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I'm influenced by several generes: pop rock, roots/americana, art rock, jazz fusion, ambient, fingerstyle guitar... Denison Witmer, Ani DiFranco, Barenaked Ladies, Jay Farrar, Radiohead, Daniel Lanois, Paul McCartney, Neil Finn, 70's F.M. rock, Kate Bush, John Mayer, Metric, The Police, Sting, Pat Metheny, Bill Bruford projects, Yes, Rush, even Abba and Madonna sometimes, also Tangerine Dream, Sigur Ros, Philip Glass, Sufjan Stevens, Don Ross, U2, Uzeb, Bryan Ferry, David Sylvian, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Helen (Eddie's sister), ..so on...
Favorite producers include Stephen Lipson, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanoise, Steve Lilywhite, George Martin, Matt Wallace, Trevor Horn, Hugh Padgham, Scott Mathews, Kate Bush, Bob Ezrin, Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp, Jerry Harrison,
Early Neil Young, Crowded House, REM, Sigur Ros, Paul McCartney, Jayhawks, Barenaked Ladies, Ed Robertson, Neil Finn...(also, having 3 boys has inspired a few original kids songs out of me)
Did you know that 7of the 8 songs from Wolfe's "11:59" CD that were entered for the song contest at garageband.com earned him 'track of the day' awards and addtitionally four 'track of the week' awards?
In the late 80's Wolfe's resume would list : Toronto Star Delivery child-laborer, shoulder-pad fashion hustler in Stitches, Whopper flipper, shingle ripper, and chainsaw massacre. He even hosed frothing corn niblet scum in a Green Giant's hell hole, before landing his dream job at age 17: guitarist/ rock 'star', in a full time touring cover band "FXU" (aka Sky Red) (they snuck in plenty of their own and sounded alot like Catherine Wheel. listen in!).
First he refined a 'wall of sound' rock guitar technique in Canadian clubs- covering U2 (Unforgetable Fire days), Fixx, Tears for Fears, A-Ha, Rush (Red Barchetta or Big Money, anyone?)- while developing his own style and sound and evidently moving toward the finger-style Strat-guitar work of the likes of Bruce Cockburn and Mark Knopfler.
Three years of life on the road later, he found himself seduced... by the aromas and challenge of the saucy world of gastronomy... winning awards and securing a Red Seal Journey person's Cook certificate.
Multi-talented Wolfe rarely ignored his musical inclinations. His multi-track recorders, guitars, and part time bands were always sputtering messily on the back burners (Astro Groover, Killing Stone, Grandeur of Ghosts, Mayberry, Autumneve).
Wolfe's songs on 11:59 (a self-biographical reference to his own tendency to bloom late) are cello-infused pop-folk-rock (he played all the instruments) . Other 'sounds like' comparisons: Crowded House, Bright Eyes, Damien Rice, Ben Folds, Sir Paul McCartney.
A proud St. Catharines Ontario native (the same soil that brought us Neil Peart, Ron Sexsmith, Alexisonfire), Dean Wolfe (born Dean Salmela) is married and has 3 boys. He lives in Toronto and owns his mobile recording studio/home studio/ production business called Bon Echo Studios
Hey, sorry it has taken me a few to finally drop by you page, but here
I finally am. Thanks for accepting the friend request, in any case. If
you get a free second or two, drop by, have a listen...
How've you been? Just dropping by to spread some holiday cheer. Visit http://www. myspace. com/murraystevexmas to hear some favourite Christmas songs I recorded a few years ago with a friend and former bandmate.
so glad to see that tune up! im going to be putting up a new tune in the next couple days - i splurged and got a tascam mic and cubase bundle so i can lay down some tracks in the middle of the night... id love it if you checked them out! (when i get them up) the program's got a lotta bugs to work out - frustrating! hope you're well :)
Hey Dean, We are actually co-producing with our engineer! Just mixing the record now...a year and a half in the making but worth it. Are you looking for artists to work with? Cheers Bob BIGIDEAS
