User:Daveisdave/sandbox

While growing up in Brooklyn, NY in the Carroll Garden's neighborhood on the corner of Court Street and Carroll Street, Dave was no stranger to the Italian lifestyle that surrounded him. Right next door to Dave's brownstone apartment was Casa Rosa, a restaurant that was owned by members of the Genovese Crime Family. Dave at the age of six became one of the few outsiders that Vincent "the Chin" Gigante looked out for, and was assured that if anyone made any moves they would be gone forever. But a year prior to his formal introduction to Vincent and his crew, Dave began his desire to create hip-hop music through the b-boy culture. He would throw down a perforated cardboard box to break in Carroll Park right across the street from where he lived. Hip-hop was always embedded in the core of imagination that Dave took away from Brooklyn when he moved away at the age of 8. Like they say in Brooklyn, "You can take the boy out of Brooklyn. But you can never take the Brooklyn out of the boy." Along his magnificent quest for enlightenment through his own creativity, Dave became surrounded by many athletes, actors, musical artists, directors, and film producers later in life who taught Dave how to produce, direct, act, write, and record through witnessing them at their craft. At the age of 10, Dave was invited to sit on the bench during a Bulls game with legendary basketball player Michael Jordan, and at eleven he was invited to the Vision Pro Skate escape by legendary skater Tony Hawk. There was a gap in Dave's life where he just wanted to be a normal human being outside of the limelight and the glamour of Hollywood and the industry that came along with it. However, when he was 17, he worked for legendary director and producer Tony Bill on a film starring Randy Quaid, James Woods, Lucinda Jenny and Kate Capshaw. Several years later Dave began his work within the music field as an archiver of books, photos, and media. While he was acquiring experience within the musical field, Dave began DJ'ing tech house at The Martini Lounge, a club once located on the corner of Melrose and Larchmont in Hollywood, CA. In 1995, Dave was introduced to his compadre Fletcher Dragge, of the legendary surf-punk band Pennywise when he attended the Warped Tour in Long Beach. Fletcher and Dave are still great friends and visit anytime the band Pennywise comes to Vegas. In 1997, Dave was accepted into Art Center College of Design, a prestigious design school and studied Film under acclaimed director of Laverne & Shirley, Francine Parker. At Art Center College of Design, Dave attended with a very notable band by the name of Linkin Park. Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington were studying design and illlustration along with DJ Hahn who were then were performing as a band called Xero. And while at Art Center, Dave became friend with the artist known as Shark Toof and Joseph Watson, who currently is the owner a gallery in Las Vegas called the Joseph Watson Collection. In 1999 Dave received a Los Angeles Music Award. Currently, