Daniel 'Homeless' Mustard
Daniel Mustard
Starting your musical career as an alcoholic, homeless street musician Isn’t always the done thing, but it worked for Daniel Mustard.
An alcohol dependency destroyed Daniel’s life and left him destitute and alone. For years he earned his money singing and playing guitar on the streets of New York, but over the years he managed to get himself clean and is now selling his music world wide.
Daniels rise to fame started when he walked in to The Opie & Anthony studio, a New York radio station, on a Christmas event. He mentioned in passing that he played music and wowed the staff with one of his own songs.
He was asked to perform a cover on the Opie & Anthony Show, and this is what he did...
With over 3,000,000 Youtube hits, Daniel was becoming a celebrity but still slept on the street. It wasn’t until three years later that Daniel received a record deal from Story Records. His first E.P was recorded in the cheapest manner possible to make the most profit for ‘Homless’ Mustard, but it is still really well produced. Lets take a look at some of Mustard's original tracks.
Impulse to my Addiction
Impulse to my addiction is the single from ‘Homeless’ Mustard’s E.P. and is about his years of substance abuse lead to him to lose his house. The sound might be a little rough and it might sound a little cheesy and American, but it shows he has hell of a lot more talent than most of the artists being played today.
Apparently the story behind the single is that he used to blame his alcohol/drug problems on one of his friends, labeling him the impulse to his addictions.
The really great thing about this track is that when some singers write about problems its purely invented, but when 'homeless' Mustard talks about pain he really is talking about pain. Its that pain that gives this song its passion.
Evacuating to Mars.
This is a more upbeat tune, and shows off Mustard’s vocal range really well, but once again comes off a little corny. The song has a nice hook that helps to make it memorable and catchy, and over all isn’t a bad track.
One Day at a Time.
One Day at a Time is about Mustard’s time living on the street. The intro makes great use of bluesy guitar and the lyrics ‘I don’t own this guitar, don’t even own these clothes.’ The song manages to be sad without being bitter and hold a hopeful vibe it.
Daniel is an amazing artist to take years of heartbreak and loneliness and craft something beautiful out of it, and although his tracks sometimes can be a little cheesy for my English sensibilities he is still a really amazing artist. as always you can pick up any of his tracks from the link below, and you probably should, he needs the cash.
by Charlie Craven
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