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'''Daniel Patrick Adair''' (born February 19, 1975) is a Canadian-born [[drummer]] best known as the current drummer for [[Canadian]] rock band [[Nickelback]] and his previous work with [[United States|American]] rock band [[3 Doors Down]]. He also works with the Canadian band Suspect and the instrumental fusion band [[Martone(band)|Martone]], among others. |
'''Daniel Patrick Adair''' (born February 19, 1975) is a Canadian-born [[drummer]] best known as the current drummer for [[Canadian]] rock band [[Nickelback]][[(←I've heard, "these guys suck" and I've heard these guys suck)]] and his previous work with [[United States|American]] rock band [[3 Doors Down]]. He also works with the Canadian band Suspect and the instrumental fusion band [[Martone(band)|Martone]], among others. |
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Daniel often uses the quote "The harder you work, the luckier you get.",<ref name=Daniel>Daniel's Biography, http://www.daniel-adair.com/public/biography/index.asp</ref> coined by [[Gary Player]],<ref>http://thinkexist.com/quotation/the_harder_you_work-the_luckier_you_get/206576.html</ref> to describe his career. |
Daniel often uses the quote "The harder you work, the luckier you get.",<ref name=Daniel>Daniel's Biography, http://www.daniel-adair.com/public/biography/index.asp</ref> coined by [[Gary Player]],<ref>http://thinkexist.com/quotation/the_harder_you_work-the_luckier_you_get/206576.html</ref> to describe his career. |
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Daniel Patrick Adair (born February 19, 1975) is a Canadian-born drummer best known as the current drummer for Canadian rock band Nickelback(←I've heard, "these guys suck" and I've heard these guys suck) and his previous work with American rock band 3 Doors Down. He also works with the Canadian band Suspect and the instrumental fusion band Martone, among others.
Daniel often uses the quote "The harder you work, the luckier you get.",[1] coined by Gary Player,[2] to describe his career.
Biography
Born and raised in Vancouver, Daniel Adair began playing drums at the age of 13. His father was also a drummer and had a set of 1967 Ludwigs in storage, which Daniel decided to set up one day. Later that day after watching some drummers in music videos and listening to Hemispheres by Rush, he heard music differently for the first time and decided that he had to learn how to drum like that. He soon became obsessed with drums, air drumming in his room all night and playing along to albums all day. He continued to self teach himself until the age of 22 influenced by Neil Peart, John Bonham, Tim 'Herb' Alexander, Lars Ulrich, and Vinnie Paul Abbott, among many others. Contrary to popular belief he was not self taught, included in the thank you's on the first album are the Hodgsons, who are Norm Hodgson from Brisbane, Australia who actually taught him to play the drums. Through his late teenage years he regrettably didn't play much but was soon hired by a music store in Vancouver. Not long after this he started to put his heart and soul into his renewed passion for drumming. Soon his musical taste began to change and was newly influenced by Jazz drummers such as Dennis Chambers, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl and Virgil Donati. He also began playing with many local original bands and cover bands, basically playing with anyone, anytime and anyplace. At this time he also began to play the bass guitar and learn new drumming styles and techniques from different teachers, most notably John Fisher, becoming very disciplined with his practice routine.
Daniel soon established himself in Vancouver as a reputable studio and live drummer after spending many years performing for local bands in the nastiest bars in East Vancouver to 5-Star Resorts in Whistler. During this time he also spent lots of late nights in studios, often with little or no sleep, acquiring the valuable asset of singing both lead and backup while drumming all while playing with 3-4 working bands, teaching 15 drum students a week and managing a music store full time.
During this busy time Daniel auditioned for a guitarist by the name of David Martone, a Berklee College of Music graduate, who was looking to start an instrumental fusion band. Soon this new band by the name 'Martone' began to record its first album in 1999. Daniel says that, "David was and still is the greatest guitarist I've ever worked with. Since then we've created lots of exciting, challenging instrumental fusion music together. David's music helped me push the limit with my playing, and he's been a large influence and inspiration to me. My playing had matured, and I quickly jumped into some great gigs in town." [1]
In the Summer of 2002, Daniel had the opportunity to audition for and secure the job as the touring and studio drummer for the multi-platinum, Mississippi based band 3 Doors Down. During his time with the band he recorded the studio album 'Seventeen Days' and live album 'Another 700 Miles', toured 14 countries and had multiple TV appearances.
In January 2005, Daniel left 3 Doors Down to join the Canadian band Nickelback. Seven months later they released the album 'All the Right Reasons' which has been his biggest success as it debuted at #1 on the Billboard and they continue to support a world tour after multiple successful singles. During his time with Nickelback, Daniel has also appeared on albums and performed with Theory of a Deadman, Bo Bice, Martone, Thornley, Faber Drive and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He is currently touring with Dave Martone. The follow up album to Nickelback's multi-platinum All the Right Reasons is called Dark Horse. The first single, Gotta Be Somebody, was released on September 29 in North America, while the album's release is currently set to November 18, 2008. The album is produced by famed producer, Mutt Lange.
On October 21, 2007, James Stephen Hart (former frontman of Eighteen Visions) announced that Adair was recording drum tracks for his new band, Burn Halo.[3]
In 2008, Adair wrote on his website that he had switched to Drum Workshop drums after five years with Pearl drums.
It was rumoured in December 2009, that Daniel Adair's wife Brittany had given birth to the couple's first baby, with a relative of Daniel confirming this to an insider on a social network site. However Daniel & his wife Brittany have not confirmed personally, and it is unknown what the gender of the baby is and names. (Confirmed by a family member Daniel and wife Brittany welcomed baby boy Caleb in December of 2009)
Discography
| Year | Group | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Martone | Shut Up 'N Listen | |
| 1999 | Martone | Zone | |
| 2002 | Martone | A Demon's Dream | |
| 2003 | Suspect | Suspect | |
| 2004 | 3 Doors Down | Another 700 Miles | Live Album - Away From the Sun tour |
| 2005 | 3 Doors Down | 3 Doors Down Live DVD | |
| 2005 | 3 Doors Down | Seventeen Days | |
| 2005 | Nickelback | All the Right Reasons | |
| 2005 | Theory of a Deadman | Gasoline | song: "Santa Monica" |
| 2006 | Bo Bice | The Real Thing | song: "You're Everything" |
| 2006 | Martone | When Aliens Come | |
| 2008 | Martone | Clean | |
| 2008 | Nickelback | Dark Horse | |
| 2009 | Burn Halo | Burn Halo | |
| 2009 | Thornley | Tiny Pictures |
References
- ^ a b Daniel's Biography, http://www.daniel-adair.com/public/biography/index.asp Cite error: The named reference "Daniel" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ http://thinkexist.com/quotation/the_harder_you_work-the_luckier_you_get/206576.html
- ^ Burn Halo's Myspace, http://myspace.com/burnhalo