Dan Vaillancourt 19

@danvaillancourt 

Michigan US   Feb 2008

www.danvaillancourt.com  

Artist Bio

Influences:   Humorous anecdotes, quirks, magic, rain, effect knobs, light chasing, dreams, bicycles, hellhounds, turns of phrase, conversations, wanderlust and you.

I released an album with 15 of my 2021 FAWM songs called 'Favorite Imperfections:' https://danvaillancourt.bandcamp.com/album/favorite-imperfections

This is my 15th FAWM. Most of the time, I write stories. Some stories are based in fact, some full of fiction, many are about you, some are about me... or potentially all of the above.



I occasionally post song videos on IG: https://www.instagram.com/funktifiedfolk/

Once upon a time, I traveled around the US and played at all the little coffeehouses and slept on a lot of couches... but that was a long time ago.

Some of my previous FAWM and 50/90 songs:
https://www.reverbnation.com/danvaillancourt

Albums: https://danvaillancourt.bandcamp.com

"Words are... our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it." - Albus Dumbledore

"The sound doesn't matter, it's the sound of the sound that matters." - Del Newman

Songs (19)

#1 A Forgotten Seed 16
Feb 2022
#2 Oil and Blood 16
Feb 2022
#3 Call Me a Liar 17
Feb 2022
#4 The Final Hours - Instrumental 7
Feb 2022
#5 Hellhounds on the Horizon 13
Feb 2022
#6 Clean Slate 13
Feb 2022
#7 Silver Tongue 17
Feb 2022
#8 Home Cooking (Hot and Spicy) 11
Feb 2022
#9 One Last Time 8
Feb 2022
#10 Sheol - Instrumental 6
Feb 2022
#11 Coastal Coin Flip 9
Feb 2022
#12 Frozen Miracles 8
Feb 2022
#13 Finding The Words 12
Feb 2022
#14 Roadside Stand 11
Feb 2022
#15 A Thousand Ideas 12
Feb 2022
#16 Back in 2007 9
Feb 2022
#17 The Timing Was Wrong 10
Feb 2022
#18 July 1998 13
Feb 2022
#19 Final Finale 10
Feb 2022

Soundboard

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  • @gm7  Apr 2022

    I think it is mid -April....14 or 16th?

  • @leka Mar 2022

    Thanks for listening!

  • @audrey  Mar 2022

    Thank you for the kind words about "A Tribute". I appreciate you taking the time to listen and leave such a nice comment.

  • @mahtowin  Mar 2022

    Thanks for stopping by and listening :-)

  • @paulharrison  Mar 2022

    Thanks so much for your kind comments regarding "No No."

  • @zecoop  Mar 2022

    Luckily, I hear that the rice trick saved the phone, lol. Thanks for listening!

  • @yewnorker Mar 2022

    Hello Dan, thanks for the kind words on Perfect and Endless Sorrow. My collaborators really brought them to life! Looks like we both had productive FAWMs. I'll check back for a couple more listens.

  • @arthurrossi Mar 2022

    I would like to thank you so much for your that generous and kind comments!

  • @nadine Mar 2022

    Thanks for listening! I'm happy you enjoyed my 2 minutes of guilty pleasure xD

  • @greengrassgirl  Mar 2022

    Hi, Dan, So glad you liked A Lover and a Liar. I was delighted with Marieke's treatment of it. Even better than I could have imagined. It just rolls!

  • @aniya Mar 2022

    Thank you for your wonderful comments and congratulations on beating the fawm challenge! Will be checking out your songs too.

  • @audrey  Mar 2022

    Thank you so much for the kind words about my pieces "Returning Home from Market" and "Freedom". I appreciate them.

  • @kenmattsson  Mar 2022

    Thanks for all your kind words on my songs. I'm loving what I've heard from you and have so many more to listen to!

  • @seanbrennan  Mar 2022

    Thanks for giving "Prayer for Mankind" a listen! Can't wait to dive through some of your tunes throughout the month.

