Artist description This is pop rock with a freshness. It is a unique brand of intelligent and thought-provoking music with an inspiring strength. The intelligent and thoughtful listener will appreciate Dean's music for its sense of hope and calm energy. Here is a musician, songwriter, producer, who follows his inner vision. He creates not what he thinks the masses will want, but what moves him. Dean started playing piano by ear from an early age, and by age 10 was composing and playing his own music on the piano. Inspired by his guitar playing cousin, Dean switched to guitar at age 12, and spent all his spare time teaching himself. When asked why he plays, Dean says he likes the immediacy of creative expression available to him through music.Dean Wolfe's independence and integrity is apparent; he composes, produces and plays all his own music out of his home studio. His music gently nudges us to think, gives us a sense of hope, and challenges us not to conform to any other way of being - other than being ourselves.

Music Style Pop-Rock

Musical Influences Beatles, Phil Collins, Classic progressive rock (Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, 80's Rush), Peter Gabriel with Daniel Lanois at the desk, DuranDuran, David Sylvian, Trevor Horn and Seal, Steve Howe of Yes, 80's Music.

Similar Artists Crowded House, Brit-pop, Beatles, Prefab Sprout, They Might Be Giants.

Artist History Dean Wolfe is the artist formerly known as Dean Salmela. It turns out that Salmela was not his great grandfather's real name- he was Mr. Federov from Russia sent to Finland to spread communism with "Salmela" being an assumed identity... Wolfe is Dean's wife's last name- and a much better one, don't you think??It got him teased when working as a Chef (ever heard of salmonella?)

Instruments Recorded to a Roland VS-1680 20 Bit Digital Recorder

Albums Reality, Halogen.05 (with Kurt Kramer)

Press Reviews Listen.com Review: Genuinely catchy pop that--for a change--doesn't explicitly imitate anyone. Velvety-voiced...Wolfe's jangly, cute tunes could be the next Canadian teen sensation. Mike M Other Reviews: "REALLY liked UFO a lot.... vocals, mix, playing, composition.....at :15 the semi jazz chords really got me hooked and then the song just took off on the changes....."-gibs" Good tune - kept my attention." {UFO}-mutt "Nice. listened to UFO and Reality. Very Finn brothers/Crowded House. Biased because i love that clean guitar/vocal harmony thing." -Kaputo "Certainly lots of Beatles influence. On UFO I hear some David Bowie in there."-Emeric "I liked the song "Reality" a lot, it's amazing how much influence the Beatles still have on people"-RayJ

Location Toronto, Ontario - Canada

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