I am Dean, I am a musician from the Netherlands.
I started out as young kid playing the Spanish guitar. At the age of 11 I fell in love with the bass guitar. with barely any knowledge I joined two of my friends who were looking for a bass player to finalize their band. And after countless bedroom practice sessions lo and behold, ''Big Bang'' had their first gig .

A couple of months later I joined a new band ''Riot Van'' which showed me the world of song writing, composing, and this band attracted larger audiences.

Now it was time for me to choose a study course and to the surprise of nobody, I chose D'Drive school of music as my 4 year course.

There I learned all about different genres and music styles, different bass players and artists that inspired me.
I learned the fundamentals of music theory, and I dipped my toes into teaching music to kids. this study has seen me play with all kinds of different musicians and alumni's.

Once I peformed my graduation concert which was all themed around the bass guitar and subsequently graduated, it was now time for the next step.

I auditioned for the renowned Rockacademy and I made the cut. I studied with like-minded and passionated musicians some of with whom I still play music to this day.
After realising that I wanted to spend my time working and networking in the music business instead of the school I decided to drop out early and from here on out I played with different bands like ''Cloud Cukkoo'' ''Ann King'' ''Celine Rae'' and plenty more.

Currently I am the Music Director and Bass player for ''Celine Rae'', and the ''Popstars in Concert'' tribute show, a session bass player, bandcoach and guitar technician.