When Dane was a young teenager, he told his parents he wanted to learn the drums. His mother use to tell everyone of when he was around three (3) years of age, how he would go to the kitchen cupboards and pull out all the pots and pans, and beat on them with a wooden spoon. He guessed she knew at the time he was destined to become a naturally gifted drummer.

Dane started playing for real about the time the Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan Show, like several thousand other aspiring musicians. Playing locally in upstate New York with various rock and show bands, he soon developed a very good reputation and was sought out to play often, mostly with "December's Children", a local rock band during that time.

Upon entering college in New York, Dane soon discovered Soul, R&B, and Funk sounds that were prevalent in that part of New York State. A  genuine love of that sound was born. Playing with "The Cross Town Bus" he traveled the state of New York while continuing his education at Morrisville State University.

After graduating, Dane attended State University of New York at Oswego to study music performance. He played in most of the college musical organizations, including the concert band, along with "Solid State" which was the Jazz Lab band at the university.  He also founded a 7 man horn band, "Stefan" which toured upstate New York for more than 2 years.

When Dane returned to his hometown of Liberty, New York in 1972 he married his current wife, Suzanne, afterwards playing occasionally for pick up bands for the resort community until forming "Nite Lite", which was a lounge/top 40 band.

Moving to Florida in 1978, Dane retired from music scene until 2008, when in collaboration with Ken Hoye, decided to give it another run, this time with "Kickin Again". Music has been very good to Dane, as his mother's prophesy comes full circle once again.

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