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In 1993, while attending Rutgers University as a senior, Daniel Smith experienced a spiritual reawakening: " This was the year I stopped running away from home, picked up my acoustic guitar again and changed from being Dan back to Daniel.

I woke up to the fact that I have an amazing family, an amazing childhood and I began to relate everything I was thinking and doing with this in mind ...

I began reading the Bible and praying again and songs and art started flowing.

I would meet with my dad and talk philosophy and theology and I became a child again.

" Smith has cited the major influence his musician father had on him growing up and the importance of lyrical content.

Smith began recording songs that would later comprise the album A Prayer for Every Hour: " some from my solo 4-track, some with my friends Jason Faunce and Missy Forsyth backing and some with my brothers and sisters backing.

Danielson became the name of the songs that I write.

I had become " Daniel " and realized that I am a son.

" He submitted the album as his final thesis ( and received an ' A ' grade ) and performed, joined by his siblings, at the senior art show.

Smith then sent the album out to several indie labels but only received a response from Tooth & Nail in California, who picked up the album and released it in 1994.