Rod Denis
Guitarist/composer, film/orchestral composer
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
I was born in Panama, and have been studying music since i was 8 years old (private lessons, piano, guitar, flute, college, music universities) in panama and USA... I had been offered several music scholarships thru auditions but destiny made me come back to my country... Im currently writing for TV commercials, film and short films, and playing jazz, rock gigs, recently working on my debut album.
Your musical influences
Gustav Mahler, Franz Schubert, Adam Rogers, Liszt, James Newton Howard, Tribal Tech, Alan Silvestri, Allan Holdsworth, John Mclaughlin, Pat Martino, Metheny, Jim Hall, Jan Garbarek, Bill Evans, Keith Jarret, Brad Mehldau, Chris Potter, Dave Douglas, Miles Davis, john sykes, 80s rock, bartok, etc...
What equipment do you use?
joe pass signature series epiphone guitar, Cort CL 1000.
D'addario Strings 0.12's and 0.11s.
Dunlop picks: Jazz III, Gator 1.4
Roland, jazz Chorus, amp.
Roland, Boss twin distortion Pedals.
