Daan Dawg

CHANNEL ANNOUNCEMENT

Very soon I will undergo a Whipple operation, a major and extremely complex surgery used in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. In the past months I've been undergoing chemotherapy and radiation to hopefully reduce the tumor for a better result of the operation. It is a major operation with a long recovery process (8-10 weeks), and if everything goes well without complications, I will likely remain in the hospital for at least a week.

Because of that, I prepared a large upload buffer ahead of time so the channel keeps moving while I am away and in recovery. One of those songs is “Carry Me,” which will premiere at the exact moment my surgery begins.

I wrote “Carry Me” because this journey forced me to face something I have always struggled with: allowing other people to carry part of the weight for me. The song is not about cancer itself, nor about battle or defeat. It is about trust, vulnerability, and the people who remain beside you when your life is temporarily no longer in your own hands. It is meant for the people who will be waiting anxiously while I'm in the operating room.

For a while, the uploads will continue automatically, but there is one small sign that will tell you I am truly back in my studio again: the pinned comments will return. I can only add those manually after a song has already been published.

Thank you all for carrying part of this road beside me.

3 days ago | [YT] | 18

Daan Dawg

Hi Friends!

For those of you who followed my pancreatic cancer journey, I`m doing well and am entering a decisive phase, my Whipple surgery, to remove the tumor and a few more organs...

My surgery is scheduled on Wednesday, July 22nd. As promised, a special song will be published at the precise moment I enter the operating room. It is called Carry Me.

I created a coming home song too, I will upload that when I am released from the hospital. At this point, I don´t know when that day will come. The video and song will be in the same style as Carry Me.

In hospital, I will surely read your comments, but I will be quiet and only respond when I am back home. I hope you enjoy those 2 songs and keep me in your prayers.

I have created a buffer catalogue that will last us well into September, so I can focus on recovery while you enjoy my music.

If you place comments that are not published, you may have used words that I blocked. I normally review those hidden comments and publish them when they are OK. I do this to prevent some trolls placing hate comments, but some of those words are fine in a different context. I will look at those when I get back, so no need to repost your comments.

For now, only 1 song per week, as I wanted a long lasting buffer catalogue. Hope to be back in full force soon.


Daan Dawg

3 days ago | [YT] | 4

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NEW SONG RELEASED - ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

One of the strangest creatures in Egyptian mythology was never fully identified.

The Sha, better known as the Set Animal, was the symbol of Set: god of chaos, storms, deserts, and violence. Ancient depictions show an unnatural black creature with long square ears and a forked tail, but historians still debate what it was supposed to be.

Dog? Jackal? Hyena? Something else entirely?

This song imagines the Set Animal as an ancient hunter moving through desert storms, unleashed whenever kingdoms rot from betrayal and lies.

6 days ago | [YT] | 2

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NEW SONG RELEASE

Queen Tamar of Georgia, known as Tamar the Great, ruled the medieval Kingdom of Georgia during the rise of the Georgian Golden Age. After inheriting the throne, she faced rebellion from nobles who believed a woman could never rule alone, survived betrayal from her husband Yuri Bogolyubsky, and transformed Georgia into the dominant power of the Caucasus through military victories such as the Battle of Basian.

What made Tamar especially unique was her decision to rule with the title “King” rather than “Queen.” In medieval Georgia, the title symbolized supreme authority and military leadership, allowing Tamar to declare herself the true ruler of the kingdom in a world dominated by men.

This song follows Tamar’s rise from a doubted young ruler to one of the most legendary monarchs in Georgian history.

1 week ago | [YT] | 0

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NEW SONG ABOUT THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO!

Fourteen years in Château d’If did not just imprison Edmond Dantès. They erased him.

This song explores the moment where the broken young sailor disappears, and the Count of Monte Cristo begins to emerge: colder, wiser, and consumed by revenge.

