Dennis Lowery Perspective on Twelve Steps

I am a Northwest native, and have traveled these United States since the age of 17. 

I have played music most of my life, starting with piano, to drums, to fiddle, to guitar and banjo. 

I began singing about 10 years ago, and have been teaching myself how to produce and engineer my music for about the same length of time. 

I  have many influences, to include Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Hank Jr, as well as a lot of rock music including Guns N Roses, Led Zeppelin, among many others in the same realm. 

I am self taught and play by ear. I am left handed, but play right handed; so I have a style I of playing that is pretty unorthodox that I have a hard time teaching to others, but I've adapted to make my own sounds. 

This song is special to me because it reminds me of the impact on what the crutches we use in our lives have on us. 

My background of being a lonely traveler and past relationships made this song what it is, and writing those feelings down has helped get a lot of that weight off of my shoulders. 

I believe I was born with music instilled into my heart. Listening to it has made the artform grow into who I am. 

I realized about 10 years ago that the only one who was going to push me forward into doing something special with my talent was me. 

Country first and foremost, with Americana, blues, folk, bluegrass, and rock all blending it into what it has become. 

The older I get, the more experiences I have, and the more material I use to create. 

Whatever comes to mind at the time. To be honest, I find myself writing new songs after getting into arguments with my wife lol. 

Chris Stapleton. Because his music is awesome and I have a feeling the food would be awesome every day.

Right now I'd say Chris Stapleton would top my list of favorite artists, and I would describe him as the Chris Cornell of country music. 

3 chords and the truth.

I would choose Elvis if I were single because of how many women would be there. 

Right now, I'd think I'd choose to go see Waylon. 

12 Steps. Because it was such a challenge to finally get it to the sound I've always wanted it to have. 

Waylon, Stapleton, Marty Robbins

A dream. 

Someone not as good as me so I look better!

I always try and write songs to be relatable, so I just hope that gets accomplished if not anything else. 

Yep. Gotta keep the leather tips on my fingers polished. I've grown a lot more lyrically motivated than focusing on instrumentation. 

Success is being happy with what you've created, first and foremost. The second part of it is accomplishing the title of being an artist; and creating things that are of esthetic value to others. 

Anything worth doing, is worth doing well!

That's a saying I live by, and how I measure my success.

Peace. 

Practice the hard stuff at home. Focus on songs you can play well, at the shows. 

As an artist, it's easy for me to make music. Playing guitar is easy for me. 

For others, it's ridiculous, hard, and inconceivable.

I've learned to remember that while putting a song together. It doesn't have to be complicated. It just needs to have a sound that everyone can focus on. 

Templates help with everything, including writing music. So I always use a standard template to write with, then move things into the places I want them afterwards. So, I find music I like that is similar to what I've written, and notice how that song was structured, then try and match that structure. After I've done that, I look for thing I can do differently, and experiment until it turns into something I'm happy with.