Tiburon real-estate broker turned rocker releases his third album

Tiburon resident Dan Mihalovich holds his custom Gibson Les Paul Aug. 4 at The Boardwalk shopping center, wearing a shirt bearing the cover art from his third album, ‘Blueberry Blonde.’ He released the album in July under the name Dan Moss and will play a release party Oct. 23 at Peri’s Tavern in Fairfax. (Tyler Callister / The Ark)

Dan Mihalovich spent his formative teen years at The Fillmore in San Francisco, drawing inspiration from the rock legends who took the stage and immersing himself in the venue’s counterculture vibe.

“I think I’m always looking for that kind of electrifying connection, if you can find it, with bands or music,” Mihal­ovich says.

Inspired by acts like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles, Mihalovich picked up a guitar at age 12 and dreamed of a life in rock ’n’ roll.

While he established his career in commercial real estate, music remained a lifelong hobby — until about six years ago, when Mihalovich decided he wanted to turn his passion into a second career. Music, he says, uses a different part of his brain.

“I think a lot of what we do in our daily lives suppresses that kind of brain activity,” he says. “After working in the commercial real estate for so long, I got to a point where I just didn’t love doing it anymore. And I thought that, all of that brain activity is really interfering with what I really want to do.”

He’s since released three albums under his stage name, Dan Moss. The most recent, “Blueberry Blonde,” was released in July on Spotify and Apple Music and on vinyl.

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