Dennis Culp (born April 23, 1970) is an American

trombonist The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

and singer-songwriter best known for his work with the bands

Brave Saint Saturn Brave Saint Saturn (stylized as braveSaintSaturn, brave saint saturn or BS2) is a Christian rock band formed in Denver, Colorado in 1999. The band is a side-project of members of Five Iron Frenzy started by Reese Roper. The band calls their mus ...

and

Five Iron Frenzy Five Iron Frenzy is an American band formed in Denver, Colorado, in 1995. Best known for playing ska punk music characterized by an offbeat sense of humor and prominent Christian themes, Five Iron was one of the pioneering figures of the Chris ...

Career

Culp has released one solo album, '' Ascents'', under the name Dennis Bayne. Culp is a member of the band Roam, which began in 2010 and released one EP. He is also the CFO, owner, and Executive Producer at Singing Serpent, a firm providing music for the television advertising industry. Their clients include Toshiba, Sprint, McDonald's, and many other major companies. Culp provided horns for the soundtrack of the third episode of ''

Sockbaby ''Sockbaby'' is a four-part martial arts / comedy short film co-directed by Doug TenNapel and John Soares. ''Sockbaby'' originally premiered on Channel 101 (created by Rob Schrab and Dan Harmon) on January 25, 2004. ''Sockbaby'' follows Ronnie Co ...

''. He also composed music for ''

Call + Response ''Call + Response'' is a documentary film released in 2008 by Fair Trade Pictures to support human rights activism against human trafficking and slavery on a community level. The film was Justin Dillon's directorial debut. This is the final film ...

'', a 2008 documentary.

Personal life

Culp resides in

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...

with his wife, Melinda.

References

External links

Website for ''Ascents''
American performers of Christian music Living people American ska trombonists Male trombonists 1970 births Musicians from Denver Five Iron Frenzy members 21st-century American singers 21st-century trombonists {{US-singer-stub