Daniel Dart

Daniel Dart in downtown Los Angeles loft.

Daniel Dart is an American singer/songwriter, music producer and artist manager who made his name as the founder and frontman for punk band Time Again. He has composed original music for such feature films as Get Him To The Greek, Stepbrothers, The Haunting in Connecticut as well as the TV show Dr. Phil. In early 2015 he founded the artist management company DEC Artists and is rumored to be working on a new record with his band Time Again as revealed in a German magazine in July 2015.^[1] He currently resides in Los Angeles.

Early Life

Daniel's early life and his troubles growing up and dealing with drug addiction and family problems have been well documented.^[2] He often sights his own personal experiences as influences in his lyrics and the direction of the music he writes and creates. He also sights his difficulties growing up as the reason for his heavy activity in volunteer and non-profit work. He talks easily with people about his past and the difficulties he has had to face and overcome.

Time Again

In 2004 Daniel was discovered by Rancid frontman and guitar player Tim Armstrong and 2 years later signed to Tim's label Hellcat Records. On Time Again's first record, The Stories Are True Tim joins Daniel on the song as they both sing about facing the troubles of the world and how the stories of both are true.^[3] Daniel recently announced plans for a new Time Again record titled May The Bridges We've Burned Light The Way hinting at a release in early 2016.^[1]

Producing / Composing / The Riot Bros

From 2008 to 2011 Daniel owned a recording studio in Hollywood with long-time friend and partner Donal Finn called Riot Riot Studios. The two worked out of this studio under the pseudonym The Riot Bros.^[4] During this time they also recorded two records under the name Swapmeet Shakedown/The Riot Bros of which songs have been used in TV shows Shameless on Shotime, Blacklist and NBC's Under The Dome. The two composed original music for TV/Film and Advertising as well, working on projects such as Jennifer's Body, All About Steve, The Haunting in Connecticut, The International, New In Town among others.^[5]

Daniel also produced and worked on many other various projects during this time. Ranging from MC Lars and Mighty Mighty Bosstone's to projects with Ne-Yo ^[6] and original music for commercial enterprises such as The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland.^[7]

Legal Trouble

In late 2011 Daniel was arrested on multiple charges including Kidnapping, Carjacking, Dissuading a Witness, Assault and Extortion among others.^[8] He was originally sentenced to 6 years although he denied any wrongdoing vehemently. In 2013 he won an appeal and was released shortly thereafter in 2014. He originally did not speak publicly about this after being released, but in June 2015 while announcing the revival of Time Again he finally spoke out in Czech Republic magazine Kids and Heroes about how winning his appeal and getting released was one of the most victorious days of his life.^[9]

Daniel has since become a leading voice in the criminal justice reform movement. In January 2016 Daniel was invited to speak in Washington DC at the AFL-CIO Martin Luther King Jr Civil Rights conference about his experience how he is working to help others in similar situations.

DEC Artists

in early 2015 Daniel started his own Talent Management company DEC Artists ^[10] (Dart Entertainment and Creative Artists) with his first client being his former songwriting and producing partner Donal Finn. He made a sizable leap by signing his first major client, the #1 BillBoard charting band The Crash Kings shortly after. DEC Artists roster now includes actor/ musician Devon Werkheiser, Jurassic 5's Soup aka Fullee Love, Grammy award winning artist Salvador Santana, songwriter/composer Antonio Beliveau, Los Angeles street artist Teachr, Time Again and actor/ musician Brad Carter among others.

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