More about Dan Wilson

Songwriter, singer

Wilson is a singer, songwriter and sometime visual artist from Minneapolis. He has a recent solo album, "Free Life." Wilson's band Semisonic, plays shows once in a while and you can still hear their songs on the radio. His band, Trip Shakespeare, doesn't perform anymore, but you can look them up on YouTube to watch the band. Wilson writes songs with a lot of great artists, one of which is "Not Ready to Make Nice" which he wrote with the Dixie Chicks and for which they won the Song of the Year Grammy in 2007. Wilson is currently working on a batch of songs for his next album and for other people's albums, too.

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Carnegie Hall

Dan plays a show at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, but in true Minnesota fashion does not tell his friends about it. After the show, Dan and a friend wander the streets of Midtown New York, looking in vain for a sandwich. A giant poster seems doomed by airport security procedures. More…

My show at Bryant Lake Bowl

Dan reports from the stage about the first of his "Hometown Tour" gigs this week. The set list and a few comments about some of the songs. More…

Gappy Information and the Multi-Tasking Illusion

Dan takes multi-tasking to task, proclaims that multi-tasking is actually an illusion built on the natural functioning of our minds. Also decides that songwriting is incompatible with multi-tasking. More…

Dan's latest book report is on "The Freedom Manifesto," by Tom Hodgkinson

Dan reads a leftist manifesto, given to him by his brother, in a cafe and the staff end up reading the book too. Dan recommends the book to you. More…

It's a Hustle and a Game and a Gift

Dan responds to a reader's comment, that comment being entirely a quote from Jeff Tweedy of the band Wilco. Dan writes about the hustle of art, the game of art, the gift of art, and how artists who get paid view their earnings. More…

File-Sharing, The Artist's Role in Society, Good Books

Dan posts a comment he posted on another site, along with a comment about that comment, along with a link to a comment that he decided to put on his blog at danwilsonblog.blogspot.com because it was way too long to post here. More…

Who is the Author and why isn't the Drummer getting paid?

Dan wonders about what it means to be the "sole author" of an artwork in a world more and more welcoming of collaboration and temporary identity. Dan also urges drummers to demand a share of the royalties on the recordings they drum on. More…

Dan Wilson Creates Blog-Entry from status updates

Dan takes the unusual step of creating a blog from his Facebook status updates. If the trend continues, he will be creating his Facebook status updates out of old Twitter tweets, then his Twitter tweets (he doesn't tweet, yet) from randomly chosen words. More…

Huh? What Just Happened?

Dan peeks his head up from baby-related duties to say hello and recommence his blog. More…

This Land is Your Land

Dan expresses joy at the playing of a Woody Guthrie song at the Presidential inauguration. More…

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