Dennis Wittig of Decatur knows the tribulations of being part of a band.

From experience, he knows the hassle of getting everyone together for rehearsal and understands the problems that can arise among band members.

Wittig has also learned that a band of people isn't necessary to form a band.

"Most musicians will tell you there are always personality conflicts and creative conflicts in the band," Wittig said. "And now, I'm the only jerk in my band."

With full creative control, Wittig will be performing twice next week in Decatur. He'll be the only person on stage, surrounded by computers and synthesizers.

Wittig has developed his own one-man band called D.K. Trilla Noise, a computer based, MIDI- (musical instrument digital interface) driven band. Wittig uses a guitar, drum computer and his own voice, as well as synthesizers and harmonizers, to create a variety of instrument sounds, all driven by a computer.

"Any time of the day or night � I can rehearse," he said, "and all of the musicians are there and ready to go and do what I tell them to do."

It wasn't always just Wittig and his computer.

He was a member of the local acoustic guitar band L-Win Motel, with Bill Witts and Brian "Boomer" Britton. Though the 1982 band technically ended in 2004, they still get together to do an annual reunion show.

"Mainly what we did was sing harmonies as big as we could sing them," Wittig said of the good old days of L-Win Motel. "It was kind of a scary proposition sometimes, walking in with two acoustic guitars to some of these bigger jobs and trying to make enough sound and be loud and rowdy enough � to get away with it."

L-Win Motel played Decatur Celebration several times and logged more than 1,200 shows over the years, Wittig said.

"One of the positives is that, when you are playing in a band, you can kind of lean on people," he said. "I'll miss the camaraderie that goes along with it.

"But (now), I get to keep all of the money," he added.

Wittig said he has received compliments on his sound and is booking more shows as D.K. Trilla Noise. These include performances at the Bourbon Barrel on Thursday and Lock Stock & Barrel on June 2.

Kim Miller, co-owner of the Bourbon Barrel, recalled D.K. Trilla Noise playing once before for a private show there.

"He has a very good sound. It really sounds like a whole band playing," she said. "He's a very talented performer."

Miller said she believes the audience will enjoy "the intimacy of the one-man band thing."

Wittig hopes people will be open-minded to his performance.

"I think part of my responsibility will be gently educating them on what I'm doing exactly," he said.

The music is not pre-recorded, Wittig said. The sounds are programmed into his computer in advance to play at the correct times during his performance.

"Pretty much it's a lot of work built into putting together these songs," he said. "The learning curve for all this equipment is a little steep. You think you think of everything but forget to enter a code."

Wittig currently performs cover tunes but intends to develop original material.

"This is as much a science project as anything else," he said. "I love using this equipment and learning about it."

WHO: D.K. Trilla Noise.

WHEN: 10 p.m. Thursday, May 31.

WHERE: Bourbon Barrel, Decatur.

WHEN: 10 p.m. Friday, June 2.

WHERE: Lock Stock & Barrel, Decatur.

ON THE WEB: www.myspace.com/dktrillanoise

Alicia Spates can be reached at aspates@herald-review.com or 421-6986.