Dan Briggs (musician)

Daniel Hanford Briggs (born September 27, 1984) is a musician from Erie, Pennsylvania, best known for playing bass and keyboards for the American progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me.^[1]

Dan Briggs
Dan Briggs with BTBAM in 2015
Background information
Born	September 27, 1984 (1984-09-27) (age 40)
Genres	Progressive metal, progressive rock, jazz fusion, metalcore, death metal, technical death metal, deathcore, thrash metal, experimental rock
Instrument(s)	Bass, guitar, keyboards
Member of	Between the Buried and Me Orbs Trioscapes Nova Collective

In addition to his bass duties with Between the Buried and Me, he also plays bass for jazz fusion band Trioscapes and progressive rock band Nova Collective as well as both guitar and bass in the band Orbs. He is a vegan^[2][3] and straight edge.^[4]

Dan uses Spector NS-5XL bass guitars with D'Addario EXL160-5 nickel wound strings, a Fender-reissued Sunn 300T amp and an Ampeg SVT-810E.^[5] Dan states that he chose a Spector over other bass guitars because he got it at the age of 16 and it was the "nicest bass in my price range." The Spector Bass guitar has stock EMGs and is tuned in C# Standard. Regarding guitar playing, Briggs has stated, "I never use the pick as I learned with my fingers."^{[citation needed]}

Honors and awards

• Nominated for a GRAMMY Award, Best Metal Performance Condemned To The Gallows^[6]