Music

When Dr. Dave was younger and contemplating a career path, he was deeply involved in music: playing in the university orchestra, studying music theory and composition, and taking private trumpet and piano lessons. His early inclination was to pursue a career in music. But another Voice called, equally powerful: Pastoral Ministry. Some musicians back then also said they considered priesthood or ministry. Dr. Dave followed the Voice into Pastoral Ministry, then into Academic Religious Studies. He kept music private, as he sought a “conventional” career. (Sons of suburban General Motors middle-management just aren’t artists!) Keeping music private, Dr. Dave felt he kept music free—free to follow his heart, his taste, his Muse.

With his first CD, Moods Mellow and Blue, Dr. Dave makes his private world public. Intended for a wide listening audience, this jazz-inspired CD is also personal offering. The songs encompass a long period of time as Dr. Dave grew and developed as a person—not only musically. He had no idea that respected musician friends—some highly accomplished—would respond with such enthusiasm.

One local and international jazz keyboard player writes, “Outstanding!” Another Grammy-winning jazz keyboard player and composer in Nashville (formerly with Frank Zappa, Earl Klugh, and Chet Atkins) liked the music so much he offered to produce Dr. Dave’s CD gratis. “Unique!” he exclaimed. It was gratis and Grace. And an established Edmonton guitar player who heard it writes:

“I love your album! I find it very gentle, relaxing, sort of avant garde, ethereal, even. It takes me to a place I all too rarely go. Such a pleasant surprise. Thank you for this!”

The sophisticated harmonies and soulful melodies of MOODS MELLOW AND BLUE are accessible, and coupled with heartfelt, haunting, poetic lyrics. The tones it intones are moods of love, love of life, passion, pathos, peace, and prayer—sometimes all in one song. All the sounds on the disk are real instruments: vocals, horns, cello, viola, flute, strings, drums, acoustic guitar, upright and electric bass, and Dr. Dave on keys (except on the song “Edmonton”). The players on MOODS MELLOW AND BLUE are among Edmonton’s best performers: Sandro Dominelli, Dino Dominelli, Anna Beaumont, Joel Gray, Tom Golub, Wes Wyaciuk, to name a few. Dr. Dave wrote the arrangements, and recorded the CD on Apple Logic Pro-X in the church basement where he was Pastor. He rented state-of-the-art mics, personally recorded each of the vocalists and instruments, painstakingly mixed and engineered the tracks himself over a five-year period, while still a professional Pastor. Dr. Dave is pleased and proud to say that after five years of ecstasy, agony, anxiety, peace, conflict, community, connections, grief, joy, and money spent, MOODS MELLOW AND BLUE, the work of Pastor Dave, is now released by Dr. Dave, and is available on most media platforms.

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Music is another role in All the Things he is, meandering the path seeking Veritas and Beauty. The keyboardist who co-produced Moods Mellow and Blue answered Dr. Dave’s question for him: Which did he find more meaningful: playing in church or playing at Pine Knob, a large outdoor concert venue near Detroit? “I would say I play for God anywhere I am at.”