Dean a.k.a Dino

Forever busy and playing...

Dean was born in the bowels of New Jersey where he learned that a prerequisite of living there was to listen to hours of Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. His early musical talent developed in school where he picked up the clarinet and after a few years he actually learned to play the thing. When he was ten, his parents packed him and their belongings and moved to Pennsylvania. He was still playing clarinet by then and decided to pick up the guitar. Since he couldn't play it, he put it back down until his parents decided to pay for lessons in hopes that they would hear less noise and more music from him. Eventually at the age of 16, he hooked up with some local musicians and tried his hand at actually forming a band called Quest.

Since they already had a guitar player, and he didn't want to be upstaged, Dean moved over to playing bass. Bass players are usually the odd ones in the band so he fit right in. While still in high school he was introduced to some college musicians from a band called Grey Parade. The new group, called The Voodoo Kittens, took off and played colleges all over Pennsylvania for the next two years. As the other members were leaving college, and Dean was just starting, the band broke up. Not long after (and a metal band or two later), he was asked by an old friend to play some classic rock in a group called New Attitude. That band grew and died in two years, making a few recordings and almost getting signed with Capitol Records.

He went on to work for a pro sound company, fixing amplifiers for Bon Jovi, The Who, and Janet Jackson. By the age of 24, Dean was now married and career oriented, to the amazement of most. Music died down with only a sporadic effort here and there, working in Virginia with former VooDoo Kitten Bill Mitchel in The Perseverators. As the marriage came to an end, he was approached by his former Voodoo Kitten drummer Neil to join The Willys and has enjoyed the place ever since! Now he just spends his time running Catalyst Broadcast & Entertainment, working on this web site, playing lots and lots and lots and lots of music, and making his plan for world domination :) Guess some things never change!

UPDATES: I've been working full time as a geek but still do my gigs as an independent audio engineer. If you need sound/audio check out my listing on Mandy.com, Maslow Media, or Markee Magazine. Here's the latest list of credits

  • "Bigfoot” -2005 Independent Feature Film -1st Assistant Director, 2nd Sound Mixer
  • "Journalist Round Table” -2004-2005 PCN public affairs talk show -Engineer
  • "PCN Call-in” 2004-2005 live PCN public affairs talk show -Engineer
  • "Airlines II” -2003, 2004 A&E Reality Show, various episodes –Sound Recordist
  • "The Wickeds” -2004 Independent Feature Film –Sound Recordist
  • "Weekends Are For US” –2004 Independent Film –Sound Recordist
  • "The Speaks” –2004 Music Video –Sound Recordist, Editor, and Music Supervisor
  • "Three Days of Destiny" -2003 Full Feature Ind. Film -Field Recordist, Camera Op.
  • "Franky's Heaven" -1998 Full Feature Ind. Film -Sound Recordist, Principal Video Editor
  • "10 Most Historic Places" -Travel Channel -Boom Operator, Grip
  • "Infinity" -Commercial -Asst. Director, Editor
  • "Time Gallery" –Commercial -Asst. Director, Editor
  • "Westminster Stud Farm" –Documentary -Sound Recordist, Grip
  • "Top of the Morning" -TV Pilot -Camera Operator
  • "Adams County USA" –Documentary -Studio Recordist, Sound Mixer
  • "Beauty and the Battlefield" –Documentary -VO Talent
  • "National Civil War Medicine Museum -Museum exhibits VO Talent, Studio Sound Recordist and Mixer
  • "From Dissension” by From Dissension –CD –Producer, Engineer
  • "Turn Inward" by The Willys –CD -Producer, Engineer
  • "This Side of 55" by Robbing Noll –CD -Mastering Engineer
  • 2nd South Carolina String Band –CD -Asst. Mixing Engineer
  • "The Essence" by Rick Wurzbacher –CD -Asst. Tracking Engineer
  • "Eyes Angelic" by The Inside –CD -Tracking Engineer

I won't rant about the present political scene. I will say that if we respected the Constitution half as much as the framers intended, there would be a lot of Republicans and religious nuts being expelled from this country for treason....

