Tom Denney

Tom Denney (born November 23, 1982) is an American musician and record producer.

He is a founding member and the ex-lead guitarist of A Day to Remember. He has since parted ways with the band and now produces at his own recording studio (though he was involved with the band's writing sessions for three more of their albums).

Tom Denney
Born (1982-11-23) November 23, 1982 (age 41)
Ocala, Florida, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)Guitarist, songwriter, producer, musician
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active2003–present
LabelsIndianola, Victory, 33

He continues to write and produce music for various other bands, with Secrets being one of his main projects.

Tom’s current band is Sounds Like Color, with Jesse Smarslok on vocals.

History

Early years and A Day to Remember (1992–2009)

Tom Denney started playing guitar from the age of 10. Denney was later in a band called 2 Days 2 Late with drummer Bobby Scruggs; Denney called vocalist Jeremy McKinnon (who was in another band at the time) asking if he wanted to form another band, later called A Day to Remember. Denney performed on the band's first three albums: And Their Name Was Treason (2005), For Those Who Have Heart (2007), and Homesick (2009). Denney has stated that Nirvana was a major influence on him, adding that "if it wasn't for Nirvana, I honestly wouldn't be here". Other inspirations include country music artists such as George Jones and Johnny Cash.

On June 2, 2009, the band announced that Denney had left the group; and was replaced by Four Letter Lie guitarist Kevin Skaff. The band stated that Denney left because he wants to focus on his marriage, a family, and his recording studio. Regardless of his departure from the band, he still remained a part of the writing process of new material. Denney has since contributed music to a number of the band's albums: What Separates Me from You (2010), Common Courtesy (2013), and Bad Vibrations (2016).

Record producer and solo career (2007–present)

Brian Calzini, a friend of Denney's, stopped by Denney's Titan Studio, while he was working on a song. Calzini asked whether he could overdub vocals to it: "we stayed up all night fucking around on this song and I just randomly made up lyrics to it as I went. The song had a very nu-metal singing part so Tom sang on it to be funny. The song was a complete joke just for fun". Later that night after the session had finished, Calzini took the track home with him, and put it on MySpace, titling it "I'll Swing My Fists". After changing the name of his MySpace account, due to the growing number of plays of the song, to Boston B; the pair soon recorded several tracks that Denney had left unused to which Calzini added lyrics to. Calzini gathered a group of people to pose as a band, and to record music with, at Denney's studio; naming the group as Paddock Park and releasing the songs on With False Hope EP (2007). All the songs featured on the EP were later re-recorded in August 2008, with Denney producing, with some new songs to make it a full-length album.

On July 26, 2011, it was announced that Denney would be releasing a solo EP in the fall of that year on his own record label, 33 Records. A short preview of one song, rap song "I'm Gangsta", was released on the same day. The song was later released as a single on October 25; the music video of which had its premiere via Alternative Press' APTV, on November 1. Band Mest released a single on June 4, 2013, "Radio (Something to Believe)", which was co-written with Denney and features McKinnon as a guest musician. It was also produced by Denney.

Discography

    Solo
  • Ima Monster (EP, 2011)
    • As a composer and guitarist
    • As a composer only

Production discography

Band Album Role Release Year
Paddock Park A Hiding Place for Fake Friends Producer 2008
Dang We're on Fire Wake Up the Sleepers (EP) Producer 2008
Dang We're on Fire Heart Stopped Beating (EP) Producer 2009
We Are Defiance Let's Forget Regret (EP) Producer 2009
Confide Recover Composer 2010
We Are the in Crowd Guaranteed to Disagree (EP) Composer 2010
Pierce the Veil Selfish Machines Composer 2010
Honor Bright Action! Drama! Suspense! Producer, engineer 2010
The Word Alive Deceiver Composer 2010
Close to Home Never Back Down Producer, engineer, composer, vocals 2011
We Are Defiance Trust in Few Producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, composer 2011
For the Fallen Dreams Back Burner Producer, engineer, mixing, composer 2011
Live the Story Everything I Am (EP) Producer 2011
Outline in Color Producer 2011
For the Fallen Dreams Wasted Youth Producer, engineer, mixing 2012
Secrets The Ascent Producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, composer 2012
Speaking the King's Here to Stay (EP) Composer, producer, engineer 2013
Secrets Fragile Figures Producer, engineer, mixing 2013
The Rose Line Consequences Producer, engineer, mixing 2013
Woe, Is Me American Dream (EP) Producer 2013
Fathoms Cold Youth (EP) Producer 2013
A Sound in Sight A Sound in Sight (EP) Producer, mixing, mastering 2013
We Are Defiance Live and Learn Producer TBA
Before Their Eyes II Producer TBA
Akissforjersey New Bodies Mastering 2014
Dayseeker What It Means to Be Defeated (Reissue) Remixing, remastering 2014
Wage War Blueprints Composer 2015
Pierce the Veil Misadventures Composer 2016
Secrets The Collapse Producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, composer 2022

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