Daniel Tashian is an American songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He has spent ten years writing and producing for Big Yellow Dog Music.[1]
Tashian's music career began when he was 19 years old and signed his first deal on Elektra Records.[2] His first album was produced by T Bone Burnett, and he also started a band called The Silver Seas (originally called The Bees) in 1999.[2] The success of that band lead them to an appearance on Later... with Jools Holland.[3]
In 2018, he co-produced Kacey Musgraves' critically acclaimed album Golden Hour in addition to co-writing 7 of the album's 13 songs, including "Slow Burn", "Happy and Sad", "Love is a Wild Thing", and the album's title track, "Golden Hour".[4] Tashian received two Grammys,[5] one ACM award,[6] and one CMA award[7] for his work on the album. Other production credits include Tenille Townes' Living Room Worktapes EP,[8] Jessie James Decker's On This Holiday album,[9] and work for artists including A Girl Called Eddy, Trent Dabbs, Emily West, Lily & Madeleine, Lissie, and Sad Penny.
Other notable songwriting credits include his first number one song, "Hometown Girl" by Josh Turner,[10] "White Horse" by Tenille Townes,[11] "Good Night" by Billy Currington,[12] and "The Bees" by Lee Ann Womack.[13] He has also had several sync placements in hit TV shows including Pretty Little Liars, Nashville, Reign, and Scorpion as well as the film Our Idiot Brother.[14] His band The Silver Seas also placed a song in the Breaking Bad TV series.
In 2019 Tashian released I Love Rainy Days, a children's album for which he wrote and produced all the music and painted all associated artwork,[15] following in 2020 with Mr. Moonlight, another children's album.[16] In July 2020, Tashian collaborated with Burt Bacharach on the EP Blue Umbrella.
Personal life
Tashian was born in Connecticut[2] to musician parents who perform as the country and bluegrass duo Barry and Holly Tashian.[4] He has three daughters, Tigerlily, Matilda and Tinkerbell.[15]
Selected songwriting credits
Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-Writers |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Lee Ann Womack | Call Me Crazy | The Bees | Natalie Hemby[17] |
2009 | Mindy Smith | Stupid Love | True Love of Mine | None[18] |
2011 | Eli Young Band | Life at Best | How Quickly You Forget | Mike Eli, Natalie Hemby |
Tim McGraw | Christmas All Over the World | Christmas All Over the World | Troy Verges[19] | |
2012 | Logan Mize | Nobody in Nashville | Ball & Chain | Logan Mize, Bob DiPiero[20] |
High & Dry | Logan Mize[20] | |||
I Remember Everything | Logan Mize, Liz Rose[20] | |||
Love & Theft | Love & Theft | Town Drunk | Natalie Hemby[21] | |
Erin McCarley | My Stadium Electric | There's No Holding You Down | Erin McCarley[22] | |
2015 | Nashville Cast | If I'm Still Dreaming (feat. Sam Palladio, Clare Bowen & Jonathan Jackson) - Single | If I'm Still Dreaming (feat. Sam Palladio, Clare Bowen & Jonathan Jackson) | Cary Barlowe |
Billy Currington | Summer Forever | Good Night (feat. Jessie James Decker) | Rosi Golan, Claire Guerreso[23] | |
Jill Andrews | The War Inside | Stepping Out | Jill Andrews, Kyle Ryan[24] | |
Jessie James Decker | This Christmas | Baby! It's Christmas | Jessie James Decker[25] | |
2016 | Martina McBride | Reckless | You & You Alone | Sarah Buxton, Abe Stoklasa[26] |
Charles Kelley | The Driver | Dancing Around It | Charles Kelley, Abe Stoklasa | |
Steve Moakler | Steve Moakler - EP | Jealous Girl | Steve Moakler[27] | |
Nashville Cast | The Music of Nashville (Original Soundtrack) [Season 4, Vol. 2] | Wild Card (feat. Lennon Stella) | Rosi Golan, Claire Guerreso[28] | |
Kelleigh Bannen | Cheap Sunglasses - EP | Welcome to the Party | Kelleigh Bannen, Abe Stoklasa[29] | |
Chris Lane | Stolen Car - Single | Stolen Car | Sarah Archer, Katie Buxton[30] | |
2017 | Josh Turner | Deep South | Hometown Girl | Marc Beeson[31] |
Charlie Worsham | Beginning of Things | Call You Up | Abe Stoklasa[32] | |
Claire Guerreso | Battle Cry - Single | Battle Cry | ||
Keelan Donovan | Keelan Donovan - EP | Tonight Feels Different | ||
Touch & Go | ||||
Logan Mize | Come Back Road | All This Night Needs | Matraca Berg, Dave Berg[33] | |
