Ben Rothermel

Aftershow Report: Denison Witmer Show

I am astounded, amazed, and humbled by tonight’s show. Opening for Denison Witmer in front of 200+ people is a dream I had never envisioned but have now realized. Again, I’m amazed and humbled.

I had the opportunity to meet Denison and his wife for five minutes before the show started. They both were very friendly people and I hope we get to meet again. I’ve never actually seen Denison perform before so tonight was the double treat of opening for him and getting in to see him for free! His show was emotion filled, skillful, and short & sweet. He left the stage but came back at the request of us fans to perform one more song unplugged. The whole crowd hushed so that you could hear him all the way across the large room even without the mic. Absolutely astounding.

I’m taking Denison Witmer as a model of sorts for my current singer/songwriter career. I see this model as this: write quality songs, keep yourself in your songs, connect with your audience, and always leave them wanting more. Follow that and you can’t go wrong.