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Dave

'Where's the chorus??

About Me


My Interests

I am currently writing and producing songs for The Hook Factory, which I own with Justin Peacock. We are currently recording songs for placement in various TV, film, and commercial outlets. It's a ton of work, but a lot of fun as well. I'm really excited for what the future holds, and am excited that I can do what I love.

You can visit The Hook Factory at:

The Hook Factory Website
OR
The Hook Factory Myspace

I'd like to meet:

Songwriters...anyone who wants to collaborate and write songs (primarily lyricists).

Music:

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Radiohead, U2, The Who, Queen, AC/DC, Neil Young, The Raveonettes, Editors, Blur, Blondie, Berlin, Beck, Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams, The Fray, Keane, Talking Heads, Iron & Wine, The Police, Interpol, Augustana, Primus, Jeff Buckley, Ben Folds, Switchfoot, Go Kart Go, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, The Flaming Lips, Fountains of Wayne, The Byrds, The Cars, The Cardigans, Coheed and Cambria, Counting Crows, The Killers, Elkland, Jesus & Mary Chain, Belle & Sebastian, Death Cab, Daft Punk, Dire Straits, Hope of the States, The Mel Gibson, The Beach Boys, Fischerspooner, Old School Billy Joel, Old School Elton John, The Darkness, Colin Hay, Bruce Hornsby, The Damnwells, The Thrills, The Bad Plus, Postal Service, Stellastarr*, My Bloody Valentine, Appleseed Cast, Smashing Pumpkins, Kenna, Let's Have a Greek Dance Party!, The Ataris, Sigur Ros, Bjork, Oasis, Old School Michael Jackson, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Mars Volta, Wesley Willis, Vertical Horizon (the old stuff), White Light Motorcade, Superdrag, Springsteen, Franz Ferdinand, Mooney Suzuki, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Van Halen, Rush, Longwave, Oscar Peterson, Kraftwerk, Can, Sinatra, Bennett, Modest Mouse, Marvin Gaye, Zepplen, James Brown, Edith Piaf, Idlewild, Jamiroquai, NIN, Randy Newman, Space Team Electra, Zero 7, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Greig, Chopin, Stravinsky, Gershwin

Movies:

CLASSICS: Psycho, Vertigo, Un Chien Andalou, La Jetee, Nosferatu (1922 version...the creepiest film I've ever seen), Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, City Lights, Manhattan, The Bicycle Theif, 8 1/2, Blow Up (Antonioni). NxNW, A Clockwork Orange, The Color Of Money, Taxi Driver, Metropolis, 24 Hour Party People, Life Is Beautiful, The Passion of the Christ, American Beauty, Get Shorty, Stop Making Sense, Pi, High Fidelity, Office Space, Tommy Boy, Dumb & Dumber, Groundhog Day, Animal House, Rat Race, Happy Gilmore, Rattle & Hum. Anything by Stan Brakhage, Chaplin, Hitchcock, or Kubrick.CURRENT FAVORITES: Napoleon Dynamite, Garden State.

Television:

The Simpsons (BEST SHOW EVER!!), Family Guy, South Park, Beavis & Butthead, Lost, Blind Date, Da Ali G Show, Seinfeld, anything on the History Channel, Jeopardy

"EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!"

Books:

"Catcher in the Rye" - Salinger "Miles" - Miles Davis "Songwriters on Songwriting" - Paul Zollo

Heroes:

Christ, My Parents, John Coltrane, Bono, Ryan Adams, and that guy who invented spray cheese.

My Blog

Songwriter's Expo

So I had the cool opportunity to hit up the Durango Songwriters Expo in Santa Barbara last weekend.  It was basically a gathering of about 200 songwriters from across America and about 100 indust...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 02:28:00 PST

Not Again...

Well, I got laid off again on Friday. It was kind of tough at first, because I really liked that job and it gave me a lot of flexibility. I really liked the people I worked with and I really was sta...
Posted by Dave on Tue, 16 May 2006 11:24:00 PST

Amazing Street Artist

More chalk drawings from Julian Beever. Scroll down slowly and stop at each new frame. Julian Beever is an English artist who's famous for his art on the pavement of England, France, Germany, USA,...
Posted by Dave on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:59:00 PST

Four Truths and a Lie...

Ok, here's the game. Below I have listed four truths about me and a lie. It's your job to guess which one is a lie. Reply to this blog posting with your guess...I'll then send you a message back wi...
Posted by Dave on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:00:00 PST

What I would buy if I won powerball...


Posted by Dave on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:40:00 PST

One thing I hate about the olympics...

    ...are the friggin noisemakers!  The fans with their stupid "moooooing" out in the audience drives me nuts.  So, I'm home sick today, and watching - of all things - women'...
Posted by Dave on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:40:00 PST

Friggin' Broncos...

Yes, I know they lost.  You don't have to call me and rub it in (all you Steelers fans I know...or "Anti-Broncos", for that matter). The reality of the matter is that the Broncos didn't come to p...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:07:00 PST

This is pretty crazy...

A little different. MIND GAME  This is strange...can you figure it out? Are you the 2% or 98% of the population? Follow the instructions! NO PEEKING AHEAD!        * Do the f...
Posted by Dave on Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:30:00 PST

Colorado here I come...again

Hey everyone... Well, I'm officially going back to Colorado now.  A company in Denver found my resume online, liked what they saw, and flew me out to Detroit a few days ago for an interview (the...
Posted by Dave on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:22:00 PST

My Musical Quiz List...

1) What was the first CD you bought? Well, the first CD I ever owned was an Xmas gift - "Scott Joplin's Greatest Ragtime Hits"...I loved that CD cause I used to play those songs on the piano.  Th...
Posted by Dave on Sat, 12 Nov 2005 12:08:00 PST