Biography: Dacia A. Blodgett-Williams, David Kent-Abbott, David Mahr, David Nelson, David Nelson McCarthy, David Raksin, David Shire, David Szatmary, David Thomas, David Vinopal,

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Dacia A. Blodgett-Williams Biography, Photos, Pictures

Born and raised into a musical family, Dacia A Blodgett-Williams has been exposed to a wide range of music from early on Like her siblings, Williams developed an interest in specific instruments, focusing on the piano and voice

David Kent-Abbott Biography, Photos, Pictures

I was born in 1970 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, during the heart of the hippie movement there After my parents split up when I was little, my mother and I moved out to the Jersey Shore

David Mahr shares songwriting credit with long-time writing partner SFoRcE Producer Mahr’s musical arsenal includes vintage analog equipment like the Korg Poly 800 slaved to a Mac-based digital sequencer system that give his music a sound retro and modern at the same time

David Nelson Biography, Photos, Pictures

The name David Nelson shows up continually as a credit in the creation of actual packaging for recordings, as in cover art, photography, and liner notes This David Nelson had a merry time taking care of graphic design for Carols, an ’80s album of Christmas music played on the hammer dulcimer

David Nelson McCarthy Biography, Photos, Pictures

From an early age, David McCarthy sang in a church choir and played guitar He received a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Michigan; studied jazz and improvisational music; taught guitar; and, in 1980, attended the Naropa Institute in Boulder, CO, studying with core faculty Bill Douglas and Jerry Granelli and taking seminars with Charlie Haden, John Abercrombie, and Oregon (including classical guitar with Ralph Towner)

David Raksin Biography, Photos, Pictures

David Raksin was among the most prolific and storied composers in Hollywood history, his career spanning across six decades and some of the most acclaimed films in cinema history

David Shire is one of the more prolific American composers who has written music for stage, screen, and television Though he continues to occasionally compose for films, he was most prolific during the ’70s and early ’80s

David Szatmary Biography, Photos, Pictures

David Szatmary recently completed a major revision of his book, Rockin N Time (a social history of rock & roll) and is at work on a similar history of jazz He has managed a chain of record stores and has written for numerous publications

David Thomas Biography, Photos, Pictures

David Thomas is a entertainment writer for the Palm Beach Post newspaper in West Palm Beach, Florida He’s written for Sonicnet/Addicted To Noise, MTV Online, The Sun-Sentinel newspaper in Fort Lauderdale, City Link also in Fort Lauderdale and was a writer and editor for the Indiana Daily Student for four years in Bloomington, Indiana

David Vinopal Biography, Photos, Pictures

David Vinopal says, “For 40 of my 48 years I have loved country music; that means I wasted the first eight” He is author of The Country Music Funbook, a trip through country music history in a question/answer format

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