Parenting Panel with Dan Lowe
Originally from Alaska, Dan Lowe’s early musical influences were shaped by the British Invasion and the legendary sounds of The Beatles, igniting a passion for songwriting that has become the driving force of his career.
Now based in Nashville, Tennessee, Dan continues to make music, blending his diverse musical influences into a unique groove-driven sound that resonates with audiences.
Dan opens up about his creative process, and shares stories from his journey as both a musician and a father, reflecting on how parenthood has impacted his art and life.
Dan’s powerful single “Flame” was initially released during the 2020 election, and the song has re-emerged with renewed relevance in the 2024 political climate. Its searing guitar riffs and biting lyrics capture the division and frustrations of the moment.
We are really pleased to have caught up with Dan for an exclusive interview with us to find out more about his experience of fatherhood, music and creativity:
How many children do you have? And what are their names and ages?
I have three daughters – Violet, Julianna, & Kelsey – who I’m proud to say are all adults (and parents now themselves!)
Did you have fears or concerns about how becoming a parent would interfere with your artistic endeavors?
Probably; I mean, what if your kid has no interest in the songs you write or the music that you create, right?
Have those fears come true, or no?
Thankfully, no. My family’s always recognized that I can’t help but create music, and I’ve always been happy to have them with me – but never forced them to join me, and so they’ve always been very supportive.
In what ways has parenthood helped your creativity, if any?
As a parent, you try to teach your kids how to see and understand the world, but at the same time, they are helping you see it anew and from a completely different perspective, so both of those are really what’s at the heart of the artistic pursuit.
What has parenthood taught you about yourself, your music, or your creative process?
As a songwriter, the songs you bring into the world are much like your kids, and you have to let each one be who they were born to become – which may be somewhat different from who or what you’d envisioned when they were still ‘in the womb.’
Do your children inspire / inform your music?
Sure – in lots of personal ways – just watching them go through life, of course; besides that, they’ve all been very musically ‘aware’ and so they’ve kept me in touch with lots of things happening in the world of music that I might never have noticed or paid that much attention to.
Have you ever written a song for or about your kids? If so, please share a description and a link.
Oh yeah… "The Waiting Room" is a good example.
It was written about what we lived through when our youngest daughter was nearly killed in a car accident.
She was in a pretty bad way and was in the hospital for quite a while; it was really touch-and-go in the early stages of that process, and so that song couldn’t help but be ‘birthed’ out of that experience.
I like to think though that it's primarily a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, and that's what I hope people get from it!
Listen to “The Waiting Room” here:
Listen to Dan’s single “Flame” here:
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