Indie modern folk pop with influences from Sufjan Stevens to Paul Simon. DENNIS JOHN MASSA: Anatomy Of Love Songs: Shade's Of Grey's / Mona Lisa Smile

13 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Folk-Rock, FOLK: Folk Pop

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All songs written by Dennis John Massa.


except - " Dreamed You were Gone ": written by Dennis John Massa & John Tartaglione.


All songs performed & sung by performed by Dennis John Massa, using real instruments, acoustic Guitars, 12 string guitars, violin, cello.

His Unique and all original compositions Performed & Sung by Dennis John Massa, using Guitar, Cello, violin & Viola etc., were recorded using real antique instruments and no synthesized sounds whatsoever. Delivering pure sonic acoustic sounds and performance. His music, influenced by various styles of music, life experiences, and natural acoustic sounds, are unique to his innovative style. Dennis lives on a State Protected Wildlife Habitat & Rare Bird Sanctuary on the Ocean, where he recorded & created the compositions for this album. His guitar technique, and sonic production quality on this album are all superb.

Dennis Massa, composer, narrator, and principal talent, is a graduate of Nassau Community College, NY (Applied Science in Criminal Justice) and David Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN. (BA : in Counseling/ Theology, Languages: Koine Greek, German & Classical Hebrew). He has pursued and been active in Music & Art all his life.

Dennis first started playing guitar at the age of seven. His first guitar, was a $12.00 Sears acoustic special, a Christmas gift, purchased out of the Sears catalog, by his parents, when he was just 7 years old. This guitar and his dog, became his best friends. This guitar would eventually be destroyed, eaten and chewed up by his dog. This did not stop his love for playing guitar, he received another guitar and went on to study classical, jazz, folk and rock. Later on in life, at college he studied music & theology in Nashville, becoming part of a traveling troupe of musicians, playing to audiences throughout the south and Midwest. His wide range of interests included fund raising for anti- drug youth groups, playing concerts in College, prisons & hospitals.
Dennis, also known for his original kids family/childrens compostions, Instrumental Guitar Sketches and a wide variety of songwriting, including American Baseball Songs, Circus Songs, and childrenâs Favorite songs such as : Peanuts Popcorn & Cotton Candy, Limber Up for the Limbo, Pagliacci the Clown, WACKY WACKY WABBITTS, ISH KABIBBLE, AND THE KOOKABORO JAMBOREE, delivers a refreshing new sound to childrenâs music. He approaches each song or group of songs, as a visual idea. First he invents a character or situation and then designs songs around his characters & creations.
In addition to writing songs, playing guitar & violin, he also sells & builds guitars and violins, and creates original Sumi-e watercolor art. Dennis has been a past president of the NY Sumi-e Watercolor Association of America, Whose works have been exhibited at the National Arts Gallery in NYC. under the tutelage of Master Sumi-e Artist , Mitsuko Bickham.



Song List:

- Balance
- Forever Love
- Mona Lisa Smile
- William Tell
- Santa Ana Winds
- Dreamed You Were Gone
- Seen My Baby Cry
- The Enemy
- Shades of Grey
- More Than
- 7-07-07 (Instr.)
- Classical Past 2 (Instr.)
- Forever Love (Instr.)