  • @staticcaptain Mar 2022

    Thanks so much for the comment on "Time." I'm glad you commented for two selfish reasons: 1) It's always nice to get a positive comment 2) I've sampled a bit of your stuff and REALLY enjoy it. Reminds me of early albums from "The Shins." Perhaps you've been told that before? Anyway it's a very high compliment in my view.

  • @nadine Mar 2022

    Your comment on "Disco Blues" made my day. Guess @gm7 has to rename to @gmaj7b5 xD Challenge accepted. But slothcore is not my thing. Way too slow for me ^_^

  • @davidtaro  Mar 2022

    Dan! Thanks for checking in - I'm going to be checking out some of the ones I missed along the way over the next couple of days. Hope you had a splendid FAWM :)

  • @nadine Mar 2022

    Thanks a lot for your comment on "Skyscraper", Dan! Remember, don't joke with me - It may end up in a song! :D

  • @katestantonsings  Mar 2022

    Thanks, Dan!! I've watchlisted you for next year. I'll be looking out for that Stylophone song :) (I have the same Bowie battery-operated one I think you're describing).

  • @charliecheney  Mar 2022

    Ha! You can blame me for your happiness.

  • @resonut123 Mar 2022

    Hey Dan, we did it. Another year, another FAWM, another win.
    So cool to hear your tunes this year again. There are so many great Fawmers around the world and Michigan Represents.
    Yeah, for a 14 year old that was a mind-blowing concert.
    I think I still never fully recovered, ha!

  • @nadine Mar 2022

    You're welcome Dan. I love listening to your music. You brought the concept of singer-songwriting to me that has been quite unknown to me before FAWM. I am so stuck in my world of full band full drama productions.
    I noticed the change in your recording quality. What a bummer your computer broke so I help you can rerecord soon. Fingers crossed fir your back up!

  • @chrismyth02 Feb 2022

    thanks for checking out High Above The Moon, I appreciate the feedback. Glad you've gotten to see the contrast between my heavier and softer stuff. I enjoy doing both.

  • @mikeb  Feb 2022

    Thanks for the listen and comment on 'Tired of the Blues'!

  • @katestantonsings  Feb 2022

    Thanks for the lovely comments on "Dance Your Cares Away"! I sent Craig some rough vocals and he created that masterpiece!! What a wizard. Have a great last day of FAWM!

  • @liz561  Feb 2022

    Thanks so much on your comments on my song Photographs. I really appreciate it. I am racing towards the finish line for February, but hope to make next month March Album Listening month! I will be checking back!

  • @greengrassgirl  Feb 2022

    Hi, Dan. Thanks for your comments on Somethin' Better. After @metalfoot did his version, @paulharrison asked if he could also post his interpretation. I like them both and continue to be fascinated with how two different artists can interpret the same lyric. What a great place FAWM is!

  • @mandolinda  Feb 2022

    Thanks for the comments on Hairy Fairy. That was so much fun to create. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @nadine Feb 2022

    Your comment on "Love lasts forever" means a lot to me. You know, I'll never call myself a vocalist, I don't have any clue how to play these chords on any instrument (not kidding, what the f*ck is a 7b5?!) but I had some fun acting in a role that is absolutely not me lol. Dan you and your guitar could pull this off a 1000 times better than me! But I wanna see these jazz hands and dancing haha :D

  • @chrismyth02 Feb 2022

    Thanks for checking out Under - I have really loved getting to scream a little more this FAWM - I think I needed it! Glad you enjoyed.

  • @wrenarcher  Feb 2022

    Hi Dan!
    Thanks for taking the time to listen to my song “Planet and Moon“ and for kind words you left in the comment.

  • @nadine Feb 2022

    Thanks for checking out "Under" I'm glad you enjoyed this one as well! Oh yes, @chrismyth02 performance was very intense and I loved it. I hope we get real guitar on this song cause it will be more agressive and fun. Such a pity I can't play guitar good enough >_< Maybe in 5-10 years?!

