| About Dante Orlando Brown | "From Honeymoon to Honey-Do! I didn't have a clue: After the Honeymoon that I would Have to pay Honey-Dues! From Honeymoon to Honey-Do! I didn't have a clue. Did I bite off more than I can chew?" ---"From Honeymoon to Honey-Do" by Sum of Squares I have a question: why subscribe to a genre? I'm Dante--arranger, lyricist, writer, chief composer, bass player, singer, yeller, and sax player for Brown and Griffin and for Sum of Squares Music. Christ has tremendously blessed me. I am from Portsmouth, VA. In 1991, I finished Western Branch High School. In 1995, I graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. From 1995 to 2001, I served in the US Army. I left Active Duty in 2001 and have served on and off in the Army Reserves. I have enjoyed music since I was a kid. When I was really little, I listened to a lot of Earth, Wind, and Fire, Chuck Berry, Motown, some Beatles, some Franki Valli, some Otis Redding and whatever oldies-but-goodies my mom and dad had on the radio. For Christmas when I was 4, my parents bought me a Mickey Mouse guitar, a red Stratocaster-looking plastic guitar, and a drum set. At age 4, I saw Chuck Berry playing his guitar while doing a split. He was wearing cowboy boots. I tried to do the same thing; except I was wearing roller skates. I split my shorts and broke my guitar. My mom and sister glued it back together, and I pressed on. Today, I compose with my bass, A Yamaha keyboard, a Fantom keyboard, and my saxes. I have a lot of material that I would like to lay down, and I pray that my music will really reach people. I write and compose Gospel, country, folk, hip-hop, soul, and rock. I love writing jingles. I hope that you enjoy listening! I hope to see you at Church, on the dance floor, at the play, or wherever there's good music! Kind regards, Dante Orlando Brown Chief Composer Sum of Squares Music Brown and Griffin dante.orlando.brown@gmail.com |
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