Damen Digital's creative director René Damen is originally from the Netherlands. After six years of teaching High School and writing three musicals, --two more as a freelance playwright--, he became full time involved in computer software & digital music production.

For a few years he ran an advertising agency in Amsterdam, where he picked up the basics of marketing and graphic design; meanwhile he worked on documentaries (narrations, voice-overs, film scores) with his brother Ernie, and on a Children's TV-show; he is still somewhat involved in the software-business he started in 1982.

Later in life, under the name Damen Digital, he began to diversify and branching out into audio/video post production, interactive media and web site design, after he moved to the US and settled in Maine. There he runs a lodging business where he does his digital media work as well. Composing music is another passion of his.

For music production, he is often assisted by his son Lucas Damen, who obtained certification in sound engineering. Luc is a composer in his own right and is involved in several musical projects such as Projekt Manticore and The Amalgamation of Noise.