Dave was born in Michigan. He's a combat veteran, worked rock and roll in San Diego through the nineties, was a professional diver for the Monterey Bay Aquarium (where he met Katie, many years ago), worked with special needs adults and with California State Parks. He was raised with a solid church choir and classical/jazz background from his father while getting Simon and Garfunkel and The Beatles from his older brother, and hair rock from peers. He started on piano, moved to trombone, and finally decided guitar was more portable and social. The main drive in his ongoing interaction with Music is songwriting. He claims his songs come to him in all sorts of ways: music then lyrics, lyrics then music, all at once, painstakingly over weeks and months, in his sleep, who knows. His largest thanks go out to his musical mentors, and their seemingly infinite patience with his journey: Paul Grove, Derek Bodkin, Joel Steven, Roy Grove, all of Gibbous Moon, and a bevy of teachers around the globe.