Dan Mackenzie

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Dan Mackenzie is an American songwriter-producer.

Dan Mackenzie was the composer for the Discovery Channel/Original Production’s Monster House (U.S. TV series), nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music in 2004.[1][2] That same year he was the winner of The ASCAP Foundation Sammy Cahn Lyricist Award.[3]

In 2007 Mackenzie wrote and produced a Christmas single for Joss Stone entitled “All I Want For Christmas” (Virgin Records/EMI).[4] In 2008 he co-wrote and co-produced the song “Girlfriend on Demand” with Stone for her album Colour Me Free! (Virgin Records/EMI), released October 2009.[5] Another song co-written by Joss Stone and Dan Mackenzie, "I Get High," was released on the Japanese edition only of the album.[6]

Mackenzie's kindie-pop album "Dan Dan Doodlebug" won the Just Plain Folks Music Organization 2009 Award for "Best Children's Album."[7] In 2010, Mackenzie received The ASCAP Foundation Joe Raposo Children's Music Award, which supports emerging talent in the area of children's music.[8][9]

Also in 2010, Mackenzie collaborated with Martin Sexton to write songs for Sexton's 9th album, "Sugarcoating" (Kitchen Table Records).[10][11]

References

  1. "2003-2004 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations", 2004, "[www.littlereview.com/goddesslouise/articles/2004emmy.doc]", 2009
  2. "Prime Time Emmy Award List for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music", 2004, "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music", 2009
  3. "News: The ASCAP Foundation Sammy Cahn Award", 2004, "[1]", 2009
  4. "antimusic", 17 December 2007, "[2]", 2009
  5. "Colour Me Free! Producer List", "Colour Me Free", October 2009
  6. "http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B002OXANNA", 2009.
  7. "Just Plain Folks Music Awards 2009 List", "[3]", 2009
  8. "ASCAP Foundation 15th Annual Awards Ceremony Winners List", "[4]", December 8, 2010
  9. The ASCAP Foundation Joe Raposo Music Award is Established, "[5]", October 28, 2010
  10. "Martin Sexton Compares Songwriting to Math Homework", "[6]", 21 April 2010
  11. "Heavier Sugarcoating: Singer-songwriter Martin Sexton's latest album reflects his view of a post 9/11 world, "[7]"22 September 2010

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