Dave Van Patten - ProfilesArchive

About Me

i play in a band called Family Tree with Lexi Lee and Kevin Klein. we like to hug a lot and sometimes Lexi bakes cookies for people at our shows and then we get great big family hugs! the songs on this page and the songs on the EP are what i recorded earlier, before playing with Family Tree. because of the positive spirit of Family Tree I have put these old songs to rest and have embraced a renaissance. i am more of a writer than a musician. i am influenced by good poetry and lyrically driven music. i daydream twice as much more than all humans i'm aware of. without coffee i'd go off the deep end. the demo/EP: i call it "morning coffee, midnight wine" because that's kind of what the music sounds like to me. i don't do music for money, so i've given out a lot of CD's and i will continue to give them out to whoever wants one. Everyone is my brother and my sister.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/7/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/davevanpatten
Band Members: Lexi and Kevin and myself= Family Tree
Influences: The Beatles, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie. ------------------------------------------Other: Daniel Johnson, Syd Barret, Belle and Sebastian, My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and Mary Chain, Kings of Convenience, Jeff Buckley, M. Ward, Kingsbury Manx, Devendra Banhart, Velvet Underground /Lou Reed, Wilco, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Nirvana, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Six Organs /Ben Chasny, Weezer/Cuomo, Neil Young, Ravi Shankar, Crosby Stills and Nash, Pink Floyd, Beck, The Shins, Sigur Ros, Smashing Pumpkins, Stooges, Moldy Peaches, Ramones, Hendrix, Air, Leadbelly, Moby, Howlin' Wolf, Cat Stevens, Bjork, Moby, Soundtrack of our Lives, Autolux, Bowie, Lennon, Vivaldi, Neutral Milk Hotel, Simon and Garfunkle, Rolling Stones, Modeski, Martin and Wood, Pavement, Pixies, Yo La Tengo, Miles Davis, Built to Spill, The Who, Greatful Dead, Pulp, Television, Ben Harper, Smile, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Strokes. Orwell, Salinger, Kerouac, Thoreau, Whitman, Langston Hughes, Socrates, Jesus.
Sounds Like: Myself perhaps
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None

My Blog

*Touring through America! Need help.

Hello friends. My band Family Tree and I are touring through America, starting on June 13th and Ending on August 8th. We only have a handful of shows booked so far because of busyness of schedules, so...
Posted by Dave Van Patten on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:57:00 PST

*Touring through America! Need help.

Godfrey Jules comics

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Posted by Dave Van Patten on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:14:00 PST

Comics Im making called "Golly Moses"

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Posted by Dave Van Patten on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:51:00 PST

The Adventure of Kevin (a Children’s Book for Grown Ups)

Hello Friends. Here is the first "Children's Book for Grown Ups". I hope you have a disturbing sense of humor. Enjoy! Page 1: Page 2: Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 and 8 Page 9 Page 10...
Posted by Dave Van Patten on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:26:00 PST

Little Black Widow lyrics

little black widowa little black widowpunctured my heartwith poisonous fangs,i let her come closei couldn't resist,but the poison remains,a moonless nightwas coming to beunderwater, under meeverything...
Posted by Dave Van Patten on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:19:00 PST

"morning coffee, midnight wine e.p." is finished and i'm giving it out for free

The "morning coffee, midnight wine e.p." is finished and I believe in giving out music for free, so if you want a copy send me your mailing address and I'll mail it to you when I get a chance. -D...
Posted by Dave Van Patten on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:11:00 PST