He began showing a strong interest in music at a very early age as a direct reflection of listening to his Grandfather playing jazz piano around him as a small child. His Grandfather was a very intelligent man who imbedded the basics of sound and feeling deep into his mind. His Uncle, who lived in the same house as him and his mother for a while also left a profound impression in his musical taste, constantly blaring the likes of Rush, Steely Dan, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and other game changing talents that shaped some of today’s auditory variety. Later, his mother would take him to his first concert. It was one of the last concerts put on by B.B. King in which B.B. could stand for the entire set. David was 11 years old and convinced his mother to buy him a guitar for his 12th birthday after what he had witnessed that school night. Being the amazing single mother she was, she bought him a black, imitation strat copy to get the ball rolling. It worked. This combined with a vast combination of unique genres he befriended throughout his life would mold what he has become today.

Being moderately young, Dave began playing out in his first performing band, Lucid, in 2006. Since then, he has shared the stage with acts such as Perpetual Groove, Lotus, The Bridge, Lionize, U-Melt etc… Lucid then changed into East Toast due to legal reasons. Later, he would take time off from gigging to further focus and advance his instrumentation. In this time he was contacted by none other than Billy Martin. Billy was looking for the jazzy, fusion heavy style guitar sounds that were born during Lucid and East toast to incorporate them in what is known now as “Fake Flowers Real Dirt”.

“When you start playing music with people of this talent and character, it feels like the future can never come soon enough.”