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Ian Danter is a rare breed amongst rock musicians – he’s that guy who can do pretty much everything. And on ‘SECOND TIME AROUND’, his new solo album, he does exactly that over 11 extraordinary brand new tracks.
Ian has been best known for over 10 years in the UK as a radio broadcaster on talkSPORT and now Planet Rock, but back in March 2013 he released a critically acclaimed album called ‘Prove You Wrong’, which contained 15 songs he’d written during his formative years as a rock star-in-waiting. He thought that was that, and figured that by releasing his debut effort, he’d successfully scratched a musical itch that had bothered him for over 2 decades. But he hadn’t bargained for what came next. “I thought I had genuinely ‘proved them wrong’ by bringing out the album and that I’d achieved all that I wanted, but I quickly found myself writing some more new songs – it’s as though the song writing part of my brain had been lying dormant for so long, and it took the fantastically positive worldwide response to my debut LP to reawaken that desire to write, which I have to say was incredibly satisfying, if a little unexpected!”. The song that was to become the album’s title track, ‘Second Time Around’, was amongst the first of the new songs Danter penned, and once again he quickly enlisted the services of long-time friend and producer Alex Cooper to help record his efforts. “Initially, I figured I’d maybe write an E.P.’s worth of material to add to ‘Prove You Wrong’, but as I kept coming up with great ideas it was clear that I had a full 2nd album in me, and that ultimately became the goal. I didn’t just want to write the first album all over again – I really focused on progressing on from the standards I set myself on my debut”. Danter wrote all 11 tunes himself (save for the anthemic ‘It All Comes Back To Rock’ where his great friend Greg Hart came in as co-writer) and - as with his first album – he played all the drum, bass, rhythm guitar and keyboard parts himself as the songs came together at Cooper’s Arkham Studios in Birmingham, UK. But this time, he felt ready to do even more than before. “The confidence I’d derived from folks’ response to the 3 songs I’d sung on from the debut (SHY’s Lee Small had sung the other 12 tracks), as well as the guitar solos I’d done for half of the album, led me to believe in myself enough to essentially do the LOT this time – and I mean everything. Alex agreed with me wholeheartedly, and so what you hear is all me, no one else. That, for me, just adds to the focus and continuity of this album”. The spectacular results that can be heard on ‘SECOND TIME AROUND’ will no doubt surprise many, as happened with ‘Prove You Wrong’ 2 years before, but Ian craves a different reaction. “I want people’s jaws to drop listening to this album – thinking ‘that’s just ONE GUY doing all of that???’” “I want people to realise that the art of writing original Classic Rock tunes is alive and well”. “I want people to take these richly melodic songs and their thoughtfully crafted lyrics to their hearts”. “I want people to accept that in an era of studio trickery and deception, it’s still possible to make an honest, truthful album with proper instruments and genuine musical skill learned from years of practice and hard graft that shows the true development of an artist”. “I want real music to be heard”. “From the explosive opener right through the eleven tracks, it is clear that Danter has a Jeff Lynne-esque ear for melody coupled with solid rock sensibilities and a touch for a great riff…an album I really love. It's classic hard rock done really well…” (4/5 review on Metaltalk.net) SECOND TIME AROUND is available through www.iandanter.co.uk
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