About Us
Dean Anthony Caputo

Songwriter

I started writing as a teenager, as well as playing covers and
originals in garage bands getting local gigs.  I started studying
real songwriting later on and then came AlyssaSongs Music. I
began pitching demos to publishers and A&R Reps in 1996
and gained some interest in Nashville.  Some of my earlier
achievements were:
Hit song in New Zealand, 1997
Northeast Country Music Association
Compilation placement, 1997
Finalist, Runner-up, Honorable Mention in
several songwriting and lyric awards
Radio airplay for several songs on various
international, internet radio
Author

I was published in a peer-reviewed professional journal, Police Quarterly,
in September 2008: "The South American Theft Groups: An Overview of
a Transnational Criminal Network and Strategies for Field Enforcement."

I have also published various other pieces, including a
Street Guide for
police officers, for a non-profit, SATGIN, as well as a chapter in the book
Kettle Dreams (edited by Leslie Flowers).
Poet

My first published poem was in the National Anthology of American
Poetry, Millennium Edition, 1999, called "CoDa."  I have another,
"Professor on a Perch" with Lulu Poetry (2009).
Dean Caputo, Songwriter,
AlyssaSongs Music Publishing
I am now collaborating with writers from around the world in
various genre. I have songs published in Nashville, Los
Angeles and in several international markets and am currently
focused primarily on production music using Logic, Tascam
144, Ludwig drums, Dean Evo, Yamaha acoustic
, Oxygen 49
MIDI, Yamaha HS50s,
and various mics.