NEXT Show ---- ] NIckel City | San Jose | June 13
FOLLOWing Week ---- ] Cafe du Nord | San Francisco | June 23
BIO ---- ]
I am a dreamer ... on a wild, whimsical ride.
I am a firm believer in pursuing goals- no matter how preposterous, fantastical, and idealized they may be. I thrive off living this precarious existence, somewhere between sheer stupidity and perpetual sublimity.
Playing music is like staring into the ocean or sitting with the moon every night. There is comfort to be found in its mystery, wonder in its simplicity, magic in its being, and love at its core.
I use my voice to paint pictures. Synthesizers, samplers, and guitars are my primary colors. I dabble in water-color when I use delays and reverbs. Sometimes I paint over myself with loops and samples, and my dumbek and djembes sometimes help me keep things from drifting into outer space. But if they do ... that's ok. I like the feeling of space, and silence.
I am in love with lineages in music - satie | debussy | ravel | glass | eno | aphex twin | radiohead | boards of canada | nusrat fateh ali khan | jeff buckley | nina simone | sigur ros
I am in love with the possibilities of our time - modern technology has enabled me to write|record|promote everything I do, on my own. And when it reaches ears ... I know it was through eons of hard work, wishful thinking, and intense struggle. Not through pre-packaging into palatable formats to meet the current tastes of our temperamental pop-music culture.
In my humblest of hearts, I aim to continue making the music that is in my soul; to write and record the songs that will live after me. If I am blessed with the opportunity to play to people and to share my music on a full-time basis ... I will feel less like society has succumbed to the hegemony of bigMONEYpopCULTURE, and more hopeful for the countless others who struggle under the dim light of uncompromising self-expression.
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David Knight has played widely within the San Francisco Bay Area, most notably during his run with the ambient/rock band Day One Symphony. Â He has also toured the east coast of the US, played shows in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and recently, a solo tour in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Â His current catalog includes the Day One Symphony EP 'A Vicious Circle' (2005), his own 'Collected Works (2005-08),' and the online EP 'Mandala.'
David is also a member of Nu-Class pioneers Panthelion as a singer/guitarist/effects technician.
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---- ] an ODD assortment of RECORDings Past/Present
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PICS ---- ] The Studio
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HELP ---- ] In the struggle to earn a living making music.
WHAT I AM HEARING ---- ] Music
.Pinikpikan.
Boards|of|Canada
Cesaria|Evora
Mohammed|Rafi
WHAT I AM READING ---- ] Books
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
