Rick Denzien | |
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Origin | Pennsylvania, United States |
Genres | Rock, pop, AAA Americana music |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, acoustic guitar |
Years active | 1990–present |
Labels | Slot-1 |
Website | www |
Rick Denzien is a songwriter, singer and studio technician from Buffalo, New York.[1]
Denzien started playing the guitar at eight or nine, reportedly initiated due to a head injury.[2] As a teenager, he performed in the band Freeway. As a third-year high school student, he performed a radio play with fellow musician Bob Schiele. Denzien then moved to Rochester to attend college. He was selected as a recording artist for the State University of New York at Fredonia. He participated in a year-long Tonmeister (recording engineer) program with Eric Paul (record producer) and Richard Hammond. He signed his first publishing contract with a small publisher for his song "Come On Children." The song was listened to in some circles. His first CD was recorded in Nashville at the Oak Ridge Boys studio with his favorite musicians Chad Watson, Randy Corell, Tony Brown (record producer), and J.T. Taylor recording/mix engineer Fred Cameron.
During and after college, Denzien played at various venues in the East and South United States and eventually moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He recorded his second CD as a limited edition called Heal The Land and included many Philadelphia area musicians. The CD received limited airplay. Two years later, he was asked to help mix The Bloodhound Gang's CD Use Your Fingers for Columbia Records. When Daddy Long Legs broke off from Blood hound gang, he continued to work with the new band called Wolfpac. He recorded and mixed the songs "Somethin' Wicked This Way Comes," "Evil is as Evil Does," and "Death Becomes Her." He is uncredited on the spoken word ad libs for some of these songs. The Band used these recordings to get a slot on the Howard Stern Radio Show.
He has been to The Netherlands four times with live touring performances and has appeared on television and radio shows in the United States, Holland, India, and Australia.
He founded Bah-Fo Studio in 1990 and continues to record and mix for the music community.
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