Biography
Dan Petti grew up in the O-Town suburbs, where he spent most of his time playing guitar with his buddies, working on his hopeless hockey slapshot, and getting turned down by girls. His early catalogue of songs was mostly depressing acoustic ballads and angsty punk bangers about teenage life. The guitar became the focal point of his existence, and he found his true passion for songwriting and Country music in college. Brad Paisley, Eric Church, Dean Brody, Kenny Chesney, and pretty much anything with a banjo or fiddle became his main soundtrack, and influenced him to keep writing as much as possible. He currently writes with many songwriters all over the world.
Dan is in love with the ocean, and gets most of his inspiration from nature. His music is a blend of emotional ballads, upbeat sing-alongs, and everything in between. He incorporates driving guitar picking, with lots of banjo, mandolin, and fiddle, to create a modern, yet rootsy, take on today's Canadian Country music. He puts on an energetic live show with his band, but he especially loves playing solo acoustic, allowing the audience to experience the songs and lyrics at a raw, stripped down, and emotional level. Over the years, he has written many happy love songs to add to all his heartbreak tunes, and after just recently getting married he is excited for fans to listen to songs from this new chapter of his life.
Dan had his debut single, "My Kind Of Road", make it to #1 on the Canadian Indie Country Countdown. More recently, he was nominated for Country Artist Of The Year at the Ottawa Faces Awards, and Songwriter of the Year at the Saskatchewan Country Music Awards for his song, "Whiskey Mood", co-written and released by Karissa Hoffart. He also enjoys performing and recording guitar tracks for many local artists, as well as producing in the studio.