Immediately after, he began hounding his parents for a guitar. With an old broken-down piano in the garage, they, of course, encouraged him to take up piano. After a year of him refusing to touch the piano and more persistent hounding, he finally got his guitar.

Dean began playing at age 8. At that point, he locked himself in his room and a lifetime of dedication began. After developing his skills for a few years, he started playing professionally with local rock bands, always being the youngest in the band. By age 11, he had his first paying gig.

As his skills evolved, his uncle encouraged him to learn classical guitar, which he developed a great love for. By the time Dean was 14, he was fortunate enough to be chosen to study classical guitar with world-renowned and Decca recording artist Rey Delatorre who later became a personal and musical inspiration to him.

Delatorre had hopes that Dean would one day be a concert classical guitarist. However, this dream was sideswiped by a family friend, Jim Polletti who happened to drop off a stack of seemingly innocent jazz records.

In that stack were “Kaleidoscope” by Johnny Smith and “Boss Guitar” by Wes Montgomery. The hook was embedded. The sounds of these two guitar players haunted him relentlessly from that point on.

Within the next few years, Dean began learning to play jazz and at 19 went on to study at Berklee School of Music in Boston, which led him to a career in music. He toured and played with various jazz and pop artists around the world. He also played on television and movie soundtracks and has had success as a songwriter for various American and European artists.

Like most successful L.A. musicians, he played at Disney and performed on their world tours for seven years. He currently plays in the L.A. area solo and also with many different configurations of musical groups.

Website :- www.deangrech.com