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About Me

Musician, first and foremost.
As a person, I'm generally pretty friendly and patient with a dry sense of humor.
I'm more of a listener than a talker, not really a "loner" but prefer to work alone and have a one or two solid friends rather than a crowd.
It doesn't take a lot to entertain me and I have a long attention span.
I'm not the type to hold grudges, and have no interest in changing opinions on any given topic (religion, politics, etc.)
I tend to see the pros and cons, the light and dark of everything.
I'm not a big fan of A.D.D.-types, psychos, hyper-sensitivity, drama, violence, lying or back-biting.
Who cares--back to the 'musician' part.
Musician (guitarist/singer/bassist/writer/composer).
Experience: Guitars/vocals for dark,progressive metal band WithinAnotheR.
Session vocals, Toby Knapp (ex-Onward). This was a long-distance collaboration that we did through the mail. The album, due to be released this Spring, is called "Misanthropy Divine". http://www.myspace.com/knapptoby.
Guest guitar for Transient, a project out of Jersey featuring Ed Faust (drums, Shadow Image).
Lead vocals for Into Eternity. I only filled in for a few months in 2004, enough to play ProgPowerV, ProgPower Europe and a Euro tour with Kataklysm, Graveworm and Mystic Circle, with our last stop being Iceland. I consider myself more of a fill-in than a member, but it was quite the learning experience that I'm thankful for.
Contributed a little guitar work for Mick Cervino (bassist for Yngwie Malmsteen), who released his solo album under the name "Violent Storm" on Japanese major label King Records. Yngwie Malmsteen and KK Downing also appear on the CD. Since then KK Downing produced the album and it is now selling in Europe and the U.S. My contribution was pretty small, but it was cool to be involved and again, it proved to be a learning experience.
Contributed lead guitar parts for Crash Records recording artists Pure Sweet Hell featuring Van Williams of Nevermore.
My music:
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/WITHINANOTHERGUITARIST

WWW.WITHINANOTHERBAND.COM

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / All a swirl

My Interests

GUITARIST

LEAD SINGER

Music, guitar, singing, songwriting/composition/arrangement, kayaking, outdoor sports, art, photography, space exploration & astronomy, history, animals, reading anything I can get my hands on, the future, the past, life, death and the beyond.

I'd like to meet:

Musicians, bands, and anyone cool, doesn't have to be music-related.

.. width="425" height="350" .. ME W/INTO ETERNITY IN SWITZERLAND, 2004 PERFORMING "BEGINNING OF THE END" (AUDIO IS OUT OF SYNC WITH VIDEO).

.. width="425" height="350" ..STILLS OF ME SINGING AT PROGPWER V.

Music:

The Police, Dio-era Sabbath aka Heaven And Hell, Fates Warning, Nevermore, Evergrey, Mercenary, Opeth, Pain Of Salvation, To-Mera, Green Carnation, Redemption, Athiest, Death, Cynic, Soilwork, Textures, Porcupine Tree, Vanden Plas, Disillusion (1st album), Communic, Devin Townsend, Anathema, Solitude Aeturnus, Aghora, Annihilator, Confessor, Pagans Mind, Circus Maximus, Zero Hour, Ark, Enertia, Division, Prototype, Cea Serin, Orphaned Land, Jag Panzer, Dark Tranquility, Riot, Katatonia, Las Cruces, November's Doom, Lacuna Coil, Echoes Of Eternity, The Gathering, Forbidden, Testament, Forced Entry, Killswitch Engage, Protest The Hero, Twisted Into Form, Ohm, Damn The Machine, old Savatage, Armored Saint, Michael Elsner, Kristen Cappolino, Suffocation, Necrophagist, Symphony X, Meyvn, George Winston, Shawn Lane, etc.--I could go on and on. Also into some jazz and classical.

Movies:

"Uh, yeeeeeaaaaaaah....."

Anything different and mind-provoking. Not really into mainstream movies other than the occasional big-budget sci-fi/fantasy movie (War Of The Worlds, Lord Of The Rings trilogy, that kind of thing). "Children Of Men," "The Machinist," "The Fountain," are some of the movies that pop into my head at the moment. Some movies I never get sick of are "The Cable Guy," "This Is Spinal Tap," "Office Space," "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," and a few others.

Television:

I don't watch much TV, but there are a few things I'll check out: The new Battlestar Galactica rules! Dr. Who, Sarah Silverman Program, HBO: Flight Of The Chonchords, Big Love, Curb Your Enthusiasm, etc.), Stargate Atlantis, National Geographic, History Channel, Discovery, BBC, CNN, DETHCLOCK METALOCALYPSE, Venture Brothers, Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law, Aqua Teen Hunger Force...yeah, I'm a dork sometimes.

Books:

Anything really as long as it's not romance, bad horror or fact based on assumptions.

My Blog

Shutting down this page soon

I’ll probably close down this page up the road since I’m using my music page as my main site. So if any of you still want to keep in touch, drop me friend requests at www.myspace.com/dsrec...
Posted by Dean on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:51:00 PST

WRITING UNDERWAY FOR SOLO PROJECT

I’m finally going ahead and doing a solo project. I’ve been spending a lot of time with my guitars lately, and the ideas are happening like they did back when I used to write all the time....
Posted by Dean on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:21:00 PST

"Misanthropy Divine" album & pre-order info

Ex-Onward guitarist Toby Knapp has completed all instrumentation and recording for his next album, "Misanthropy Divine". I'm wrapping up vocals for one more song titled "Flies" this Sunday (Feb.24).Th...
Posted by Dean on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:03:00 PST

Recording next week

I'm readying up for a studio session Jan. 20th where I'll be finishing up vocals for Toby Knapp (ex-Onward). I'm going to go for three songs in one session, some of which I'm still writing lyrics for....
Posted by Dean on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:42:00 PST

MERRY CHRISTMAS

To all of you I know personally and the ones I don't but drop by to say hi anyway, have a great Christmas!DeaN
Posted by Dean on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:55:00 PST