Born to Perform
About the Singer
From intimate lounges to open fields, wedding ceremonies to paddleboats, Dennis has performed for a wide variety of audiences and venues. Delighting with light thoughtful renditions of popular singer-songwriter ballads across the decades, to gutsy rough-cut interpretations of rock songs, Dennis provides an easy interaction with listeners to enhance their event enjoyment.
"You will walk away with a smile on your face"
VENUES
Places I've played:
Doggie's Pub
The Autoport Lounge
Champs Sport Bar and Grill
The Allen Room
Kirby's
Home Delivery State College
The Hiawatha Paddle Boat tour
American Ale House
Tiffany at the Grinder
7 Mountains Wine Cellars
Boxers Pub
Mountain View Country Club
Centre Hills Country Club
Weddings/Receptions at
- Centre Furnace Mansion
- Reynolds Mansion
- The Nittany Lion Inn
My Gear
Casio Privia PX-150: Good solid 88 key scaled hammer-action keyboard, ebony and ivory feel keys, 4 layer stereo piano samples. Don't matter how much you pay for it, if you can't play it then it won't sound good! (and I can play it...)
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Audix OM2 microphone: Like an SM58 but better proximity low end, and I'm a baritone. Plus, who wants what everyone else has?
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Soloette Maple Classic: 'Silent' guitar, made by Rossco Wright, played by pros world-wide. Strung with D'Addario Pro Arte hard tension Titanium Trebles, EJ46TT. Love 'em, 'nuf said...
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Soloette Padauk Classic: Another Rossco Wright 'silent' or 'slab' guitar, strung with D'Addario Pro Arte hard tension black trebles. Not as punchy, but very sexy.
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Alvarez Silver Anniversary Steel string: Acoustic electric, strung with D'Addario EXP16 NY Steel Phosphor Bronze, coated, light gauge. Has the 'biphonic' preamp onboard, six separate crystals, one below each string. Can run all six out one line or top three and bottom three out two separate output jacks to have amazing tonal control.
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Digitech RP80: Kinda basic foot pedal, using it for compressor/limiter, EQ, chorus, delay for the guitars. Not ideal, but hey, it's what I got (lovin'...)
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Mackie Freeplay: Super sweet, all-in-one mixer, power amp, speaker. Can be run on Li battery for 10 hours (someday...). Not the greatest AIO but for the price, it's super cool. Built-in bluetooth connection to control 3 channels and 16 digital effects. Can stereo sum out a 1/4" TRS to the house system for 'more power'.
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Behringer Analog Xenyx mixers: Got an 802 (love it, my favorite size to channel ratio), and a 1002 (couple more stereo INs, but bigger). Nice 3 channel musical EQs per channel, and plenty of config options.