Dave Gerard

I'm a 22 year old singer songwriter brought up and living on the border of Hertfordshire and Essex in the UK. I Sing and play Acoustic guitar, Weissenborn (a lap style slide guitar with a hollow neck) and Electric Guitar (as well as playing mandolin and piano badly!). I tend to play Acoustic/Folk/Rock type tracks (Influences listed below). I write and record my own material in my home studio that I've accumulated over the last couple of years and gradually learned how to use!

I'm also working on a short 5 track EP to be ready in December 2010 with a view to having a full album out next summer 2011. Most of my songs I write and do the production and recording etc at home. I'm always on the lookout to collaborate with new musicians as well as looking to get a band together soon (get in touch!). I'm looking for versatile musicians with some level of vocal ability preferably.

I'm also currently playing Live and looking for solo acoustic gigs around the country (prefereable Herts/Essex/London/Cambridgeshire). I have a car and PA and can play up to an hour and a half.

My influences are broad and wont remember or be able to mention them all here but heres a few.

Nick Drake, John Martyn, Fairport Convention, Peter Green, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, James Taylor as well as more recently Scott Matthews, Laura Veirs, Kings of Convinience, Laura Marling, Johnny Flynn, Seasick Steve, Noah and the Whale, Bon Iver.