Artist description Paul Dennis is a composer, songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist with interests and talents in many genres of music. With "Black Hills Gold" in the New Age category and "Badlands" in the country music listings, he is currently working on a blues album.

Music Style New Age, Country, Blues

Musical Influences Rock, classical, reggae, country, blues

Similar Artists None - unique approaches to New Age and country music.

Artist History Paul majored in math and minored in music at the University of Florida. After graduation he moved to New York City. There he played bass and guitar and sang in a number of club date, society and rock bands, and gave music lessons in guitar, banjo, piano, and drums.Six years later Paul moved to Virginia, where he wrote and recorded music in a home multitrack recording studio, playing a variety of instruments and singing multiple vocal parts. He led a country music band for three years, singing lead and playing lead guitar. He eventually put music aside to become a computer specialist.After moving to the Black Hills of South Dakota, Paul finally had the opportunity to blend his two lifelong pursuits: music and computers. In the spring of 1995 he composed and recorded an album of original instrumental music, entitled Black Hills Gold, using MIDI technology, a keyboard, and his personal computer.

Group Members In addition to being a composer and musician, Paul Dennis Kopco is a professor of computer graphics, desktop publishing, web design, and multimedia at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota.

Instruments Black Hills Gold - keyboards; Badlands - electric and acoustic guitars, 5-string banjo, acoustic piano, synthesizer, acoustic drums, Linn Drum, percussion

Albums Black Hills Gold; Badlands

Press Reviews "This story-teller...writes music full of light and romance. His music is perfect for...meditation sessions."A. Kustov, Music News, Belarus

Location Deadwood, SD - USA

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