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DEAN : AND SO IT BEGINS
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A fusion of ACC electro, soul, rock, Latin, and jazz mixing ambient samples with live performances and solos.
Genre: Electronic: Ambient
Release Date: 2006
AND SO IT BEGINS Record Label: DEAN
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Love Is the Key 7:09 $0.99
As Was Then As Is Now 8:44 $0.99
Phoenix Light 9:16 $0.99
Rainy Days 12:27 $0.99
The Way You Make Me Feel 5:45 $0.99
The Man in the Hat 7:48 $0.99
Smmer Days Part One 3:20 $0.99
Part 2 5:27 $0.99
Part 3 4:31 $0.99
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Album Notes

I have been in and around music all my life,I started out with a formal music education realized that wasnt for me so I tried different instruments ended up playing sax. Played in a few bands finnally set up my own band we just started to take off but internal polotics turned sour so I got some great guys together went into the studio cut a couple of cd's but it was to limmiting so I decided to go it allone learned how to play giutar drums bass keybourds flute produce and wtite all the material myself and a couple of cd's and a steep learning curve later I have a product I feel I want to share. I mix accoustic and electro sounds with samples loops and live performances,to fuse a soundscape of ambient electro/acc soulful jazzy grooves with latin and affro rythems and rock overtones in places I will mix programned drums with live drums and percision add ambient sound tracks to add layers and textures building a musical house of many layers somtimes layed back and chilled somtimes edgy and imformative but always real for me there are no bounderies in music only our own imaginations if you would like to hear some of the tracks in full click on to my website i have another cd availble family portraite if you would like to try it out click on the link under my website
also you can read the review from sandy shore at smoothlounge.com and mike cantore at sonicjive radio

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REVIEWS

rainy days
author: dean
interstellar rain effect...cool...british accent and old television...a statement to say the least. ART. Acoustic coupled with synth and percussion...brilliance in its simplicity. Takes your here and there...alters progresses...digresses...changes shape and forms. Reviewed by: oodumus from Boston, Massachusetts [flag]
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author: dean
So call me a fan already! I admit the CTI Admin folks alerted me that Don Dean had set up house here and asked me to check his music out but they didn't have to worry about convincing me where it's concerned. I know quality flow when I hear it and I actually had experienced the joy of listening to Dean's music before. The first time, it made me think of certain songs by that fantastic group War, like what they might have sounded like if they had started making music in the year 2000. It made me think too about some early Santana and then some things I couldn't really identify but that I totally loved. Dean gives us something like a full-bodied orchestral pop treat with smooth waves of warm Latino rhythms, sparkling African beats, and seductive jazzy fusion all mixed to create something totally original and irresistible. His sound is what I figure making good music is supposed to be all about...fresh and hot and kickin' it to the moon. ILWM Share
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author: dean
Vocals from the soul The intro in this track is really good. The vocals in this track are great. It has that R&B feel in the vocals I love that. The arrangement is very progressive and I like that. Overall this track is really good. Reviewed by: thinkfree444 from Haverhill, Florida
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love is the key
author: dean
variegated and persevering the variegation of this lovely song sounds extraordinary to me: I love the clapping, drum beats and guitar riffs in the second half. In spite of its duration it doesn't become boring to listen to Reviewed by: elbebirthe from Bleckede, Germany
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