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Dan Mackenzie is an American songwriter-producer.
Dan Mackenzie was the composer for the Discovery Channel/Original Production’s Monster House (U.S. TV series), nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music in 2004. That same year he was the winner of The ASCAP Foundation Sammy Cahn Lyricist Award.
In 2007 Mackenzie wrote and produced a Christmas single for Joss Stone entitled “All I Want For Christmas” (Virgin Records/EMI). In 2008 he co-wrote and co-produced the song “Girlfriend on Demand” with Stone for her album Colour Me Free! (Virgin Records/EMI), released October 2009. Another song co-written by Joss Stone and Dan Mackenzie, "I Get High," was released on the Japanese edition only of the album.
Mackenzie's kindie-pop album "Dan Dan Doodlebug" won the Just Plain Folks Music Organization 2009 Award for "Best Children's Album." In 2010, Mackenzie received The ASCAP Foundation Joe Raposo Children's Music Award, which supports emerging talent in the area of children's music.
Also in 2010, Mackenzie collaborated with Martin Sexton to write songs for Sexton's 9th album, "Sugarcoating" (Kitchen Table Records).