Big City | Troy Verges[33] | |||
Sara Evans | Words | Night Light | Jaida Dreyer[34] | |
Jessie James Decker | Southern Girl City Lights | Almost Over You | Sarah Burton, Abe Stoklasa[35] | |
Open All Night | Maren Morris, Angelo Petraglia[35] | |||
2018 | Lissie | Castles | Best Days | Lissie, Ian Fitchuk[36] |
Castles | ||||
Kacey Musgraves | Golden Hour | Golden Hour | Kacey Musgraves, Ian Fitchuk[37] | |
Happy & Sad | ||||
Lonely Weekend | ||||
Love is a Wild Thing | ||||
Mother | ||||
Oh, What a World | ||||
Slow Burn | ||||
Tenille Townes | Living Room Worktapes | Where You Are | Tenille Townes, Keelan Donovan[8] | |
White Horse | Tenille Townes, Jeremy Spillman[8] | |||
Logan Mize | Come Back Road | Cool Girl | Logan Mize[33] | |
From the Vault - EP | I Want You | Troy Verges[38] | ||
Thinking About You | ||||
Keelan Donovan | Like a Radio - Single | Like a Radio | Keelan Donovan, Abe Stoklasa[39] | |
Lucie Silvas | E.G.O. | My Old Habits | Lucie Silvas, Keelan Donovan[40] | |
Jessie James Decker | On This Holiday | Snowlight | Jessie James Decker[9] | |
Wonderful Day | ||||
Christmas in Cabo | ||||
2019 | Daniel Tashian | I Love Rainy Days | Blue Sky | None[15] |
Counting Song | ||||
Driving With You | ||||
I Love Rainy Days | ||||
Little Star | ||||
Nightbird | ||||
Someone With a Dream | ||||
The Letters | ||||
Walk Tall | ||||
2020 | Tenille Townes | The Lemonade Stand | Holding Out for the One | Marc Beeson, Tenille Townes[41] |
Come As You Are | Marc Beeson, Tenille Townes[41] | |||
The Way You Look Tonight (feat. Keelan Donovan) | Keelan Donovan, Tenille Townes | |||
Find Out | Sacha Skarbek, Tenille Townes | |||
2021 | Jade Eagleson | Honkytonk Revival | "Hangover Like You" | John Osborne |
2022 | Demi Lovato | Holy Fvck | "Feed" | Demi Lovato, Warren "Oak" Felder, Alex Niceforo, Keith "Ten4" Sorrells, Laura Veltz, JT Daly |
Selected production credits
Year | Artist | Project | Co-Producers |
---|---|---|---|
2014 | Skyline Motel | Skyline Motel | |
2017 | Lucie Silvas | "My Old Habits" | |
2018 | Kacey Musgraves | Golden Hour | Kacey Musgraves, Ian Fitchuk[37] |
2018 | Tenille Townes | Living Room Worktapes | None[8] |
2018 | Jessie James Decker | On This Holiday | Jessie James Decker[42] |
2019 | Lily & Madeline | "Can't Help the Way I Feel" | Ian Fitchuk[43] |
Awards
Award | Song/Project | Nominated/Won | Category |
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Grammy | Golden Hour | Won | Album of the Year[5] |
Golden Hour | Won | Best Country Album[5] | |
Academy of Country Music | Golden Hour | Won | Album of the Year[6] |
Country Music Association | Golden Hour | Won | Album of the Year[7] |
BMI Award | Hometown Girl | Won | N/A[44] |
References
- ↑ "BIG YELLOW DOG". BIG YELLOW DOG. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Daniel Tashian hometown, biography". Last.fm. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ "RSR176 - Daniel Tashian - Writing Great Songs in Nashville". Recording Studio Rockstars. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- 1 2 Kawashima, Dale (March 11, 2019). "Interview With Hit Songwriter & Producer Daniel Tashian, Winner of Two Grammy Awards For His Collaborations With Kacey Musgraves". Songwriter Universe. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Big Yellow Dog Music's Daniel Tashian Wins First Grammy with Golden Hour" (Press release). Shore Fire Media. February 12, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
- 1 2 "2019 ACM Awards Winners". April 8, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- 1 2 "CMA Awards 2018: Keith Urban, Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves Top Award Winners". November 15, 2018. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 "Tenille Townes - Living Room Worktapes". Discogs. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- 1 2 Tornatore, Danielle (October 26, 2018). "NYCS First Impression: Jessie James Decker 'On This Holiday'". NYCS. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ "Josh Turner and Writers Celebrate 'Hometown Girl'". BMI.com. June 21, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ↑ "Tenille Townes Shares Flirty New Song 'White Horse'". Sounds Like Nashville. March 7, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ↑ Hostelley, Laura. "Billy Currington Previews 'Good Night' Off New Album". Taste of Country. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ↑ "Indie Spotlight: Daniel Tashian". BMI.com. November 9, 2009. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ↑ Our Idiot Brother (2011) - IMDb, retrieved October 8, 2019
