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David Vesel

Your mileage may vary.

About Me

The new single from Your Mileage May Vary:
"I'll Still Be Here Tomorrow"
featuring thereminist Kevin Kissinger

Visit the official web site at
http://davidv.purplenote.com

Inspired by European dance sounds, seasoned with American rock, David walks the grey space inbetween.

David is a one man band based in the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri. Classically trained on the piano since age 5, he first began writing songs in high school and joined his first band, The Situation, his senior year. Leaving for college, he took advantage of emerging technology to begin recording on his own in 1987.

He released his first public album, Chivalry, in 1992, which was very well received in his college home of Peoria, Illinois, as well as on the fledgling Internet. After Affection and Lust in 1994, David retired from music to pursue a career in computers, and ended up being really unhappy. He returned in 1999 with an instrumental set, One Swell Foop, and rediscovered the underground electro scene on the World Wide Web. In 2002 David produced his comeback album, Calliope, which received much positive press.

David is presently in the studio working on his brand new album, Your Mileage May Vary. In the mean time, enjoy the singles, "A Man of My Word (The Wedding Song)" and "Rubber Raft", available for download here at MySpace.com! Also visit David's web site, where you can download remixes of "A Man of My Word" by Hajas and Chinese Theatre.

David hosts the weekly Internet radio show Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin , Sunday nights at 10 PM ET on Cygnus Radio .

For five years, he also hosted Escape From Noise , a program of independent vocal electronica. He is presently at work developing Different Drummers, a new radio program featuring rare and unusual instruments, to debut in the fall or winter of 2007.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/29/2004
Band Website: davidv.purplenote.com
Band Members: David Vesel: vocals, synthesizers, drum programming.
Influences: Erasure, Cosmicity, Monolithic, Stock Aiken Waterman, Talk Talk, Sparks, Billy Joel, Styx.
Sounds Like: Erasure, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Moby, Cosmicity, The Echoing Green.
Record Label: Purple Note Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New song! "I'll Still Be Here Tomorrow" with theremin

Please enjoy my latest single, and another song from my upcoming album Your Mileage May Vary, titled "I'll Still Be Here Tomorrow".  It features the adept theremin work of Kevin Kissinger.  ...
Posted by David Vesel on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:46:00 PST

Escape From Noise comes to an end.

Hello all, I am rather sad to report that I have made the decision, finally, to end the program and podcast, Escape From Noise, after a 5+ year run of it. There are a variety of reasons, mo...
Posted by David Vesel on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:44:00 PST

I got a Wii!

I finally scored a Nintendo Wii!  I had to wait outside of Target on a Sunday morning at 7 AM, but I got it!There goes what remains of my spare time....
Posted by David Vesel on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:43:00 PST

Happy Yule!

I am having a nice holiday season.  Celebrated Yule last night quietly with my family, and this weekend we'll get with the grandparents and do Christmas with the extended family and kids. I wish...
Posted by David Vesel on Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:54:00 PST

Another song completed, "Living in Dreamland"

Hello all, We're on a roll now.  I have "Living in Dreamland" finished and awaiting review by my producer.  I'm already half way into "How Much" as well, so I should finish it on Friday. G...
Posted by David Vesel on Wed, 02 Nov 2005 05:36:00 PST

Please save me from Diddy Kong Racing....

I bought my son a Nintendo 64 at a yard sale a few weeks ago.  It included a game called Diddy Kong Racing, which I figured would be perfect for a 5-year-old. Unfortunately, I was right. Now I'...
Posted by David Vesel on Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:11:00 PST

Another song completed, "Frozen World"

I just got done finishing the vocal mixdown and first release candidate of "Frozen World" and I'll be running it by my producer later.  Depending on what feedback he gives me, I can count another...
Posted by David Vesel on Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:47:00 PST

Production finally starts up in earnest again

The ass end of the summer quarter at school is receding to the horizon, and my son started kindergarten, so I have Tuesday and Friday mornings all to myself!  I'm starting up again by listening t...
Posted by David Vesel on Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:45:00 PST

Busy busy busy

Hello all, Just a quick heads-up to let you know what's going on.  Work.  Work sucks.  Work takes away from music.  Work taking away from music sucks.   Things on net radio ...
Posted by David Vesel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Dern cold knocks out my production session

Yuck. I got the crud, just in time for my scheduled vocal production session on Monday morning. Hopefully it will clear up in time for me to reschedule for Wednesday. I'm making progress....just have ...
Posted by David Vesel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST