The singer-songwriter was kicked out of an art school in the middle of nowhere for smoking pot and getting in trouble. He then stumbled into columbia college design school, where he met a professor who helped him explore guitar making. The biggest lesson i learned from fred hand, he said, it's not about you. Like t people who want to hear your music. You're here as a doorway. If you're nervous about not being prepared, that's on you. But their anxiety that you have about performing, about being on the stage, i like, it'snot about you,. It's about the music and representing somebody else's music for the people.
Danny Koentopp wakes up every morning, gets dressed, has a bite to eat, kisses his wife and kids, and heads off to a garage in LA, often not coming out until long after the sun has set. For Danny, this garage is a creative temple. An innovative workshop, where he spends his days handcrafting some of the most breathtakingly-beautiful and sought after archtop acoustic jazz guitars and hollow-body electric guitars on the planet. He literally loses time there. But, his story runs deeper than a devotion to craft and music, family and mastery. When Danny steps into his workshop, he's not alone. He built his first guitar side-by-side with his dad in a home workshop. Danny's father passed-on shortly after, but he inhabits this little oasis, guiding and inspiring Danny along the way. In that magical space, they reconnect and make magic together.
You can find Dan Koentopp at: Website https://koentoppguitars.com/| Instagram https://www.instagram.com/KoentoppGuitars/
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