Dan Reeder(III)
- Composer
Dan Reeder, born in Lafayette, LA, is an American singer/songwriter, instrument maker and artist. He moved to California at the age of six, where he would eventually study art. He began his creative career at Chapman College, eventually progressing to California State Fullerton, where he met his future wife Susanne. When her visa expired, Reeder, with just one semester left of university, decided to move to Nuremberg, Germany. Dan Reeder is a self-sufficient artist in every aspect of his work. The cover of each one of his albums bears artwork he created himself. He's built a majority of the instruments you hear. From guitar pickups to microphones, preamps and mixers. He's built steel string guitars, electric guitars, banjos, drums, basses, cellos, violins, clarinets, and even a saxophone. Married with three children , he has lived a full life as an esteemed visual artist and musician. He has won various visual art awards, participated in numerous exhibitions, led art seminars, and took on a visiting professorship at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste/Germany's Academy of Fine Arts. He records music for and is published by Oh Boy Records, an independent American record label founded in 1981 by singer John Prine.