Daan Dawg

NEW IRISH SONG!

I went back to Irish for this one.

Not to tell a specific story, but to capture a feeling. The idea that nothing is ever truly gone. That the land, the wind, carries everything that came before us.

This song doesn’t follow one voice. It starts with someone listening… and slowly becomes something else.

Irish felt right here. Not as a translation, but as part of the atmosphere itself. A language that has endured, even when so much around it was lost.

This one is quieter, more reflective than some of my recent songs. But it stayed with me while writing it, and I hope it stays with you too.

1 hour ago | [YT] | 0

Daan Dawg

NEW SONG RELEASE

May 4th is Remembrance Day in The Netherlands, my home country. And this song is one close to my heart, the story of my grandfather, who was a young soldier when the Germans invaded The Netherlands in 1940.

They were completely overrun and he got wounded, was taken prisoner, and sent to a prisoner of war camp in Germany. After six weeks, he came back weighing barely 45 kg.

But he came back holding his head high. They had never broken his spirit.

The only thing he ever said about it was that the German soldiers came at them “like a machine and were unstoppable.”

That stayed with me.

This song is my way of giving a voice to my grandfather, who chose to remain silent and stood his ground.

#4mei #dodenherdenking #Grebbeberg

1 week ago | [YT] | 0

Daan Dawg

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Fighting the new YouTube algorithm to bring you music you will actually hear ! 🎸📜

To my global community: I have an important update. I’ve realized that the current 'algorithm race' on YouTube is punishing high-frequency creators. By posting 3 songs a week, many of my videos are being buried in the Home Feed, preventing many of you from ever seeing them.

I want this channel to be about the experience of my music, not just filling a quota. To fix this, I’m switching to a more deliberate schedule: Friday at 3 PM (CET) will be our new release window.


Fewer uploads means more impact for every song.

I am kicking off this new schedule this Friday, May 1st, with a very special release: a tribute to my grandfather. With Dutch Remembrance Day approaching (May 4th - Dodenherdenking), this is a deeply personal story that I’ve been waiting to share with you all. I wrote it in my native language, Dutch, as this is the POV of my Dutch grandfather during the invasion of the Netherlands in 1940. It is his story as a prisoner of war during the early days of the conflict. I hope you give it a chance; of course, it is subtitled in English.

Let's see if we can beat the new algorithm together. Thanks for riding with me!

1 week ago | [YT] | 9

Daan Dawg

NEW SONG RELEASE

A small detour from my usual storytelling.

No historical figure this time, no myth to follow. Just a more intimate piece, carried entirely in my own native language, Dutch.

It’s quieter, more stripped back, but it holds something I wanted to capture as honestly as possible.

1 week ago | [YT] | 0

Daan Dawg

This week’s song is about Anne Frank, but not the story most people expect.

I didn’t want to retell the diary.
I wanted to focus on the end, and on something much more fragile: identity.

In her last entry, Anne wrote about the two sides of herself, the version the world saw, and the one she kept hidden.

In Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, there was no audience left, except one person: her sister, Margot Frank.

When Margot died, Anne didn’t just lose her sister.
She lost the last person who truly knew who she was.

That’s the moment this song is built around.

1 week ago | [YT] | 0

Daan Dawg

This weeks songs is about Sedna, the Inuit Mother of the Sea.

What stood out to me in her story is that she isn’t just a tragic figure. She becomes the one everything depends on. The animals hunters rely on are said to come from her fingers, and if she withholds them, people starve.

Even shamans feared her, which says a lot about how powerful she was believed to be.

That detail shaped the angle for this song. Not her fall, but what she becomes after.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

Daan Dawg

NEW SONG RELEASE!

This week I went with King Arthur, but not the version you usually see.

Not Camelot at its height. Not the heroic king surrounded by knights.

This is the moment after Camlann.

Everything is gone. The kingdom, the ideals, the people he trusted.

What’s left is just a man who has to sit with what it all cost.

I leaned into a blues rock style for this one, because it felt like the right way to carry that weight. Less legend, more reflection.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

Daan Dawg

Hi friends,

Here is a personal update. My pancreatic cancer treatments are going well. My doctors are happy with the progress, and my tumor has shrunk and still hasn’t spread, which makes me eligible for surgery in July/August.

I’m currently on a break from chemo and starting radiation therapy this week.

It’s been a tough 4 months, and I had no music in me for a while. Lately, though, I’ve been feeling creative again, and it feels so good to find those stories in my head again and pour them into music.

You may notice a slightly different approach to my storytelling, as this journey is giving me a new outlook on life. I can relate much more to some of the characters, and I’m also drawn to a different style for my visuals.

You may also notice that I’ll be experimenting more with themes, music styles, and vocals. And yes, I’ll be uploading more often again.

I hope you enjoy the new songs. I have uploaded Lucifer and have three more in the pipeline for Wednesday, Friday and Monday. You can expect King Arthur, Sedna (Inuit goddess), and Anne Frank next. I’m also working on a Dutch blues track. I’d like to do more in my native language, as well as other languages.

Can you tell my creativity has found its way back? I missed that so much. Chemo really messes with your brain…!

As always, feel free to suggest themes. If something inspires me, I’ll definitely try to turn it into a song.

DaanDawg

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 12

Daan Dawg

NEW SONG RELEASE!

This week’s song is about Lucifer.

Not the horned ruler of hell people tend to picture, but the figure before the fall, and the moment everything shifts.

In the sources, Lucifer is associated with pride and rebellion, but also with status, proximity to the divine, and a place that is suddenly taken away.

That contrast is what this song focuses on. The fall itself, and what remains when everything that defined him is gone.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

Daan Dawg

NEW SONG RELEASE!

Áine is often remembered as a goddess of summer and fertility, but in early Irish tradition she is also closely tied to sovereignty and the right to rule.

In her story, the king Ailill Aulom attempts to take what is not his. Áine answers by biting off his ear, a detail that carries real weight in that world. A king had to be physically whole, and by marking him, she strips him of his legitimacy.

This song explores that side of the myth. Not the gentle, life-giving aspect, but the moment where that power is crossed and answered.

Like many figures in Irish tradition, Áine is both giver and enforcer. The land sustains, but it also rejects.

I wrote this one in English rather than Irish. The past weeks have been taken up by my medical treatments, and I wanted to bring the song out now instead of waiting until I had the energy to do a full Irish version. Thanks for your patience!

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 1