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About Daniel

Making a night of music that you will never forget, guaranteed to get the audience singing along all night!

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Singing guitarist

Leicester

Public liability insurance of £1 million

I'm a solo acoustic musician from Leicester, I've been playing live for 7 years and I play a variety of songs throughout the decades, like Oasis, the Killers, Bastille, The Kinks, The Beatles, and John Denver to say a few. Always guaranteed to get the crowds singing along for a great night of high-quality entertainment.

Daniel

5 out of 5

5 verified reviews

Satisfaction

5.0

Professionalism

5.0

Communication

5.0

Punctuality

5.0

Daniel's Reviews

5 out of 5

Daniel was great, drove all the way from Leicester to Hertfordshire for my husbands 40th celebrations…and it was his own birthday too!! A really professional guy , really personable, a great night was had by all. He even stayed on for us as we wanted encore after encore! Thanks so much Daniel we’ll be using you again!

Reply from Daniel

6 months ago

Libby, Thank you so much for letting me share your husband's special day with you. I felt so welcome and everyone was really friendly to me and my mum. I want to say a special thank you for celebrating my birthday with you as well, I really wasn't expecting to do much for my birthday and you made it extra special for me. The setup was excellent and I felt comfortable to play all night long. I'm glad you all enjoyed the gig as much as I did!

5 out of 5

Dan was great, I would highly recommend him, great guy and was enjoyed by all, young and old! Thanks for a wonderful evening

Reply from Daniel

8 months ago

What a night, Joseph and his guest made me feel really welcome, with drinks and food. Everyone was enjoying themselves into the early house. It was pleasure to perform at such a wonderful event. Joseph your a top guy and a pleasure to work for.

5 out of 5

Daniel was great and very patient with a group of squawking hens! Great and varied set list and excellent communication beforehand. He even bought his mum Carol along who we all loved and took lots of .lovely videos for us. Thanks both

Reply from Daniel

9 months ago

Juliet was a pleasure to work with, really clear communication giving a detailed specifications for the set lists and requirements of the gig. My mum and I were made to feel really welcome and it was an amazing experience to be able to share your celebrations with you all. On top of that we were fed and water which was fantastic.

5 out of 5

What a great night was had by all, Daniel was able to play sets of all sing-along music that my clients really enjoyed

5 out of 5

Daniel was very professional, punctual and provided a high-quality performance to my guests, I will definitely be booking him again

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Daniel's Song list

4 Non Blonds - What's Up

A Great Big World - Say Something

ABBA - Dancing Queen

Adele - Make You Feel My Love

Adele - Someone Like You

Ace Of Base - All That She Wants

Angels And Airwaves - The Adventure

Avicii - Hey Brother

Avicii - Wake Me Up

Avril Lavigne - I'm With You

Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me

Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way

Bastille - Laura Palmer

Bastille - Pompeii

Bastille - Flaws

Bastille - A Million Pieces

Bastille - Quarter Past Midnight

Billie Eilish - Lovely

Blink 182 - Adams Song

Blink 182 - All The Small Things

Blink 182 - Down

Blink-182 - I Miss You

Blink-182 - One More Time

Blue October - Fear

Blue October - Hate Me

Blue October - I Hope Your Happy

Blue October - Sway

Blue October - 18th Floor Balcony

Blue October - Worry List

Bon Jovi - It's My Life

Britney Spears - Everytime

Britney Spears - Hit Me Baby One More Time

Buddy Holly - Everyday

Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are

Busted - Meet You There

Callum Scott - Dancing On My Own

Cee Lo Green - Forget You

Cher - Believe

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful

Christina Perri - A Thousand Years

Christina Perri - Arms

Coldplay - Don't Panic

Coldplay - Fix You

Coldplay - Swallowed In The Sea

Coldplay - The Scientist

Coldplay - Viva La Vida

Coldplay - Yellow

Coldplay - Sky Full Of Stars

Coheed and Cambria - The Suffering

Coheed and Cambria - Wake Up

Counting Crows - Accidentally In Love

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts

Christina Perri - A Thousand Years

Damien Rice - Cannonball

Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter

David Gray - Babylon

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's

Duran Duran - Ordinary World

Eagle-Eye Cherry - Stay Tonight

Editors - An End Has A Start

Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Door

Ed Sheeran - A Team

Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill

Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

Elton John - Daniel

Elton John - Rocket Man

Elton John - Your Song

Elton John - Can You Feel The Love Tonight

Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love With You

Embrace - Gravity

Erasure - A Little Respect

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These

Eva Cassidy - True Colours

Evanescence - My Immortal

Faith No More - Easy

Fall Out Boy - Sugar Were Going Down

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

Frankie Valli & Four Seasons - Oh What A Night (December 63')

The Fray - Look After You

The Fray - Never Say Never

Foo Fighters - Best Of You

Foo Fighters - Hero

Fun - We Are Young

George Ezra - Blame It On Me

George Ezra - Budapest

George Ezra - Shotgun

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

Goo Goo Dolls - Slide

Goo Goo Dolls - Sympathy

Gorillaz - Melancholy Hill

Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know

Green Day - Basketcase

Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

Green Day - Macy's Day Parade

Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends

Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Green Day - Welcome To Paradise

