About

Daniel Lucca Pujol is an artist. (He/They) answers to Puj. Contact: danielluccapujol@gmail.com

Puj works out of Nashville, TN. In 2006, he started the band Meemaw. In 2009, he started Pujol.

Pujol is his music + spoken word project. His catalog includes numerous singles, EPs, and LPs on labels such as Third Man Records, Infinity Cat Recordings, Saddle Creek Records, and self-releases.

Puj writes. He has been published by The Nashville Cream, Third Man Books, Sobotka Literary Magazine, Impose Magazine, The Walrus, The Contributor, SALT Weekly, etc.

In 2018, Puj cofounded a Nashville-based zine titled SALT Weekly with Packing Plant Gallery and Elephant Gallery. SALT issues are bimonthly.

In 2021, Puj cofounded Faces In The Corner, a horror anthology podcast. FITC seasons are annual.

In 2021, Puj cofounded the Pujol/Hand collaborative comic series titled THAW. THAWPostcards are monthly.

Puj is finishing new Pujol music and Pujol spoken word LPs.

Drew Vandenberg is his producer.

Education

2012:

Master of Liberal Studies in Global Affairs
University of Denver, Denver, CO

2008:

Bachelor of Science degree, Liberal Studies
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

-- Magna Cum Laude
-- Phi Theta Kappa
-- National Society of Collegiate Scholars
-- Golden Key International Honor Society

Awards

2013:

Best Local Rock Songs Ever, Part 1, The Nashville Scene
-- MEEMAW: Blue in The Black Light (2008)

Best Local Rock Songs Ever, Part 15, The Nashville Scene
-- Pujol: DIY2K (2012)

2014:

Best Rock Album Of 2014, The Nashville Scene
-- Pujol: Kludge (2014)

Experience

Freelance Copywriting + Copy Editing Team, Bright Black Studio + Private Athletics Apparel Client
-- 2022 - present

Cofounder, THAW (mailart comic series)
-- 2021 - present

Freelance Consultation For Private Client (packaging, project management)
-- 2021 - present

Cofounder, Faces In The Corner (podcast)
-- 2020 - present

Freelance Sound Design, (radioplay, podcast OST)
-- 2020 - present

Host, Pujol Basement Poetry Hour At Southern Festival Of Books Livestream
-- 2020

Songwriting Teacher At Humanities TN Young Writers’ Workshop
-- 2019

Commission Visual + Poetry Art (digital, print)
-- 2019 - present

Cofounder, Salt Weekly (bimonthly magazine)
-- 2018 - present

Serial Fiction Author, The Contributor
-- 2017 - 2018

Seasonal Shipping + Assembly Staff, Third Man Records
-- 2012 - 2018

Prose Poetry Author, Nashville Cream
-- 2011 - 2012

Owner/Operator, Pujol (music, spoken word, writing, and live/virtual performance)
-- 2009 - present

Cofounder, MEEMAW
-- 2006 - 2008

Venue + Event Staff, Rocketown
-- 2005 - 2014

“You can’t save the world, but you can heal it – if your kisses blow one at a time.”

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