SMALL bio
Quirky powerfolk music. Sometimes political, sometimes weird, sometimes dreamy.


MEDIUM bio
Dyniss used to record other bands in Toronto for a living, but now he just makes his own music about things that bug him. Politics bug him, so he wrote the official song for the Green Party of Canada. That was nice. But then consumerism bugged him, so he made an anti-shopping Christmas song that ended up getting national airplay. A straight-edge vegetarian who practices peace but who often swears a lot, Dyniss uses his original songwriting to battle pollution, animal cruelty, and genocide, among other fun and exciting causes. But the doom and gloom doesn't stop there – he has love songs! Join Dyniss in his crusade to destroy all known evil with the ultimate weapon of mass instruction: quirky powerfolk music.


LARGE bio
Dyniss is the name of an ex-engineer/producer from Toronto who used to record other bands for a living. Now he just makes his own music about things that bug him. "After six years of recording others for a living, I decided to create my own songs instead," he says. "Like Bruce Cockburn, KRS-One, Midnight Oil, Rage Against the Machine, and various other forward-thinking musicians, I want to make good and meaningful music about our world."
Dyniss was hired by the CANADA GREEN PARTY for their 2000 election, for which he wrote their new theme song, The Green Anthem. They received more votes than ever before in that election.
Dyniss has contributed to various unrelated causes by playing shows for INTERNATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY, the FAMILY FEDERATION FOR WORLD PEACE AND UNIFICATION, and the PLANETARY VISION FESTIVAL, for which he co-wrote and produced One Earth, One World -- a song that was sung in 28 countries on the 2001 summer solstice.
In the Christmas season of 2002, Dyniss received national radio airplay in Canada (22 stations) for his Christmas song Hey Sophie (originally penned as "Hey Michael"), which parallels the famous Little Drummer Boy story. But Dyniss couldn't stop there -- he proceeded to record the song an extra 1000 times (!) for 1000 different common names. Several hundred cd singles and e-mails of those different versions were sold that year to the public.
"I want to inspire people. But having a great live presence and writing really good songs are the top priorities now. I have learned the hard way that you can't just shove your opinions about the world down people's throats -- they're just not interested. If you can get people's attention on the surface first, then there's a chance they'll go deeper for the things you really want them to hear".
With two full albums, a Christmas single, and one music video under his belt, Dyniss is now in the process of integrating relevant video imagery into his live shows. Watch for it!