  • @chrismyth02 Feb 2022

    Thanks for listening, At Your Command was such a fun song to sing on. Glad you dug it.

  • @frozenlonesome  Feb 2022

    Thanks for checking out Nearing The Death Star and your thoughtful comments. Much appreciated!

  • @nadine Feb 2022

    Your comment on "At your command" is well appreciated! Yes the time signatures are complex and I couldn't pull that off intentionally. I loved working on this song with @chrismyth02.

  • @tan482  Feb 2022

    Thanks for stopping by to listen and for your lovely comments :-)

  • @jessespillane  Feb 2022

    Thanks for the nice comment :) I had fun with that one.

  • @hamiltonpoolhall  Feb 2022

    Thanks for the latest comments! Yeah, I was definitely directly inspired by some of those more recent Charlie Hunter records to try it out. The learning curve is *steep*, but it is a very well-thought-out design, so it's definitely me, not the guitar, if I can't get it to do what I want. For what it's worth, a good friend of mine with similar fingerstyle tendencies Frankenstein'd his own solution with a Danelctro baritone and half of a Fender Mustang bass pickup, so...there's that, if you know more about using a soldering iron than I do :-).

  • @nadine Feb 2022

    Thanks a lot Dan! I love what @deadhead did with my little sketch and we'll work on it. So cool :)

  • @dragondreams  Feb 2022

    Thanks loads for the great feedback! :-)

  • @nancycunning  Feb 2022

    Dan - Happy 15th Anniversary. This is also @carleybaer's 15th Anniversary. She pointed out that 15 is the Crystal Anniversary, so we collaborated on a song called Cut-Rate Crystal Ball. It's here: https://fawm.org/songs/130728/

  • @nadine Feb 2022

    Thanks for your comment on "Rendezvous". I'm still stuck... seems like somebody has to inspire me with their guitar licks to finish the piano part. No idea about the genre. As is it closer to jazz?!

  • @frozenlonesome  Feb 2022

    Thanks for checking out Sentient Space Dust. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @nadine Feb 2022

    Thanks for your comment :)

  • @jacobeverettwallace  Feb 2022

    I look forward to seeing a new Vaillancourt special under the tag "hornsgoingham" very soon!

  • @rdschroer49 Feb 2022

    Just got set up. Working on a Celtic thing! never did that before. Happy FAWMing in the middle of snow days

  • @momentegalerie Feb 2022

    yes yes Dan, another year, more ideas even less time :))) but: I am in! I am so excited this year - it's my fifth fawm. happy fawming though! Eva

    PS how did you manage to put a picture in the bio?

  • @cleanshoes  Jan 2022

    Thank you! Looking forward to your songs as well. Happy FAWMing!

  • @davidtaro  Jan 2022

    Cheers Dan, likewise, obscenely excited to be hours away from new DV material! Have a splendid FAWM :)

  • @bradbrubaker  Jan 2022

    Same! Let's see what the month brings.

  • @robynmackenzie  Jan 2022

    Dan! So looking forward to hearing what you’ve got in store for us this year! :D

  • @sueawesome Jan 2022

    daaaaaannnnnn!!! omg I need music in my ears from you!!

  • @zecoop  Jan 2022

    Welcome back to FAWM my very talented Michigan neighbor!! Looking forward to your new creations! :)

  • @nadine Jan 2022

    Thank you :) Do you join the avatar challenge?

  • @kadmad202  Jan 2022

    Hi Dan! Looking forward to whatever you may come up with this year. Here's to a great FAWM2022!

  • @resonut123 Jan 2022

    Hi Dan!
    Can't wait to hear your Ambient Tuba Tunes!

  • @nadine Jan 2022

    Hey Dan! I'm looking forward to listen to your stories. Happy FAWMing!