AND.. if there's anyone out there that actually reads this..email me :)

SHOUTS to the Franky's Heaven Cast and Crew, Bob, Dan, and T from Noteworthy, Gup and Miles at K&K, eveyone at O.R.N.I. that I haven't seen cause of my schedule, John and Andy Bardi (John got married!!!!!!), Rick Wurzbacher, The Phipps Brothers, Ernie and Blue Tonic, Perry and family, Bo, The Mamma V's crew (Nick, Carmelo, Nate, Jackie, Steve, Mike, Michelle, Mandy, Kim, and Dawn), Ken "Mr. Marketing Manager" Picking, Goldie and Jen (and their little one), Justin Case (I will make you god of late-night TV), The Famous Rhyne McCormick, Jason and Rick of ExitOne, my bro's Troy, Ned, Ron, and Rob from The Inside, Tom "one of the best drummers around" Liston (p.s. need drum lessons? see Tom at Noteworthy), the guys from Miss Lonleyheart, Alban (mon ami), Gina V (have that cup of coffee..or beer yet?), Jen W (keep your husband out of the grocery store), Emily, Jennie down South (unless....), Rhonda R, Rhonda K (Big Prune), Olesia (hope I got it right), Katja across the big pond (enjoy the book), Nathan from my old Alma Matter, Wes from the school, my sanity, and of course my family....

Email Dean

Someone who will be missed greatly.

Josephine Vaccher

Meanwhile...some of my favorite links:

  • WHITEHOUSE.ORG -It's satire and funny as hell!
  • Randi.Org -Wow, people actually think critically
  • Ken Smith Basses - *DROOOOOL*
  • Neverland Hotel - There's always been one songwriter/composer that has amazed me time and time again over the years...Jim Steinman. He's the guy that wrote most of MeatLoaf's songs, a bunch of number-one hits, and a collection of music that should have been more widely appreciated. His music has the ability to convey more emotion than should be humanly possible, and has more youthfull drive than a teenager on his first date. I respect anything that expresses the raw energy of the human spirit and the absolute essence of music..."You've got a hell of a lot to learn about Rock and Roll!"
  • Franky's Heaven -When someone has an idea about a movie, then convinces a lot of other people that it's going to work, magic happens. These are people that make me think that mankind might actually amount to something someday...
  • TWO EASY -Old friends, good music!
  • PCNTV.COM -See what I built and where I work.
  • F'd Company -See where you don't want to work and who's getting the axe tomorrow
  • NARAS -The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. We vote on the grammys...not that it helps...
  • ASCAP -Where to copyright your music.
  • ACLU -Why you need to watch watch out for those tools of the trade..and yes I'm a card-carrying member
  • Hatewatch -This is the 21st century, but yet there are those that refuse to see beyond their ideologies and instead promote bigotry and intollerance. This site is for those that remain ever vigilant in protecting our freedoms.
  • RAWA -The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. I knew about this site long before our present predicament. When any form of government infringes on the basic rights of its citizens, someone must stand up. These people have been fighting against the regime in their country since it took over. If you want to know what *really* goes on, check it out. *Not for the faint of heart...
  • IMDB -The Internet Movie Database. It's the ultimate collection of movies and television shows.
  • Casablanca -If I mention movies, I have to mention the greatest movie of all time. All the noble qualities of the human psyche wrapped up in an hour and a half. "Here's looking at you kid.."
  • Info War -Be very afraid
  • Kim-Spy -Articles, Links, and tools of the trade
  • Conspire.Com -What you already knew Stratfor.Com -What you didn't know
  • American Radio Relay League -For the Radiohead in you
  • How to be obnoxious in French -Learn from the experts!
  • The Bastard Operator from Hell -It's a way of life!
  • Tennyson -Nice bio and some poems
  • Dylan Thomas -Do NOT go gently into that goodnight!
  • A Prarie Home Companion -The greatest of all Storytellers
  • JRR Tolkien -The best parts of Middle Earth
  • Tintagel -Good friends doing good work
  • The Psychobilly Home -Good music!
  • Maryland-Speak -Learn to talk like the rest of us in merlin

and a few last thoughts...

"No matter where you go, there you are" -Buckaroo Banzai

"Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'"
-Morgan Freeman 'The Shawshank Redemption'

"The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance..." -John Philpot Curran: Speech upon the Right of Election (1790)

"Stone walls do not a prison make nor iron bars a cage, Minds innocent and quiet take for that an hermitage, if I have freedom in my love and in my soul am free, Angels alone that soar above enjoy such liberty"
-Richard Lovelace 1618-1658 'To Althea From Prison'

"I ride by night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness I will disappear."
-Bruce Springsteen 'Stolen Car'