Dean Windemuller is a singer/songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist who was born and raised in West Michigan . His diverse musical studies include time spent in Chicago , New York City and India . His vision is to incorporate his experience with jazz, Irish traditional, Western classical and Indian classical music within the singer/songwriter framework that he grew up with.
Noteworthy guitarists that Dean has studied with include John Abercrombie (jazz), Bobby Broom (jazz), Dennis Cahill (Irish traditional) and Denis Azabagic (classical).
In the fall of 2006 Dean formed Open Land (with a rotating cast of bassists and drummers) and joined a tango group called Tango Folias (grtango.org) which performs for tango social dances. Both groups are currently performing throughout the Midwest .
Dean writes thoughtful and well-crafted tunes and his favorite musicians are Kelly Joe Phelps, Paul Simon, Bruce Cockburn, and Branford Marsalis.
