While we wait for Dean's first album, this website showcases a few songwriter demos.
Most lyrics weave a story of Denouement:
The final act in a drama, where tangled plot threads get resolved.
This trip hop song is worthy to release to streaming - perhaps as part of an album - but I am posting this sneak preview now... so that my few website visitors can hear something that I'm proud of. That beautiful voice singing with me is a woman I hired on AirGigs. Her name is Heather.
This was the first song that I ever wrote as a song (rather than a poem). Written in 1998. Yes, that's me singing. I might come back to polish this one enough to release to streaming... but this version is good enough to 'give you an idea of how it goes'.
Pleasant Bluegrass vibe with lyrics to encourage listeners to honor the true spirit of Thanksgiving. Download it and play it every year. (I wrote this one, but that's not me singing). My current project is to re-record this one - with my own voice, and without any AI.
Fun love song about finding love late in life. The hand-painted sign that inspired this song has hung in our kitchen for many years. This country version is an AI songwriter demo. 20/20 hindsight, I shouldn't have released it to streaming. I will take it down once I release some songs to replace it, but for now, it is the only song that I have released to streaming, and it needs to stay there to avoid the need to recreate all of those artist accounts!
Add to your favorite streaming playlist… https://ditto.fm/marriage-requires
In late September 2025, I did my first web search for “How might AI be helpful for songwriting”. My mind was absolutely blown. The next morning, I woke up with these lyrics in my head - to the tune of the Neil Diamond song that I'd been learning the day before. I spent a couple days creating a mix that sounds uncannily like Neil. Note: This is NOT a songwriter demo. Dean does not own the rights to this song. It's just a fun parody to maybe share on social media.
