David
comes from a musical family and took piano lessons early in life, followed
by six years of drums and percussion in Jr. High and High School bands. The
latter was the very highly regarded Permian High School “Mojo”
band from Odessa, Texas. During this time, David specialized in Tympani, and
earned a spot in the All State Band competition, where he had the pleasure
of being conducted by Frederick Fennell.
In college, David started a broadcast career in radio and television by becoming
the Classical Music Director of his college radio station. He began work at
a local TV station in the production department, and has been making award-winning
commercials and programs now for more than 35 years. He currently owns and
operates his own television post-production studio (including offering original
music, of course!) called CrewsCreative,
in Austin, Texas. You can visit his professional site here.
That career somewhat sidetracked him from pursuing electronic music due to
the cost of equipment and lack of time to devote to it, but the bug was always
there, behind the noise of everyday work. David never wanted music to just
be a hobby, but with the old reel-to-reel and cassette decks and no practical
way to arrange and compose more than a few tracks at a time, working at the
hobby level was all many musicians could afford during those years.
Once technology advanced to the point he could set up a professional studio, David jumped back into music production with full energy and attention. The advent of modern, computer-based total production made the difference, with most of the expensive hardware items now rolled in to a comprehensive software suite. The possibilities with these new tools are endless and infinitely compelling. The time for making music has come.
In 2006,
David won the Silver Telly Award and Moondance International Film Festival's
"Calypso Award" for his original film score to "Big Bend -
a Landscape Romance."
In 2007, he won the Silver Telly Award once again for his music to his film,
"Ancient Songs and Green Magic," about Amazonian shamanism.
David has many other interests and achievements. He is a published author, award-winning television director, animator, and TV and radio announcer. He lives and works in Austin, Texas.
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