DN is a student of music, songwriting, record production, and live performance. A multi-instrumentalist (guitar, 5-string banjo, mandolin, dobro, slide), he has been privileged to make a living as a musician and to work in a wide variety of musical settings and styles.
Dick appears regularly in concert as a sideman for any number of acts, and also as a regular member of the bluegrass band HOE.
As a solo artist and songwriter, he has released 2 CD's of original music, HOE and Beacon. Several of his compositions have been recorded by other singers.
HOE, released in early 2004, was warmly received: “great songwriter”—Fairfield County (CT) Advocate; “the original music is fresh and interesting”—Bluegrass Now Magazine. That CD also spawned the band named HOE (www.hoesite.com), which continues to perform regularly around New York/New England.
BEACON (limited release in 2008) is an enrichment of the soil first tilled by HOE, original songwriting for acoustic string band. It resides at the intersection of folk, bluegrass, and acoustic pop—where traditional tonality meets contemporary composition. Think of the tunes on this CD as Americana chamber music: the flavor of the fiddle, the bite of the banjo, and lyrics composed straight from the soul. A track from the disc, "The Other Side of the Stream", is featured in the PBS series "Road Trip Nation".
Through is production company, Prime Numbers Productions, he has recorded CD's by a number of artists. The music ranges in style from contemporary chamber ensemble composer Larry Deming's "Journey to the East", roots-rocker Chris Berardo's "Ignoring All the Warning Signs", singer-songwriter Julie Foldesi's melding of pop-meets-bluegrass "This Part of Town", the Americana Folk singing of Katie Wilson, and many others.
Dick also teaches privately and at the college level.