Inspired by Alexandre Dumas’ legendary story, but focused on the psychological transformation inside the prison walls rather than the adventure itself. I wanted this one to feel intimate, bitter, and haunted, with a bluesy piano-driven atmosphere instead of epic orchestral drama.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

Daan Dawg

Hi Friends!

This week will be the last week, for now, with two song uploads. Starting next week, I will be uploading only on Fridays at 3 PM CET. These uploads are already scheduled and will go live automatically. I've worked hard to build a large buffer that should keep the channel running through at least September.

As some of you know, this year has been particularly challenging for me. In January, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Thankfully, it was caught early and had not spread, but it still marked the beginning of a long and exhausting treatment journey.

My treatment plan includes chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy before surgery, followed by a Whipple procedure, which is a major abdominal operation with a lengthy recovery period. After that, I will undergo additional chemotherapy and immunotherapy. If all goes according to plan, I should complete treatment in the spring of 2027.

So far, I have completed seven chemotherapy sessions and five radiation treatments. I have one final chemotherapy session left before my operation, which is scheduled for the end of July.

I've worked very hard to create enough content to keep the channel active during my recovery, but keeping up with two uploads per week is becoming increasingly difficult. For the foreseeable future, I will be switching to one upload per week.

I have also written two very special songs. One will go live on the day of my operation, and another will be released when I return home from the hospital. That could take one or two weeks, depending on how recovery goes. So you'll know exactly when I've stepped away from the studio for a while.

During that period, I will be mostly quiet. I certainly hope you won't be! Feel free to spam me with good vibes. I'll be reading everything and will respond when I'm back home and feeling stronger.

Thank you all for being here, and I hope you'll enjoy the music I've created for you during my absence.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 8

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NEW SONG RELEASE!

For this week's song we're going all the way back to medieval China.

Wu Zetian was never supposed to rule China.

After the death of the emperor, she was stripped of her status and sent away to a monastery, just another forgotten concubine erased from court life.

Years later, she returned and became the only official female emperor in Chinese history.

This song tells the story of the woman the empire fatally underestimated.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

Daan Dawg

NEW WELSH SONG!

TALIESIN is one of the most important figures in Welsh mythology, often remembered as a legendary bard and prophet tied to the ancient Celtic world behind the Arthurian legends.

But this song focuses on the darker beginning of the story.

Before Taliesin became the great seer of Wales, he was Gwion Bach, a young servant who accidentally tasted three drops of forbidden wisdom from Ceridwen’s magical cauldron. In that instant, he gained visions and knowledge no human was meant to possess… and realized he was now being hunted.

“Tri Diferyn” means “Three Drops” in Welsh.

This track leans into the fear, transformation, and psychological collapse behind the myth rather than the later heroic legend.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

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NEW SONG RELEASE! ELIZABETH I - THE VIRGIN QUEEN

She became one of the most powerful rulers in English history, but the crown came at a brutal cost.



This new song explores Elizabeth I not as the untouchable “Virgin Queen” of legend, but as the woman who sacrificed love, family, and even her own identity to keep England alive during one of its most dangerous eras.


Surrounded by betrayal, religious conflict, political pressure, and threats from foreign powers, Elizabeth chose to belong to England alone. The white makeup, the towering gowns, the carefully controlled image, it all became armor.


“I Gave My Youth” is written from the perspective of an aging Elizabeth looking back on what her sacrifice achieved, and what it destroyed in the process.

1 month ago | [YT] | 2

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NEW SONG RELEASE!

This week's song descends into the furnace-lit world of alchemy, obsession, and madness.

“The Philosopher’s Stone” tells the story of an alchemist willing to sacrifice everything for immortality: love, health, time, and eventually his own humanity. Inspired by the real historical obsession surrounding the legendary Stone and the Elixir of Life, this track blends dark post-grunge rock with gothic steampunk atmosphere.

What begins as ambition slowly becomes isolation, paranoia, and destruction inside a smoke-filled laboratory of fire, rust, steam, and broken dreams.

Sometimes the most dangerous thing is not death itself… but the fear of it.

1 month ago | [YT] | 0