Denis Taaffe
- Music Department
- Composer
Solo electric guitarist Guitarist Denis Taaffe, based out of
Bloomington, IN uses regular electric guitar, guitar loops done on the
fly, bass emulations on guitar, drum machines and drum samples to
create a unique instrumental musical style which relies on
improvisation and modern rock guitar to create instrumental music that
focus on moods and atmospheres. All of his album tracks are improvised
on the spot, performed and recorded live in the studio with no
additional overdubs. As 20th century guitar magazine stated in a review
of his 4th CD:
"Denis remains at the cutting edge of improvisational guitar"-Robert Silverstein, 20th century guitar magazine, April, 2004
Denis has endorsements with Ernie Ball / Musicman, Seymour Duncan Pickups, Kradl guitar picks and Boomerang pedal boards. Former endorsements include Jackson guitars 1999 and W.L.gore /Elixir Strings 1999-2006. To date, He has released 165 full length albums thus far. most are available at Amazon. COM. All tracks on the CD's were recorded & performed live with no additional overdubs and were improvised on the spot. In his live shows, all the material Denis performs is also improvised on the spot and demonstrates musical creativity in the making.
To date, since his debut album in 1999 called Modern Rock guitar vol.1 "abducted By Aliens", Denis has completed and released an astounding 176 full length Albums. 75 were recorded and released in 2006. Denis averages 10 to 20 albums per year,
Denis has also participated and was in the entry list in the 44th,45th,46th,49th, 50th,51st,52nd,53rd, 54th and 55th Grammy© awards. his albums were considered in several categories including Best instrumental performance and best instrumental composition. Denis also wrote a monthly instructional column for six years which appeared in Musicians Hotline/Premier Magazine, a national magazine which appears in print as well as on the World Wide Web. He has also plays concerts throughout the Midwest and taught Guitar locally.
Among other interests, Denis is also interested in creating films ,writing scripts, doing soundtracks for films, documentaries, audio/video post production and other projects. He has supplied music for several independent films, the United states Air Force and even the Canadian national Observatories. Denis is a graduate of Indiana University ,where he received a B.A. Liberal Arts degree in 1994 . in 2008, Denis received his Comptia A+ certification. Denis has vast interests ranging from IT, audio/video and film.
"Denis remains at the cutting edge of improvisational guitar"-Robert Silverstein, 20th century guitar magazine, April, 2004
Denis has endorsements with Ernie Ball / Musicman, Seymour Duncan Pickups, Kradl guitar picks and Boomerang pedal boards. Former endorsements include Jackson guitars 1999 and W.L.gore /Elixir Strings 1999-2006. To date, He has released 165 full length albums thus far. most are available at Amazon. COM. All tracks on the CD's were recorded & performed live with no additional overdubs and were improvised on the spot. In his live shows, all the material Denis performs is also improvised on the spot and demonstrates musical creativity in the making.
To date, since his debut album in 1999 called Modern Rock guitar vol.1 "abducted By Aliens", Denis has completed and released an astounding 176 full length Albums. 75 were recorded and released in 2006. Denis averages 10 to 20 albums per year,
Denis has also participated and was in the entry list in the 44th,45th,46th,49th, 50th,51st,52nd,53rd, 54th and 55th Grammy© awards. his albums were considered in several categories including Best instrumental performance and best instrumental composition. Denis also wrote a monthly instructional column for six years which appeared in Musicians Hotline/Premier Magazine, a national magazine which appears in print as well as on the World Wide Web. He has also plays concerts throughout the Midwest and taught Guitar locally.
Among other interests, Denis is also interested in creating films ,writing scripts, doing soundtracks for films, documentaries, audio/video post production and other projects. He has supplied music for several independent films, the United states Air Force and even the Canadian national Observatories. Denis is a graduate of Indiana University ,where he received a B.A. Liberal Arts degree in 1994 . in 2008, Denis received his Comptia A+ certification. Denis has vast interests ranging from IT, audio/video and film.