Dean Bohana - Producer/Engineer/Musician
Dean started playing piano at the tender age of 3. He went from playing "Mary had a little lamb" to the full Beatles' "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club band"... all by the age of 7. Over the years he went on to perform live at many of NYC's top live music venues, either as a solo artist or a member of a multi piece band.
At age 16 he borrowed his first multi-track recorder, a 4 track Tascam cassette portastudio. This gave way to a whole new career path...audio engineering and post production.
At the age of 19, Dean attended and graduated from THE GUITAR STUDY CENTER'S Audio Engineering School in NYC (a facility founded and run by Ed Simon, brother of the famous songwriter/singer Paul Simon).
As the years went on, Dean consistently made improvements and upgrades to his recording arsenal.
In 1997 Dean became the Eastern Region Sales Representative for OPCODE SYSTEMS, manufacturer of professional audio/midi software and hardware for the Macintosh platform (they were actually pioneers in the development of digital recording software for the Macintosh). Dean was employed by OPCODE right up until their untimely demise in 1999.
It was from that moment on that Dean decided to use all his audio engineering, computer related experience and overall expertise to make RockGarden Studio his full time passion. Where artists once needed to find, audition, train and tolerate bandmates to pull off and record their original material, they can now focus on working with one truly gifted engineer/producer/keyboardist who can play every instrument, synth patch, drum and percussion part , etc..to absolute perfection.
Whether you've got these parts already mapped out to the letter or need the input of a musically savvy, smokin' chops instrumentalist, all your musical needs are met with attention to detail and a positive, friendly approach yielding world class, highly musical and groove oriented results.
As Producer/Engineer...
..Dean will take your song ideas to the ultimate level providing you with a musically fleshed out, professionally mixed & mastered CD/WAV/MP3 of your project. Ready for retail packaging or MYSPACE posting, your sound will compete with the best recordings around!
As a Composer/Arranger..
..Dean has had International success as a songwriter (his song “Unconditionally” was a hit on the Finnish charts in 2008, sung by Finnish Idol finalist Panu Larnos).
Dean’s melodies and arrangements are unique yet accessible, sometimes paying homage to great genres of music’s past but also posessing a keen sense of today’s musical sensibilities.
As A Musical Guru...
To find the genuine article is not easy. Dean has enhanced the overall musical (and technical) landscape for his clients through constant communication about/during the process...he’s happy to share and wants you involved. He’s got a wealth of information proving invaluable during a project..