- 1 2 3 "Grammy-Winning Big Yellow Dog Artist Daniel Tashian's 'I Love Rainy Days' Album Out Now" (Press release). Shore Fire Media. May 3, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ Moore, Bobby (June 2020). "Daniel Tashian and His Daughters Cut a Children's Album During Quarantine". Wide Open Country. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ↑ "The Bees - Lee Ann Womack | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ "Taking You with Me - Mindy Smith, Daniel Tashian | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ "Tim McGraw, 'Christmas All Over the World' – Exclusive Song Premiere + Free Download!". The Boot. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Logan Mize - Nobody in Nashville". Discogs. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ Songfacts. "Town Drunk by Love and Theft - Songfacts". songfacts.com. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ "There's No Holding You Down Lyrics". lyrics.com. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ Hostelley, Laura. "Billy Currington Previews 'Good Night' Off New Album". Taste of Country. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ "The War Inside - Jill Andrews | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ "Jessie James Decker Releases Holiday Single "Baby! It's Christmas" | Country Music Rocks". countrymusicrocks.net. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ "You and You Alone Lyrics". lyrics.com. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ Howell, Coti (February 14, 2017). "Steve Moakler Announces Personal New Album 'Steel Town'". Wide Open Country. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Wild Card - Nashville Cast | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ↑ Tingle 9/20/2016, Lauren. "Welcome to the Kelleigh Bannen Party". CMT News. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Stolen Car - Chris Lane | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Big Yellow Dog Music writer Daniel Tashian scores first country No 1 w/ Josh Turner's Hometown Girl" (Press release). Shore Fire Media. April 24, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Charlie Worsham readies second album, 'Beginning of Things' - Charlie Worsham Official Blog". Charlie Worsham Official Website. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- 1 2 3 Freeman, Jon (July 26, 2017). "Hear Logan Mize's Driving New Song 'Come Back Road'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ↑ brickeykelly (June 23, 2017). "Sara Evans' New Album is a Family Affair". Sounds Like Nashville. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- 1 2 "Southern Girl City Lights - Jessie James Decker | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ↑ Lissie – Castles, retrieved November 4, 2019
- 1 2 "Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Logan Mize's Raw And Authentic 'From The Vault' Available Today" (Press release). Shore Fire Media. May 17, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Like a Radio - Keelan Donovan | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ↑ Lucie Silvas – My Old Habits, retrieved November 4, 2019
- 1 2 "Try the TIDAL Web Player". listen.tidal.com. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ↑ Howell, Coti. "Jessie James Decker Is Enjoying the Holiday Season". Taste of Country. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ↑ Reed, Ryan (November 29, 2018). "Hear Lily and Madeleine's Melancholy Song 'Self Care' From New LP 'Canterbury Girls'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Josh Turner and Writers Celebrate 'Hometown Girl'". BMI.com. June 21, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
External links
- Daniel Tashian at AllMusic
- Daniel Tashian discography at Discogs