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David Rinaldi

About Me

David was the lead guitarist and a songwriter in the 1980's Connecticut bands "Tendencies" and "The Wishing Years". In the 90's David went solo, released “Animal Afterlife”, and inspired by his mostly Puerto Rican neighborhood, fronted various incarnations of his Latin tinged “Williamsburg Salsa Company” in NYC.FROM DAVID: "I started writing and performing family music for my two sons at the behest of their loving mommy Fabiana. My gigging days had long been over - but suddenly I was performing at my sons' schools and at other gatherings of friends and family and so I recorded an album of nine songs: Waking Up Underneath A Tangerine Sun. Leonardo illustrates some of the songs and his work will be featured on GAP boys t-shirts starting in July of this year. Hope you enjoy! D~~~FOR THE LATEST HAPPENINGS AND MORE INFORMATION: www.FireflySongs.net To purchase CD’s go to CDbaby.com or contact us directly at [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/5/2007
Band Website: FIREFLYSONGS.NET
Band Members:
Influences: steely dan, squeeze, neil finn, cuban son, bossa nova, ju ju and hi life music. also ruben blades, juan luis guerra, chocolate armenteros....We're inspired by fireflies, grasshoppers, dragonflies and other forces of nature such as our own children.
Sounds Like: Grooves, melodies and harmonies all getting along..... START SHOPPING CART TO CD BABY --

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Record Label:
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Jamming in Lima

What fun to play my songs for first graders at Juan XIII where Leonardo "interned" for a few weeks, immersed in Spanish. A few of my own tunes and some classics like Old McDonald never fail&   ...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:32:00 GMT

New Album

The Boy Who Ate The Fish Food Though I began writing these songs a year ago, the title song was recently composed after Nicholas found some old fish food in Leonardo's drawer and promptly helped himse...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:38:00 GMT

Peru

Less than a week before we were set to leave for our visit to Peru, the earthquake hit  - destroying much of the town of Pisco about 90 miles south of Lima and shaking Lima for an interminable tw...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:25:00 GMT

CLICK HERE FOR LYRICS TO ALL 9 SONGS...

All songs by David Rinaldi, copyright 2007Contact David anytime at [email protected] songs come from engaging our sons - asking them questions and responding to their endless stream of queries ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:06:00 GMT

ABOUT US:

Many people have asked us how and why we do what we do. It's really quite simple. We wanted to keep the kids happy in the car. We write music that is inspired by our days together. Our songs are homeg...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:55:00 GMT

WATCH OUR COOL MUSIC VIDEO ON YOUTUBE!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ls-34Bmyo As a New Year's present, we thought that parents hoping for enlightenment through cleanliness would specially appreciate it. It's all homemade and made...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:57:00 GMT

COMMENTS FOR THE ALBUM AND MUSIC VIDEO:

Hello David, thank you for sending your tunes along. They sound great! I like 8 track recordings, that's how we still do it.  I would recommend you keep doing what you're already doing get the m...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:38:00 GMT

DAVID'S ASSETS

Dave's "day job" at the YMCA of Greater New York hugely influences his music. He believes that young people know exactly what they want and what they need.  Good music is just one piece...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:56:00 GMT