tour de cure! 06/08/2010
i'm less than two weeks away from doing a 100 mile bike ride in support of the american diabetes foundation. it's gonna be epic! click on the bike! tab up top for more info, pictures, and a new video. also, please donate!!!!! every dollar helps aid the fight to prevent and cure diabetes. thanks for your support, dave watkins well It's about time that i start updating this site more! summer is now upon us, which for me means that work is slowing down and i have more time to get back to music projects that have been put off for far too long, and i should have a few weeks off work completely to finish up the long awaited record by my old band ptfckp, and my new solo record. so expect more updates on those two things in the coming days, weeks, and months, and a couple new pages on my site one dedicated to my recording space and projects, and one temporary page dedicated to my participation in the tour de cure, which is a 100 mile bike tour that im riding in on june 20th in support of the american diabetes association. but for now here's a little reading to tide you over on a recent project i worked on: tracking the upcoming low branches ep back in january with my good friend allen bergendahl. a beautiful writeup by shannon cleary, with photos by pj sykes. tt'll give you a little inside look at the recording/collaborative process within my studio that isn't really a studio. check it out here. ALSO, i've got a handful of shows coming up soon, so be sure to come out if you can. that's all for now, as always, thanks for listening. dave watkins welcome! 11/13/2009
greetings friends the world over!!! welcome to my official website, here you will be able to find anything and everything having anything to do with the various projects i am involved with. be it music, dance, theatre, so on and so forth. swing by the sounds page and you will be able to listen to all of my records in their entirety, and as a website grand opening bonus i have posted when no one else is here... a four song ep that is a bit of a teaser for my upcoming solo record which will hopefully be out in the top half of 2010. please download the ep and share it with your friends. and definitely stop by the videos page as right now i am running two short motion pictures set to the the tunes of music that i have recorded this year, one is some footage i shot on my way to scotland in the summer of 2008, which i cut to the tune of "these jet wings" off of when no one else is here... the other was filmed and edited by my friend logan kornhauser and uses a song called "grand traffic" which is a long improvisational minimalist piano duet with passing traffic that i did back in february that is currently unreleased, be sure to check it out, and stop by his page atwww.kitchentablelegs.com you'll also find my latest performance dates, along with links to all of my various web incarnations, and some to friends pages too. so kick off your shoes sit back and enjoy some content! it's just little old me designing and maintaining this site so contact directly me at davewatkinsddsp@gmail.com with any questions / comments / ideas / concerns / stories / fun random facts / really cool made up words / what have you, and you can always leave comments on my blog here. thanks for stopping by. take care and of course, rock it out! dave watkins | i am an audio/visual artist based out of richmond virginia, who works full time for richmond ballet as a/v supervisor. i am also an active musician, composer, recording engineer, and performer. you can find me at many a local venue in richmond doing live performances on various instruments in conjunction with assorted effects, looping mechanisms and sound reactive video projections. ArchivesJune 2010 Categories |
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