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About Me

Canadian one man music project just having fun here making tunes in the basement. Dave has been writing and recording music since receiving his first guitar from the Sears catalog and recording into a Radio Shack tape recorder many years ago.
Coming Soon: Crushsongs 20: The Definitive Collection (1988 - 2008) - The Ultimate Box Set Collection of All The Noise and Videos We Could Find from the Crushsongs catalog!!
Coming Soon: A Least Embarrassing Hits Package on CD!!! Featuring a selection of personal favorites of mostly finished noise including:
A Simple Trick
A Waking Dream
Another Day
Atticus
Balanced
Beautiful
Marvelous Disaster
Promise
Raindrops
Ride My Bike
Shadow
What's So Good About Goodbye?
Original music, arrangement and lyrics by David Kruger.
Credit Where Credit Is Due Dept:
Album artwork and lyrics for "Marvelous Disaster" by Jon Mulder
Words and Music for "Back in 52" - The Buggles
Music for "Raindrops" - Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Eleanor Rigby - Words and Music by Lennon and McCartney
A Waking Dream - Words by Edgar Allen Poe
Balanced - Words by Bob Adlers, Music by David Kruger and Bob Adlers
Coo loo coo coo coo loo coo coo!And who is this strange, noisy creature? What is with all the wanking? What is this - could it be called "Music"? Hmmmmm
Gerry from the League popped over for a visit:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/17/2007
Band Members: David is the Grand Poobah and Control Freak responsible for vocals, guitars, bass and keyboards with the occasional appearance from various members of the League, most notably Jon Mulder and Rob Adlers.
Influences: Everything really. But I keep going back to The Glorious 80's!, 70's KISS, Rush, John Denver, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Barenaked Ladies, Van Halen, Sarah Mclachlan, Elton John, Joe Satriani, Billy Joel, Chet Atkins, Trevor Rabin, Howard Jones, James Taylor, Spinal Tap, Dr. Demento, AC/DC, Def Leppard, Shania Twain's Band, Riders In The Sky, Bob Adlers and Paper Airplane, The Beatles, Michael Hedges, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Big Band Jazz, American Idol and any corny pop song or sad song that can make you cry. Oh yeah and all the great Canadian Hair bands of the 80s.
Record Label: Crushsongs Records and Tapes
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Dave Foster Gone Bad and The Isaacs

Fortunately or unfortunately, I have hundreds and hundreds of little unfinished ideas like this one. I thought I'd post this one, not only because I am a masochist, but to remind me that this is...
Posted by leagueofkruger on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:57:00 PST

David vs. David

I'm sure you'll agree there are more important and pressing things in life to discuss than American Idol, but I figure I should just get it off my chest. I loved it! Sure, the show is so easy to...
Posted by leagueofkruger on Tue, 27 May 2008 04:34:00 PST

A Waking Dream "Chip Mix"

Third take at my interpretation of Poe's "A Waking Dream", this time with some extra noisy things like more guitars and synths and drum machines, (all things I had intended to put away for this piece)...
Posted by leagueofkruger on Mon, 26 May 2008 06:28:00 PST

A Waking Dream Of Life And Light (Take 2)

Posted an updated mix of "A Waking Dream". There's a bit more bass, and hopefully the words are a little clearer, and I am shouting a little less. (Hey it's my style I guess). There'...
Posted by leagueofkruger on Thu, 15 May 2008 01:49:00 PST

Balanced (2008 Edit)

If a blog falls in the forest, does anybody hear it? Posted a freshly edited version of "Balanced", a tune from the B-Sides CD (2003) that was co-written by my good friend Bob Adlers (www.myspace.com/...
Posted by leagueofkruger on Tue, 13 May 2008 06:08:00 PST

A Waking Dream Of Life And Light

Hello Friends.New tune posted on my page called "A Waking Dream". You may recognize the words from a classic poem by Edgar Allen Poe.I was going to add all kinds of synths and guitars and drums and be...
Posted by leagueofkruger on Sat, 03 May 2008 02:50:00 PST

The Beatles In My Basement (Part II)

I am writing to you from the Blog Control Center. (!) At least that’s what it says at the top of my browser window. Well, following up from my last post about watching American Idol ...
Posted by leagueofkruger on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:26:00 PST

The Beatles In My Basement

No no no, I don’t have any bugs in my basement. I’m talking about those Lads from London. So, I am a little fuzzy on this one, but I think one of the first "real" songs I can rem...
Posted by leagueofkruger on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:18:00 PST

Your posted songs are free to download. Are you ok with that?

Is it common knowledge or has anyone else noticed that bands on MySpace that post songs on the MySpace player (like myself) are NOT protected from someone listening and grabbing their music ...
Posted by leagueofkruger on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:42:00 PST