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Online Berkleemusic Faculty

Dan Bowden

Online Berkleemusic Faculty
Berklee Alum
Berklee Faculty
Dan Bowden: Berklee Faculty and BerkleeMusic Instructor 
Member since 2004

About Me

Hello, everyone! I play Teles, Les Pauls, Strats and Nationals through Fender and Carr amplifiers. My influences include: Eric Clapton, The Campbell Brothers, Tampa Red, Jeff Beck, Scrapper Blackwell, Peter Green, Robert Johnson, North Mississippi Allstars, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, James Marshall Hendrix, The Faces, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Derek Trucks Band, Mark Knopfler, The Black Crowes, Bukka White, Duane Allman, Muddy Waters, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Lonnie Johnson, Los Lobos, Elmore James, Buddy Miller, Son House, Gurf Morlix, Doug Pettibone, Lucinda Williams, Jimmy Page, Les Paul, Taj Mahal, Slim Harpo, John Hiatt, The Subdudes, James Wilsey, Earl Hooker, The Word and R.L. Burnside, just off the top of my head and in no particular order. I love to play, teach, transcribe, write and record music and feel fortunate to be able to do it for a living. Best to all!

From Berkleemusic.com:
“Dan Bowden is an unusually versatile guitarist and teacher, specializing in a wide range of styles including rock, jazz, blues and R’n’B. With over a dozen instructional books for the guitar to his credit, Dan has reached guitar students worldwide. His best-selling titles include: Wes Montgomery: The Early Years, Mel Bays Complete Accompaniment Method For Guitar, and Electric Blues Guitar Workout. Along with doing freelance performing in the Boston area, Dan plays and records blues, roots and originals. He has taught guitar at Berklee since 1989, and is himself a Berklee graduate

Experience & Education

Current

  • Faculty for BerkleeMusic
    2004 to Present (over 8 years)

    Development and instruction of "Getting Your Guitar Sound". Also teach sections of "Scales 101" with Larry Baione.

  • Faculty for Berklee College of Music
    1989 to Present (over 23 years)

Past

  • Transcriber/Author for Mel Bay Publications
    1993 to 2003 (over 10 years)

    Developed a total of 16 instructional titles and transcription books for worldwide distribution.

Education

  • Bachelor Of Music in Professional Music at Berklee College Of Music
    1977 to 1980 (3 years)
  • Initial study in Music at Charles Stewart Mott Communtiy
    1976 to 1977 (1 years)