David - ProfilesArchive

About Me

hi, im david. im a junior computer science (previously accounting) major at UNCC. i spend most of my free time practicing guitar as well as piano and i write songs on both.
im a very positive person and i really like being around people, talking, and laughing.. i laugh a lot. when no one else is laughing at something really stupid, im laughing at it. if they think im an idiot, too bad.. thats me.. an idiot! :)
concerts ive seen:
- 2002, July 15 Creed
- 2003, July 28 - Less Than Jake (warped tour)
- 2004, Apr. 23 - Metallica
- 2004, Oct. 4 - Incubus
- 2005, Nov. 20 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
- 2006, Aug. 10 - Dragonforce / BTBAM
- 2006, Oct. 4 - Opeth
- 2007, Mar. 3 - Billy Joel
- 2007, May 25 - Appetite For Destruction
- 2007, Sept. 15 - Chthonic / Merzah
- 2007, Oct. 26 - Mutemath / Eisley
- 2007, Nov. 17 - Nightwish / Paradise Lost
- 2007, Nov. 29 - Amon Amarth
- 2007, Dec. 21 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
- 2008, May 2 - Symphony X
- 2008, May 20 - Ensiferum / Turisas / Eluveitie / Tyr
concerts im going to see:
- 2008, Sept. 24 - Nightwish / Sonata Arctica

My Interests

playing guitar is my life.. if you question this, please ask and ill be happy to show you what i mean. music, learning new languages (Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, German).. im working on them :P, soccer, soccer, soccer, Real Madrid - the best football club on the planet..

I'd like to meet:

all of the bands i like. the only people ive met that i really want to are Tuomas, Jukka, and Marco of Nightwish. they are amazing musicians are are SO nice. i really hope to see them again as well as the other bands i like

Music:

i like melodic music (mostly metal). meaning i dont like most music in the USA. 90% of the bands i like are from Finland but also Sweden, Germany, Italy, Spain, Norway.. and so on

Movies:

action, comedy, some drama, i can live through chick flicks

Television:

thursday night MLS, watching the Florida Gators kick butt in every sport, Heroes, South Park, that 70s show, the big bang theory. i try to watch tv as little as possible, but thats the stuff i like

Books:

"Born in Blood and Fire" by John Charles Chasteen

Heroes:

my biggest influences musically: Alexi Laiho, Jari Maenpaa, Tuomas Holopainen, Luca Turilli, Tony Kakko.. so many great European musicians
y todos mis jugadores de futbol favoritos: fernando torres, iker casillas, ruud van nistelrooy, raul, jose maria guti, sergio ramos, david villa, xavi, sergio garcia, antonio puerta (DEP).
El primer club de futbol en el mundo: Real Madrid! Hala Madrid!
THE FLORIDA GATORS!

My Blog

im ready to devote my life completely to music

im sick of doing nothing and for the most part being nobody. ive worked so hard at guitar and i want to work so much more at it.. im really sick of being in a good band and getting nothing accomplishe...
Posted by David on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:34:00 PST

regarding the future of music / nightwish

its really wierd.. in the past 3 years I've discovered so many bands from Europe (and 1 or 2 from the states) and in the same time period, so many of those bands have done one of the following: lost a...
Posted by David on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:59:00 PST