Born in Southern California in 1963, Dave was raised on surf, sand, sun and Rock n' Roll.
Dave started his career at eighteen in the top recording studios of Hollywood. Working his way up from assistant engineer to his first stint in the hot seat engineering with legendary Brian Wilson. A house engineer at Track Records Hollywood from 1982 to 1984, Dave cut his teeth recording a roster of bans on Metal Blade Records; Metallica, Slayer, Armored Saint. While working at Cherokee Studios Hollywood, Dave also sharpened his recording and production skills learning from the best in the Business: Roy Thomas Baker, producer for Queen, The Cars, Journey; Curt Boetcher, producer for Beach Boys, The Association and Roy Haily, producer for Simon & Garfunkle.
In 1985, Dave partnered with Jazz musician, Mark Antacky to open Valley Center Studios, in the heart of San Fernando Valley. This facility was a state of the art recording studio situated within three rehearsal rooms. Their long term clients included Carol King, Gerald Albright, Dave Mason and many others. These well known artists earned the Studio and it's facility a trusted respect spanning 14 years.
Dave engineered and produced countless records at VCS for Dionne Worwick, Gary Myric, Tory Amos, Jack Mack and the Heart Attack, Four Play, Max Groove, and Tower of Power. And he is now Head producer of Black Star Records. With Old School analog wisdom and modern hard disk recording skills, Dave is making magic that pushes the envelope of the 21 st Century.
Dave's credits are as follows:
1) the Dark Backwards, 1988, starring Judd Nelson and Bill Paxton; with director Adam Rifken.
2) Santa Barbara, the soap opera, 1986-1989, two-time Emmy nominee.
3) composed music for NBC for their coverage in Seoul Summer Olympics, 1988.
4) teaching recording and record production at Trebes Recording University, Hollywood from 1987 to 1990.
And record credits are as follows:
1) The Savage Rose Tameless (as engineer); an European grammy nominee 1999
2) Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes in 1994 (as engineer).
3) Max Groove: Midnight Rain in 1989, Maximum Groove in 1992, Center of Gravity in 1994, Maxed Out in 1996, It's a Beautiful Day in 2001 (as producer/engineer).
4) Fred Raulston, Eclipse in 1995 (as producer/engineer).
5) Fourplay, Fourplay in 1994 (as engineer).
6) Dionne Worwick, Friends can be Lovers in 1993 (as engineer).
7) Tom Hall, Paris Rain in 1997 (as co-producer/engineer).
8) John Berman, Time is on My Side in 1999 (as producer/engineer).
9) Blues Angel, Richie Onori, Three Wishes in 2002 (as producer/engineer).
10) The Binge with Steve Caton and Matt Sourm 2003 (as producer/engineer).
11) Heaven and Earth with Joe Lynn Turner from Deep Purple and Bobby Kimbal from Todo 2003-2004 (as producer/engineer).
12) Girls Gone Wild Fight Club 2003-2004 (composed, produced and sung by Dave).
13) Derek Dupree and the Dragstrip Racers as Glamorama Records 2005 (as producer/engineer).
14) Dillinger Steel 2005 (as producer/engineer).
15) Ray William Roldan with Swing Samurai, In California Country 2005-2006 (as producer/engineer).
