for 2 years and Silver Prize in R&B, Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest
*Best Male Artist Finalist, International Acoustic Music Awards
*Semi-finalist, International Songwriting Competition
*Winner, CJ's Landing Top-of-the-Tree competition (Atlanta)
*Winner, Zeigler Music Guitar Wars at age 16

Quotes:

"Difficult to categorize, Daniel Lee's brand of soulful pop goes down as one of the best indie performances you ever heard; his vocalizations and incredible guitar work will absolutely MESMERIZE you live!! An amazing guy with such an intimate knowledge of his guitar that it's almost suspect." -- The Evening Muse, Charlotte, NC

“There are basically four main qualities that a musical entertainer can and should strive to possess. These are singing ability, proficiency on their instrument, writing ability, and the charismatic capacity to entertain. Many people get by with being good at a couple of these. But when you are, for instance like the Beatles were, great at all four, there is no stopping you. That is what I come away thinking about Daniel Lee.” -- A judge in the prestigious Eddie’s Attic Shootout Competition for Performing Songwriters (which Daniel won, joining a roster of names like John Mayer and Dayna Kurtz).

"Lee combines the laid-back yet unquestionably aware vocals of Ben Harper with a funk-guitar style reminiscent of John Mayer." - Editor's Pick, WashingtonPost.com

" DANIEL LEE -- missage is a mirror hold your breath[2004]: Everything about Daniel's songwriting and production has intensified: the songs that rock out ROCK OUT; the songs that groove hard groove HARD; the songs that sweetly lull you to that serene place do it with eerie grace ... each song ... erupts with a majestic hook worthy of the classic songwriting heroes we all love." -- Seth Horan, recording artist on BMI records.