Green Day - 21 Guns

Guns 'N' Roses - Sweet Child O'Mine

Guns 'N' Roses - Knockin On Heavens Door

Harry Styles - As It Was

Harry Styles - Falling

Hoobastank - The Reason

James - Sit Down

James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover

James Blunt - Your Beautiful

Jimmy Eat World - The Middle

John Denver - Country Roads, Take Me Home

John Denver - Leaving On A Jetplane

John Denver - Let It Be

John Denver - Sunshine On My Shoulder

John Legend - All Of Me

John Mayer - Dreaming With A Broken Heart

John Mayer - In The Blood

John Mayer - Love On The Weekend

John Mayer - Who Says

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire

Katy Perry - Hot n Cold

Katy Perry - The One That Got Away

Keane - Everybody's Changing

Keane - Somewhere Only We Know

Keane - This Is The Last Time

Keane - Bedshaped

Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire

Kings of Leon - Use Somebody

KT Tunstall - Lonely This Christmas

Lady Gaga - Paparazzi

La Roux - In For The Kill

Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me

Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Love

Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go

Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes

Lindisfarne - Meet Me On The Corner

Linkin Park - Breaking The Habit

Linkin Park - Numb

Linkin Park - One More Light

Linkin Park - Shadow Of The Day

Linkin Park - Waiting For The End

Marshmellow - Silence

Miley Cyrus - Flowers

Mumford and Sons - The Cave

Neil Young - Heart Of Gold

New Found Glory - I Don't Wanna Know

Nizlopi - JCB Song

Noel Gallagher/Slade - Merry Christmas Everyone

Oasis - Champagne Supernova

Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger

Oasis - Half The World Away

Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle

Oasis - Little By Little

Oasis - The Hindu Times

Oasis - Stand By Me

Oasis - Roll With It

Oasis - Songbird

Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out

Oasis - Supersonic

Oasis - Whatever

Oasis - Wonderwall

One Direction - Night Changes

One Republic - Stop and Stare

Our Lady Peace - 4am

Owl City - Fireflies

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

Ozzy Osbourne - Mama I'm Coming Home

Passenger - Let Her Go

Paolo Nutini - Last Request

Paolo Nutini - Rewind

People On Vacation - Lonely Fish

Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love

Post Malone - Circles

Post Malone - Chemical

Post Malone - Overdrive

Queen - I Want To Break Free

Radiohead - Creep

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

REM - Losing My Religion

Robbie Williams - Angels

Robbie Williams - She's The One

Rod Stewart - Maggie May

Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All

Rudimental - These Days

Sam Smith - I'm Not The Only One

Sam Smith - Stay With Me

Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply

Shania Twain - Still The One

Sia - Titanium

Sia - Chandelier

Snow Patrol - Signal Fire

Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

Snow Patrol - Run

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Spice Girls - 2 Become 1

Stereophonics - Dakota

Stereophonics - Mr Writer

The 1975 - About You

The Automatic - Monster

The Calling - Wherever You Will Go

The Cranberries - Dreams

The Cranberries - Zombie

The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

The Cure - Just Like Heaven

The Fray - Look After You

The Fray - Never Say Never

The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)

The Greatest Showman - Rewrite The Stars

The Greatest Showman - Never Enough

The Killers - Human

The Killers - Mr Brightside

The Killers - Read My Mind

The Killers - When You Were Young

The Killers - All These Things That I've Done

The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way

The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop

The Script - For The First Time

The Strokes - 12:51

The Strokes - Last Night

The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

The Weeknd - Save Your Tears

The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

The Zutons - Valerie

Tone And I - Dance Monkey

Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight

Train - Hey Soul Sister

Train - Drops Of Jupiter

Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me

Travis - Sing

Twenty-One Pilots - House Of Gold

Uncle Kracker - Follow Me

Walk The Moon - Shut Up And Dance

Weezer - Keep Fishin

Wham - Last Christmas

Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

Yazoo - Only You

30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill

Misc - Silent Night

Misc - Jingle Bells

Misc - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Daniel's Prices

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£100
Up to 1 hour	£160
Up to 2 hours	£270
Up to 3 hours	£400

Drinks reception

Two performances of up to 45 mins each during your drinks reception

£250

Wedding ceremony

This includes music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave.

£312.50

Wedding ceremony + Drinks reception + Dinner

- Music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave. - 2 x 45 min performances at the drinks reception. - 2 x 45 min performances as dinner is being served.

£750

Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

My songs will always have your audience singing along, my setlist has grown into pub classics that makes the crowd wanting more.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

I have performed at a variety of venues around the United Kingdom, for example Leicester, Cotswold, Birmingham, Newport to name but a few.

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

Tough question, my music taste has become so varied but to name a few, Oasis, Ed Sheeran, Damien Rice, Passenger, Blink-182 and Green day

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

The highest profile gig that I have played to date is for the Freemason's

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

I always try my best to be flexible to help ensure your event runs as smoothly as possible. If timings change slightly in the run-up to the event just let me know.

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Absolutely. This is a really popular request and I actually offer this service for free

How much time do you need to set up?

I usually set up about 1 before the performance time. As soon as my PA is set up I can provide a free playlist service to help set the atmosphere and get your guests ready for our live performance!

Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?

My set lists are crafted from countless performances and learning what works best to ensure guests dance and have an amazing time. However, I am definitely happy to chat through and make sure we find what works for your event

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes, absolutely! I bring my own instrument to play acoustically, PA system and lighting if it is required

Can you learn song requests before the event?

If a song isn't included in our song list there may still be a chance I already know it. If there is a special song you'd like me to learn I am happy to do this for you. There is a fee of £30 for this service to take into account rehearsal times etc

Musicianship

Genres:

Acoustic, Pop, Ambient pop, Covers, Easy listening, Light music, Rock, Alternative rock, Britpop, Classic rock, Indie, Pop rock, Punk rock, Progressive rock, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Christmas, R&B, Top 40, Hip Hop, Disco, Soul, Motown

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Instruments:

Singing guitarist, Guitar

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Event types:

Bar / Club / Venue event, Wedding, Virtual event, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Cruise, Birthday party

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Other skills:

Lyricist, Composer, Songwriter, Ableton Live, Music therapy, Community music worker, Instrumental teaching

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