“. . . Poetic, focused and moving”

Y. Dan

Rubinstein

Music for the
discerning listener &
curious mind

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Stay in touch and join along for the creative journey behind my music. In the next few weeks, I’ll share a song every week or so with you. You will get the audio, the lyrics and an inspiring, thought provoking piece about the song, and the world around us.

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Why make music? I mean what’s the point?

To give a voice and a tangible manifestation to a certain feeling, a memory, a path not taken; to catalyze change and build community. Is there a point to it? Is there a point to anything? If a song inspires someone to do something or to feel better and move on, then it has fulfilled its purpose.

Y. Dan Rubinstein

Singer-Songwriter

Meaningful Lyrics. Memorable Melodies. Inspiring Connection And Change.

SF Bay Area singer-­songwriter Y. Dan Rubinstein gives voice to the complexities of love and romance in the modern age and socially important issues.

Poetic, descriptive, and inspired by the meaningful lyrics of artists such as Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, and Bob Dylan, Rubinstein’s music fuses folk, jazz and rock. He has performed on televised competitions at West Coast Songwriters, and at Song School’s opening night at the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival.

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INTERVIEW | TALKING WITH FOLK-ROCK ARTIST Y. DAN RUBINSTEIN

San Francisco singer-songwriter Y. Dan Rubinstein will release his latest single, “Stolen Moments,” on August 30. “Stolen Moments,” a song about first loves, is the title track to Rubinstein’s forthcoming album, slated for release in 2020.

In his other life, Y. Dan Rubinstein is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, who rediscovered his love for music almost by accident, while attending his child’s violin lesson. His venture into songwriting began with an email, which morphed into a song. Since then, he hasn’t looked back, releasing a series of infectious folk-rock songs flavored with tints of jazz.

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