Dan Kimpel

Welcome

Acknowledged as one of the American media's foremost authorities on popular music and songwriters, Dan Kimpel contributes to a dizzying variety of print and electronic mediums: books, podcasts, publications, websites, videos, documentary films, new media and onstage interviews.

His interview subjects range from Leonard Cohen, Ennio Morricone and Ringo Starr to Billie Eilish, Bebe Rexha and Jack Antonoff — over 500 cover features and columns for Music Connection magazine alone.

Airline passengers worldwide have recognised his distinctive voice from audio interviews and programmes heard on United and Delta Airlines flights. Dan also writes, produces and voices segments for TED, Regal Cinemas, and the presidential and vice presidential planes, Air Force One and Two.

As an author, his five books on the music business — including the best-selling Networking in the Music Business — have been read by musicians, songwriters and industry professionals around the world. He lectures at colleges, universities and conferences across the US and Canada, and was named Teacher of the Year six times at Musicians Institute, Hollywood.

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