mp3 Timeline

Here you will find recording Denis's progress on guitar from his 1977 earliest recording through to taking lessons, practicing, playing inearly bands, early recordings, basically DENIS: The EARLY YEARS

1. Young Denis recording

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unreleased. One of the very first recording with Denis. Denis stated "Well, I didn't play guitar then and I was like any other kid, you know, I would make up stories and record tapes as if I was a disc jockey, I mean I Read more

unreleased. One of the very first recording with Denis. Denis stated "Well, I didn't play guitar then and I was like any other kid, you know, I would make up stories and record tapes as if I was a disc jockey, I mean I was 10 years old. I owned about 1 record at the time, an album that came with the stereo I got. It had a turntable and tape deck built in..... haah...it had the theme to star wars and to swat, the village people and so on.geez, hahah. So, I was fascinated with music and recording. then again, I also tried to sell this tape to passer by's on the sidewalk hahaha......" Denis states.unreleased,circa 1979

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    Young Denis recording 0:59
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2. Noise Maker

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Denis when he was a kid experimenting with tape deck to get sounds. Denis stated "yes, well this was a tape and I was with one of my sisters, Colombe. I was trying to get sounds out of an old tape recorder. I was always Read more

Denis when he was a kid experimenting with tape deck to get sounds. Denis stated "yes, well this was a tape and I was with one of my sisters, Colombe. I was trying to get sounds out of an old tape recorder. I was always interested in getting different sounds so playing guitar eventually would have been a natural extension hahah..geez, what was I thinking?!! My poor sister hahaah....I guess I was having trouble with it making the sound I wanted.... " Denis states. recorded 1980-1981

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    Noise Maker 0:27
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3. Acoustic hum

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Denis on acoustic guitar humming?! Denis stated "geez, wow, well, you have to be brave to come out with a recording like this. At this point, I was just playing acoustic and I knew a few chords.I had taken 1 or 2 lessons Read more

Denis on acoustic guitar humming?! Denis stated "geez, wow, well, you have to be brave to come out with a recording like this. At this point, I was just playing acoustic and I knew a few chords.I had taken 1 or 2 lessons early on on acoustic but was just to young at the time. I guess I could hear melodies to go along with my open chords haha.... " Denis states. recorded prior to 1981-1982

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    Acoustic hum 0:26
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4. .First recording - electric

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unreleased. One of the very first recording with Denis trying to play electric guitar. Demo made somewhere between 1982-1983. Denis stated "yes, this demo was on cassette, haha,I hadn't taken any lessons yet except on my Read more

unreleased. One of the very first recording with Denis trying to play electric guitar. Demo made somewhere between 1982-1983. Denis stated "yes, this demo was on cassette, haha,I hadn't taken any lessons yet except on my acoustic. I was messing around with a friend who showed me how to get distortion with a tape deck. Of course we couldn't play but had fun. gosh I think I was 10 or 12 or so, my guitar had three strings on it and the bridge made out of a piece of 2x4 haha.I had just bought the rusty guitar for $15 at a pawn shop. gosh, I feel sorry for my parents and sisters that had to hear that haha.....really pathetic...gosh that is painful to hear. But you must start somewhere!!! " Denis states.unreleased,circa 1982-1983

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    First recording - electric 1:04
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5. Volcano

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unreleased demo taken off of a cassette. Denis on guitar. Denis stated" ahhaha, that is so sad!!! Well, finger tapping a la van halen was in style and I was learning to finger tap kind of, so I made a song called volcano, Read more

unreleased demo taken off of a cassette. Denis on guitar. Denis stated" ahhaha, that is so sad!!! Well, finger tapping a la van halen was in style and I was learning to finger tap kind of, so I made a song called volcano, van halen had eruption so I had volcano, hahahhah, geez my friends died laughing over that one, I can see why ahahahah" Denis states. unreleased,circa early 1983-1984

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    5. Volcano 0:59
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6. No noise

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unreleased demo taken off of a cassette. Denis on guitar and Brian Simmerman on keyboard. Denis stated" this was when I was beginning to play guitar as well. A friend of mine started to play keyboard. We would make noise Read more

unreleased demo taken off of a cassette. Denis on guitar and Brian Simmerman on keyboard. Denis stated" this was when I was beginning to play guitar as well. A friend of mine started to play keyboard. We would make noise for hours haha...It was good practice. We sucked of course, but it was fun just to be playing" Denis states.unreleased,circa 1985-1986

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    6. No noise 0:32
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7. Early Jam Session

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unreleased demo taken off of a cassette. Denis on guitar at a jam." Denis states" Well, I would go to jam sessions, and just try to get a chance to play with others. It was quite horrible really, but one of my first Read more

unreleased demo taken off of a cassette. Denis on guitar at a jam." Denis states" Well, I would go to jam sessions, and just try to get a chance to play with others. It was quite horrible really, but one of my first experiences with playing in/with a band of sorts. I would play with anybody I could really to try to get better." unreleased,circa 1985-1986

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    7. earlyjam 0:42
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8. blues shuffle

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unreleased practice tape taken off of a cassette. ." Denis states" Well, thus began the long hard road to learn to play. I began taking lessons from Chris Hattingh and he had me make practice tapes to learn to solo over Read more

unreleased practice tape taken off of a cassette. ." Denis states" Well, thus began the long hard road to learn to play. I began taking lessons from Chris Hattingh and he had me make practice tapes to learn to solo over them but also to work on my rhythm. I would make these tapes and play over them for hours. But I was beginning to learn to play properly." unreleased,circa 1985-1986

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    8. blues shuffle 0:59
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9. Denis Practicing clean guitar

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unreleased demo taken off of a cassette. Denis on guitar practicing Denis states" Well, I was really determined to learn to play and I would practice for a long time. As a result, I would also write thing, usually by Read more

unreleased demo taken off of a cassette. Denis on guitar practicing Denis states" Well, I was really determined to learn to play and I would practice for a long time. As a result, I would also write thing, usually by mistake, trial and error, things that sounded musical to me but they weren't songs at all. In fact, they were hardly guitar parts to songs. But my ear was developing slowly..." unreleased,circa 1985-1986

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    9. Denis Practicing clean guitar 0:51
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