Daniel Hagen

Daniel Hagen is an Australian musician. In the early 2000s, he was a singer-songwriter with the Australian group, The Hollow. His extended play, Ready or Not was released in 2016, and his album God My Deliverer was released in November 2018. He is the lead singer of the Awakening Band, leading worship at Awakening Europe and Awakening Australia events. He is the associate director of Awakening Australia. As at 2017, Daniel Hagen resided in Victoria, Australia. Early life and career Daniel Hagen was born in Berwick, on the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia, to Tony and Irene Hagen. As a child, he learned to play the piano. He became a singer-songwriter with the Australian group, The Hollow in the early 2000s, recording with the Australian label Secret Sounds. During this time, he began performing with guitarist Glen Travica, with whom Hagen would later collaborate on albums launched by the Resound Sounds label. After Hagen became a born-again Christian, his songs began to take on themes reflecting his faith. Although at the time, The Hollow had been signed up to a six-figure recording deal, he was told by one of the recording label's managers that, "[T]his industry is full of drug dealers and pimps," and, "...you need to stop talking about Jesus and stop singing about Jesus if you want any more money invested into the band." Later career After this, Hagen left The Hollow, and began songwriting and performing worship music in churches and Christian events in Australia and other countries.