Among other things, I’m a social worker, singer, songwriter, DJ and I own the Artist Management Company 'Driven AM'.
Drum and Bass Mixes:
Live @ Direct Drive's 10 Year Anniversary, Sullivan Room NYC, September 18th 2008
Live @ Dream, NYC February 15th 2008
Live on Bassdrive - May 26th 2007 - DJ Strife vs. Dave Shichman
Something Beautiful - April 2007
First Day of Spring - March 2007
The Melodic Dancefloor - August 2006
Live in The Pond on Jungletrain.net - Dj Strife vs. Dave Shichman 2006
Live in The Pond on Jungletrain.net - December 2005
Summer Goes Melodic - August 2005
Live @ Direct Drive, NYC - January 15th 2005
Original Music (This one is not DnB):
Sing so Low - 2007
Bio:
Raised on Long Island, currently living in Astoria, Dave has been a resident Dj at NYC's legendary Saturday night Drum and Bass weekly Direct Drive for over 4 years. Formerly known as Dj Sheik-mon, Dave is known to lightup the dancefloor with his signature melodic DnB sets and his energetic performance behind the tables. Recently Dave's sets have been described as deep, melodic, minimal and funky, supporting artists like High Contrast, Lynx, Commix, Calibre, and Random Movement as well as playing his own original tunes. His attention to detail and his smooth mixing has gained him respect from Djs and producers alike, who keep his sets full of dubs.
Dave began Djing in 1997 and soon released hip-hop tapes for Baby Paul and On the Real entertainment, a subdivision of ARISTA Records, before turning to his true passion, DnB. Dave has preformed live in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, California, Massachusetts, and Puerto Rico while having the honor of playing alongside major names in DnB including Calibre, London Elektricity (2x), High Contrast, Grooverider, Dj Zinc, Commix, Dieselboy, SUV, Klute, Chase & Status, Makoto, Raw Q, Mathematics, Vegas of Bad Company UK, Adam F (2x), Nookie, Bachelors of Science, DJ Dara, Dj DB, Mixmaster Doc, Silver, Stakka, Dj Lee, J-Smooth, Reid Speed, Odi, Sol.id, Aquasky, Burner Brothers and Dj Seoul.
Dave has been involved in music his entire life. As a youth he performed in local and regional theater. In high school and into college Dave was the singer songwriter for the band Midnight in a Perfect World performing all over the east coast in venues such as the The Elbow Room (NYC) to the Empress Ballroom (Danbury, CT). In the Summers of 2001 and 2003 Dave sang and played guitar in a Jazz band in Pisciotta Italy with NYC Jazz Pianist Pete Malinverni. In late 2004 Dave co-founded the net-label 'Expanding Electronic Diversity' (EED - ElectronicDiversity.com), a Netlabel devoted to independent electronic musicians. In 2005 Dave recorded vocals for Music in 2d with EED co-founder David Tagg. In 2006 he performed improvisational electronic music at Percussion Lab in Brooklyn, NY as part of the Tagg, Lupkin, Shichman trio.
Dave has been a guitar player, singing, writing and recording his track since he was 13 and using a tape recorder to work out musical thoughts. Dave has been producing electronic music since 2003. Recently Dave started spending many hours in his studio working on Drum and Bass tunes to incorporate into his live set. His new tunes define Dave’s sound, Funky, Deep, Melodic, and Dancefloor.
In 2006 Dave launched Driven AM, the NYC based Artist Management and promotion company which handles bookings for some of the most respected and talented Dj/producers in the US including Mixmaster Doc, Raw Q, random Movement, Bachelors of Science, Datcyde, Dj Seen, Dj Seoul, Dj Strife, and UK talent Nookie. In June 2007 Dave began hosting a monthly DnB event in NYC, showcasing artists from the Driven Artist Management roster. For nearly a year he brought the best US and UK talent on the Driven AM roster to NYC, including for their NYC debut Mixmaster Doc, Bachelors of Science, and Random Movement.
For booking information please contact Dave at:
Driven Artist Management
[email protected] A.I.M. - Dshichman
Drivenam.blogspot.com - DavidShichman.com
