Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius’ new single, IMPOSTOR, is out and available for the fans on all digital music platforms—stores and streaming media through Melodic Revolution Records. The group premiered the song at ProgStock Festival this October.
IMPOSTOR
is also the first song recorded for the band’s upcoming album.
Produced
and written by Joe Deninzon, the 8-minute prog recording IMPOSTOR features
virtuosity from Joe’s violin, and his bandmates –bassist Paul Ranieri, drummer
Jason Gianni, and guitarist Michelangelo Quirinale. It was engineered by
Joe's longtime engineer Rave Tesar, mixed and mastered by Rich Mouser, with
special guests Bill Hubauer (Neal Morse Band) & Randy McStine (The Fringe,
Stu Hamm, Robben Ford).
The song
addresses the Impostor Syndrome,
as it applies to all the
wrong people having too much confidence and those who need more having not
enough. Lyrics about power, celebrity, success, and self-doubt.
Joe says
IMPOSTOR is based on conversations he’s had with many other friends that are
actively working in the music world. “A few years ago, a friend. who is a
very successful musician and writer, confessed that she often feels like an
impostor, like sooner or later everyone will figure out that she’s actually a
fraud. I realized that I had felt this way many times in my life. After some
research, I learned that this is called “impostor syndrome” and is common among
many people around the world.”
Joe
Deninzon has been called “The Jimi Hendrix of
the violin,” the group have showcased their “frenzied mélange of progressive
rock, jazz fusion and funkabilly” throughout the world. Their latest album,
GUILTY OF INNOCENCE hit number 4 on the Relix/Jamband radio charts, 72 on the
European Indy charts. Fresh off the main stage at ProgStock, Joe Deninzon
& Stratospheerius is a favorite of music festivals
and colleges. Their music has received over 3 million plays online, and
the band’s opened for John5, Gary Hoey, Martin
Barre, The Levin Brothers (Tony and Pete), Tim
Reynolds, Mickey Hart,
and John Scofield… Stratospheerius was
a winner of the John Lennon International
Songwriting Competition, and was named “Best Jam Band” in the Musician’s Atlas
Independent Music Awards.
