Education
He holds an Master of Fine Arts degree in English from The University of Iowa"s Iowa Writers" Workshop, which he attended from 2008-2010 as a Jeffrey G. and Victoria J. Edwards Fellow.
composer songwriter singer-songwriter
He holds an Master of Fine Arts degree in English from The University of Iowa"s Iowa Writers" Workshop, which he attended from 2008-2010 as a Jeffrey G. and Victoria J. Edwards Fellow.
He is also a multi-platinum selling songwriter. As a songwriter, he has written and released songs for artists such as Justin Bieber, Matt Hires, Court Yard Hounds, The Veronicas, and others He has also written for and worked with a number of additional artist such as The Dixie Chicks, Dave Grohl, Gary Louris of The Jayhawks, Sara Bareilles, Jason Derulo, Christina Perri, Genevieve Schatz of Company of Thieves, Kelly Clarkson, Simple Plan, Jesse & Joy and many others
In 2015, he collaborated with the American dance company Pilobolus, composing the music for the dance piece Wednesday Morning, 11:45 (2015), which premiered at The American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, on June 15, 2015.
He is currently signed to Warner Chappell Music Publishing. A series of 4 solo EPs, known as "The Bedhead EPs," were released throughout 2014.
The first one, titled 1/4, was released on January 21, 2014. The second, titled 2/4, was released on April 22, 2014, and was accompanied by a video, which premiered on the website for American Songwriter magazine.
The 3rd European Parliament, titled 3/4, was released on July 22, 2014 The final European Parliament in the series, 4/4, was released on December 30, 2014.
The Damnwells eponymous fifth studio album, featuring the original four members, was released on April 14, 2015. On November 3, 2015, Dezen announced a PledgeMusic project of songs written in early 2015 to be released as his first solo album. The project reached its crowdfunding goal in one week.
The project is scheduled to be released in February, 2016.