{{short description|American songwriter and producer}} {{Use American English|date=January 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dan Muckala | birth_name = Daniel John Muckala | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} | birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | genre = Pop, rock, indie, R&B, soul, hip hop, CCM, film/TV soundtracks | occupation = {{hlist|Songwriter|producer}} | website = {{Facebook|dmuckala|Dan Muckala}} }}
'''Daniel John Muckala'''<ref name="ASCAP">{{Cite web |last=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |title=Light Up The Sky Work ID No. 881409494 ISWC No. T9052468594 |url=https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306032310/https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |archive-date=March 6, 2013 |access-date=October 16, 2015 |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers}} Work ID No. 881409494 ISWC No. T9052468594</ref> is an American songwriter and producer.<ref name="ascap1">{{Cite web |date=March 28, 2011 |title=Dan Muckala Named Songwriter of the Year at 33rd Annual ASCAP Christian Music Awards |url=http://www.ascap.com/playback/2011/03/Action/ChristianMusicAwards.aspx |access-date=April 5, 2012 |publisher=ASCAP}}</ref>
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, Muckala was a musical composition student at Belmont University in Tennessee.<ref name="allmusic">{{Cite web |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |title=Mukala - Biography |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p322430|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=December 20, 2009 |publisher=Allmusic (Macrovision Corporation)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 10, 1998 |title=Reviews & Previews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FQoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |volume=110 |issue=48 |page=23 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=December 20, 2009}}</ref>
==Awards (selected)== * ASCAP Songwriter of the year 2011 <ref name="ascap1" /> * Belmont's Curtain Call Award<ref>{{Cite web |title=A&E- And the award goes to...alum Dan Muckala |url=http://www.belmontvision.com/articles/06_articles/060913_a%26e_dmuckala.html |access-date=April 5, 2012 |publisher=Belmont Vision |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308224923/http://www.belmontvision.com/articles/06_articles/060913_a%26e_dmuckala.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Discography (selected)== Below is a selected discography for Dan Muckala.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan Muckala |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dan-muckala-p258416/credits/ |access-date=April 5, 2012 |publisher=AllMusic}}</ref>
* Britt Nicole - ''Gold'' * Charice - ''One Day'' * The Afters - ''Light Up the Sky'' * Tiësto - ''Sweet Misery'' * Backstreet Boys - ''Never Gone'' * Backstreet Boys - ''Unbreakable'' * Backstreet Boys - ''In a World Like This'' * Nick Carter - ''I'm Taking Off'' * Brandon Heath - ''Leaving Eden'' * Brandon Heath - ''What If We'' * Nick Lachey - ''What's Left of Me'' * Leona Lewis - ''Echo'' * MercyMe - ''The Generous Mr. Lovewell'' * Mandy Moore - ''I Wanna Be with You'' * LeAnn Rimes - ''I Need You'' * Chris Tomlin - ''And If Our God Is for Us...'' * Matt Maher - ''The Love in Between'' * Garth Brooks - ''Man Against Machine'' * Echosmith - Inside a Dream
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p258416|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic.com Page] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110903160704/http://www.albumcredits.com/Profile/258416#/Profile/Albums/227834/ AlbumCredits.com Discography]
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