DAVID STARTED PLAYING GUITAR WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD IN ENGLAND ON BENTWATERS AIR FORCE BASE PLAYING IN A HIGH SCHOOL BAND CALLED STAINED CLASS. THEY PLAYED AT THE AYA (AMERICAN YOUTH ASSOCIATION) ON BASE AND A COUPLE OF TIMES AT MUSIC NIGHTS AND DANCES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. DAVID THEN MOVED BACK TO HIS HOMETOWN, ORLANDO, COLLEGE PARK, FLORIDA. WHERE HE KEPT ON PLUGGING AT MUSIC AND RECORDED SOME WITH JOHN LeFRONDRE (THE BELLAMY BROTHERS KEYBOARDIST&B/U VOCALIST) IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLA. THEY PLAYED A FEW DIFFERENT BARS TOGETHER (VOLUSIA CO, ORANGE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES). THEN HE MOVED TO BROOKSVILLE, FLA AND THEN HE ENDED UP PLAYING WITH EDDIE JAMES. THEY WERE KNOWN AS LANGDON AND JAMES. AFTER A FEW YEARS OF THAT DAVID RECORDED AT NIGHTINGALE AND RCA STUDIOS IN NASHVILLE TENN. DAVID FOUND A GOOD FRIEND IN BRIAN (PSYCHO) WARD AND STARTED SURREAL NOTION (PRODUCING THE START TO THE ALBUM LOST HIGHWAY) AND PSYTRYC (PRODUCING PSYCHO THERAPY) ALONG WITH MANY OTHER BITS OF MUSIC AS WELL. DAVID AND BRIAN PLAYED MANY DIFFERENT PLACES LARGE TO SMALL. DAVID HAS BEEN ON A FEW RADIO SHOWS AND HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF HEARING SOME OF HIS MUSIC PLAYED ON THE RADIO. WELL KNOWN AT THIS TIME IN WESTERN SIDE OF FLA DAVID EVENTUALLY MOVED BACK TO ORLANDO. DAVID AT THAT TIME STARTED PLAYING IN SOME LOCAL BANDS AND WORKED ON GETTING PLAYERS TO GET SURREAL NOTION GOING THERE IN THE AREA. RECORDING AT K-TOWN RECORDS AND OTHERS FINISHING HIS WORK ON HIS "LOST HIGHWAY" CD. DAVID HAS HAD THE PLEASURE OF PLAYING IN MANY BANDS IN THE AREA ONE OF WHICH WAS 'TURN PIKE' WHERE HE WAS THE LEAD/RHYTHM GUITARIST AND B/U SINGER. WE PLAYED MEDIUM TO LARGE VENUES LIKE 'THE HARD ROCK LIVE' IN ORLANDO, FL. THOSE MUSICIANS WERE SOME OF THE BEST AND TIGHTEST HE FEELS THAT HE'S EVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF PLAYING WITH.-------AFTER A WHILE OF THAT HE THEN MOVED TO PALM BAY, FLA. TO BE WITH SOME OF MY FAMILY THAT HE HADN'T BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME. PLAYING HERE AND THERE WITH MANY DIFFERENT MUSICIANS AND BANDS FILLING IN WHERE HE COULD. HE IS PRESENTLY WORKING WITH THE BAND AGAIN AND THEY'RE JUST STARTING TO PLAY OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS. --------------DAVID HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THE RIGHT MUSICIANS TO COME ALONG AND NOW HE FEELS FINALLY, HE'S WITH THE PROFESSIONALS THAT HE NEEDS TO BE HAVE AROUND HIM TO BE ABLE TO GO AS FAR AS THEY CAN IMAGINE.--------THEY ARE ALL SEASONED AND READY TO GO AND DO ALL THAT WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO THE TOP. ------------MY GOAL IS TO START IN BREVARD CO, FL FOR A LITTLE WHILE WORKING UP A GREAT REPUTATION FOR BEING THE BEST HERE ON THE MARKET, THEN HIT THE ROAD THROUGH OUT FLORIDA AND INTO GEORGIA MAKING A NAME FOR THEMSELVES AND THEN PICK UP AND GO ON OUR FIRST OF MANY TOURS OF THE USA. -------------------THIS IS WHAT DAVID HAS TO SAY: "I KNOW IT MIGHT SOUND LIKE A HARD PLACE TO GET TO FOR SOME PEOPLE BUT, I HAVE FINALLY FOUND THE TALENT THAT I NEED BEHIND ME TO GET IT DONE. WE ALL HAVE TOUR, LARGE AND SMALL VENUES AND RECORDING EXPERIENCES UNDER OUR BELTS, BUT THAT WAS HELPING OUT OTHERS IN THEIR BANDS. THIS OUR MY TIME. AND WE'RE READY WILLING AND ABLE TO REACH FOR THE STARS AND TAKE WHAT'S OURS." ---------------SURREAL NOTION PLAYS THE MUSIC STYLES OF SOUTHERN ROCK,MODERN ROCK, BLUES, ORIGINAL MELODIC ROCK TRILOGY AND COUNTRY. -----------DAVID'S WRITING OF SONGS IS NORMALLY DEEP AND HAVE MEANING TO HIS LIFE AND PEOPLE'S LIFE EXPERIENCES THAT HE KNOWS. +++++++++++++++ IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT DAVID LANGDON OR SURREAL NOTION SEND THEM A MESSAGE, EMAIL THEM AT
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