Dan Seiden has thirty years of music that he'll admit to. He worked with Keyboardist Michael Holt in the early eighties in The Connotations. He played CBGB's regularly and the band went on to record for the CBGB's Off the Board record label. Michael later played with the band MommyHeads. Oren Bloedow, presently of Elysian Fields, and a prolific session player, was an early collaborator and influence. Dan played with Sam Bardfield who can be heard on Bruce Springsteen's Seeger Sessions recording.
At Brown University in 1986, Dan formed the Round Band with drummer Jon Feinberg and bassist Joe Quigley. The Round Band opened for The Neville Brothers and Hot Tuna but was more hard edged and experimental, like King Crimson or XTC. Joe went to Japan in 1989 and Dan and Jon produced what came to be known as The Woodcut Tape, which was more of a songwriter record and an acoustic oriented production.
After College, Seiden worked with songwriter and bassist Dan Mackenzie and drummer, cartoonist, film maker Anthony Avildsen in the band Onion in Los Angeles. They produced the collection 3 Doing 4. Future Stone Temple Pilots, then The Swing, stole the idea for their hit Creep from Seiden's composition of the same title on that tape.
Back to NYC in 1990 to reunite with The Round Band, playing clubs such as The Wetlands, and the Lonestar Roadhouse. The trio released two complete albums of songs. Dan collaborated with artists including Lisa Loeb and Jewel. Jon and Joe went on to fame with They Might Be Giants and as Lisa Loebs rhythm section in the band Nine Stories. Mrs. Loeb has recorded Dan's compositions Drunk and I Won't Remember and Sylvie and featured them in live performance and on network TV.
In 1996 Seiden moved to New Paltz and self produced “Dan Seiden Solo” which is a series of eight track compositions for voice guitar and bass. Around this time He also collaborated with songwriter Ivan Rubenstein- Gillis in “Joe Clay” and later in "Ivan's Dream Band".
In the summer of 2000 Seiden made his only CD, “Orville”. He produced it with Jeff Oehler on the Hive Music record label.
Dan had moved to Burlington, Vermont by this time to do graduate work at the University of Vermont. He studied various concert band instruments and conducting. It was around this time that he started making instrumental pieces for large ensembles.
Dan moved to Southern Vermont in 2001 and started making videos and airing a TV show on local cable