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David

About Me

Winner of a Gibson Les Paul BFG Guitar at the OWS 2007 Jammy Awards as "Best Guitar Player". I've composed music for theater, dance and film in New York and Atlanta........Artists and Venues: Ondine and Company, PBS P.O.V. “The Band”, Merce Cunningham, P.S. 122, Saint Anne’s Warehouse, Here, Mabou Mines and La Mama Etc.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/31/2005
Influences: The Beatles, Pat Metheny, Radiohead, U Totem www.myspace.com/utotemmusic, Turbid Blue, Celtic Music, Bach, Univers Zero, ECM records, Ravel, Prokofiev, Kate, Tori, Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Steve Howe, Steve Morse, Steve Reich...Authors: Jonathan Carroll, Joachim Ernst Berendt, Lorrie Moore Guitar Suite 2nd Movement

Sounds Like: All of the songs on this page and the David Patterson Projects page were written by me. However, I have recorded on 58 CD's - some of them are: Shawn Mullins (all of the cd's from Better Days through Ninth Ward Pickin' Parlour), The Indigo Girls (Jesus Christ Superstar), Stacie Rose - "Shadow and Splendor" and "Shotgun Daisy", Nadia Ackerman, Britt Neil, Jo Davidson "The Simply Said Sessions", Sam Shaber "80 Numbered Streets", Cynthia Dillenbeck, Athena Masci, Trysette and Jen Elliot (Eight Days Down), Halley Devestern ............................................................ .....................PRESS"One of the best all-around guitarists, he can lend himself to any style thats required, going from tasteful jazz to balls-out country rock to Irish folk to dazzling classical with quiet ease while you shake your head and listen." Creative Loafing - Atlanta, Georgia..................................................... ............................................"David Patterson is one of the most creative and original sounding guitarists out there....He can take a little three-chord song of mine to whole new level with the stroke of his pick. And I don't think I've met another musician who lives his music as David does." Shawn Mullins - Newsday..................................................... ................... ABOUT THE SONGS ON THIS PAGE"Anniversary" (Roland GR-30) and "Guitar Concerto First Movement" (Hirade no.8 and keyboard) were recorded and written in Atlanta, Georgia 1996-1997. "What the ..." was done on a digital eight track machine, I played all instruments (guitars, mandolin, piano) "Frank's Jazz" was a solo drum improvisation recorded in 2002 played by the magnificent Frank Laurino. I then added multiple tracks of guitar synth. "Aria" was written specifically for "Universe Expanding" - a multi media event created by Cathy Shaw in 2005. I composed all of the music, and working only from a German text I wrote the "Aria". "Ghosts" is from my CD "Selene" available through iTunes. "Llama goes to Spain" - features Cybele Kaufmann on vocals. It was written as an Original Dance composition for York Dance Works here in New York City and was performed at Merce Cunningham Studios in 2008.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Second Playlist

Check out my second playlist! It's  "Songs I'm On" - "Faith" by Shawn Mullins "Sunny" as heard on WVIA by Stacie Rose"For Love" from the latest release by Sarah Lentzand "Everything" a song that Nadia...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:19:00 GMT

Songs From 2008 and 2nd playlist

I've been listening to some of the music I've recorded for various artists in 2008 and I wanted to list some of my favorites here in my blog. And go to my second playlist to hear other "Songs I'm On"....
Posted by on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:49:00 GMT

New song, links to videos and zentertainment podcast

One of the most amazing websites around is Jo Davidson's zentertainment.org. Check out broadcast number 44 where Jo and I created a very cool ambient soundscape.44 Solitude, the Wisdom of ExtremesIn 2...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:17:00 GMT