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David J Gries

Will you just take the time for me?

About Me




I love music. I always have. I have been making up my own songs since I was just a little one. It’s just me and my guitar. I also play the cello and limited keys however, I have yet to let them play with my songs. Not that I don’t want them to, it’s just that I haven’t yet. I actually bought the guitar for my wife. She couldn’t just pick it up and play it like Sarah Mclachlan so it collected dust for two years until I gave it a home in my arms.
I’m also an actor in a movie called "Broken" that features three of my songs - "Whisper", "Fall In Shelter", and "Cannonball". I was really excited to hear that they were willing to use my music since that wasn’t really even on the radar as far as I was concerned. But there you go.
I am lucky enough to have been on two of the Soupy Gato podcasts as well. Below is a banner to link over to his site and check out what Daniel J does. He’s a super cool guy with a golden heart. He truely cares about music and musicians and runs a pretty swell podcast too. It all for the unsigned-indie artist and is a great avenue to discover new talent and music.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/10/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/davidjgries
Band Members: Dave and a guitar
Influences: Cat Stevens, bjork, Led Zepplin, Sarah Mclachlan, Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos, NIN, Tracy Bonham, James, Dave Matthews, Weezer, Foo Fighters, For Squirrels, Smashing Pumpkins, Lisa Loeb, Ben Folds, The Beetles, Etta James, Leonard Cohen, Liz Phair, Tool, Greenday, etc, etc, etc...
Sounds Like: hmmmm...
Record Label: www.crippledturtle.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Frontier Boys

This past weekend, I traveled to the far far land of Charlevoix, Michigan to film a trailer for the upcoming film called "The Frontier Boys" for Grooters Productions.  I got to play a bad g...
Posted by David J Gries on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:27:00 PST

the journey is over...

So there you go.  I was "voted" out of Lakeshore Idol tonight.  But you know what?  I'm just fine with that.  I had such a great time while it lasted.  All of the other contes...
Posted by David J Gries on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:32:00 PST

The Knickerbocker Screening

WAS AMAZING!!  Thank you all so much if you were able to come out and see the film.  Some of the people there not only came out to see us at the Knickerbocker in Holland, but they also drove...
Posted by David J Gries on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:13:00 PST

TOP 15!!

OK! I made it past the first round of eliminations!!  I super excited about that as there is some really great talent in this thing.  Some people just blow me away and I can't help but ...
Posted by David J Gries on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:58:00 PST

WZZM 13 interview

Derek, Aziza and I did an interview with WZZM 13 news for thier Take Five show.  Stephanie Webb was the woman who did our interview and I have to tell you she is probably one of the most gen...
Posted by David J Gries on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:42:00 PST

Brokens first review!

"broken"   v     Written, Produced & Directed by Derek Justice & David DeLeon v     Filmed on location in Michigan & Ohio v   &n...
Posted by David J Gries on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:32:00 PST

TOP 20!!!

I made it through the first round to be part of the top 20 contestants in this years Lakeshore Idol competition.  There were a lot of really great people auditioning tonight and I think this is g...
Posted by David J Gries on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:17:00 PST

Lakeshore Idol.

So we have this thing going on in West Michiagan called Lakeshore Idol.  It's kinda like American Idol except one has nothing to do with the other.  It's just a fun compeition for singers in...
Posted by David J Gries on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:57:00 PST

Holland Sentinal Article

Holland Sentinal Article As I was posting that last blog, I got a call from Sal Sapienza, a freelance writer for the Holland Sentinal.  They Sentinal is going to run a story about BROKEN and ou...
Posted by David J Gries on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:23:00 PST

Free Music

Due to the Holland screening (Saturday Feb 2, 2008 @ The Knickerbocker Theatre in Holland, Mi) I have decided to upload the three songs from Broken (Whisper, Cannonball, Fall In Shelter) back on my pa...
Posted by David J Gries on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:52:00 PST