{"id":5280,"date":"2014-02-04T18:32:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T18:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marmoset-journal.flywheelsites.com\/2014-2-featured-artist-dan-koch\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T19:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T02:23:29","slug":"featured-artist-dan-koch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/featured-artist-dan-koch\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Artist \/\/ Dan Koch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n                style=\"padding-bottom:72.63999938964844%;\"\n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n  data-animation-override\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DanKoch.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Koch.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DanKoch.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DanKoch.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1816\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Dan Koch.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"52f17d75e4b0706b2aa21783\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Composer, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/marmosetmusic.com\/artists\/dan-koch\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Koch<\/a> gets right to the point with his music. &nbsp;Coming out in short bursts of 30 second songs, his music captivates and paints vivid moods in his expansive sonic canvas. Koch&#8217;s compositions cannot be boiled down to one genre as he playfully hops from one to the other without missing a beat. &nbsp;Check out these three examples how he tells a story in a very short time.<\/p>\n<div\n  class=\"sqs-audio-embed\"\n  data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bloom28Instrumental29byDanKoch.mp3\/original\/Bloom+%28Instrumental%29+by+Dan+Koch.mp3\"\n  data-mime-type=\"\"\n  data-title=\"Bloom (Instrumental)\"\n  data-author=\"Dan Koch\"\n  data-show-download=\"false\"\n  data-design-style=\"minimal\"\n  data-duration-in-ms=\"\"\n  data-color-theme=\"light\"\n>\n<\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ll first start with the<strong> classic<\/strong> and <strong>youthful<\/strong> &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/singles\/1472\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bloom<\/a>&#8220;. &nbsp;Keeping and <strong>light<\/strong> and <strong>confident<\/strong> presence, this short piece moves right along with strong <strong>upbeat<\/strong> vibes. &nbsp;This inspiring jam is reminiscent of those long struts in bell bottoms you may have never had.<\/p>\n<div\n  class=\"sqs-audio-embed\"\n  data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Buzzing28Instrumental29byDanKoch.mp3\/original\/Buzzing+%28Instrumental%29+by+Dan+Koch.mp3\"\n  data-mime-type=\"\"\n  data-title=\"Buzzing (Instrumental)\"\n  data-author=\"Dan Koch\"\n  data-show-download=\"false\"\n  data-design-style=\"minimal\"\n  data-duration-in-ms=\"\"\n  data-color-theme=\"light\"\n>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/singles\/1474\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buzzing<\/a>&#8221; bounces along in a <strong>hopeful<\/strong> manner, leaping around with <strong>bright<\/strong> guitar and Afro-beat percussion. In 31 seconds, this ascending piece lifts any mood up to an <strong>empowered<\/strong> level. &nbsp;Koch&#8217;s arsenal of pop sensibilities really shines through with this piece in how it hooks you in and keeps you coming back.<\/p>\n<div\n  class=\"sqs-audio-embed\"\n  data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Epic28Instrumental29byDanKoch.mp3\/original\/Epic+%28Instrumental%29+by+Dan+Koch.mp3\"\n  data-mime-type=\"\"\n  data-title=\"Epic (Instrumental)\"\n  data-author=\"Dan Koch\"\n  data-show-download=\"false\"\n  data-design-style=\"minimal\"\n  data-duration-in-ms=\"\"\n  data-color-theme=\"light\"\n>\n<\/div>\n<p>Koch&#8217;s &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/singles\/1484\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Epic<\/a>&#8221; brings a more&nbsp;<strong>mysterious<\/strong> tone to the table in one of his longer pieces (a whopping 2:39). &nbsp;Opening with <strong>angelic synthesizer<\/strong>, this perfectly named song continues to ascend with shimmering <strong>electric guitar<\/strong> and bursts into a <strong>revelatory<\/strong> crescendo with marching drums (ala <strong>Explosions in the Sky<\/strong>) rolling in at 2:13. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Composer, Dan Koch gets right to the point with his music. &nbsp;Coming out in short&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1417,1036,1909,1273,860,1216,234,1910,218,549,33,10,1907,326,325,1908,342,1253,537],"class_list":["post-5280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-empowered","tag-epic","tag-explosions-in-the-sky","tag-featured-artist","tag-guitar","tag-hopeful","tag-instrumental","tag-koch","tag-licensing","tag-light","tag-marmoset","tag-marmoset-music","tag-mysterious","tag-oregon","tag-portland","tag-revelatory","tag-synthesizer","tag-upbeat","tag-youthful","has-excerpt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5280"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10264,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5280\/revisions\/10264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}