Dan Crane starred in the award-winning documentary Air Guitar Nation and his memoir, To Air is Human, was lauded by TimeOut New York as doing for the air-guitar world “what George Plimpton’s gonzo-journalism Paper Lion did for football.” He is also a journalist, and a musician and comedic actor.

Performing in the Silver Lake Chorus, an L.A.-based glee club, was a blast—until fame came knocking, high-powered managers got involved, and I got the boot.

Adventures of Power, a new movie about air drumming, causes a rift in the air instrument community. Air Guitarist Dan Crane tells air drummers to get a real job.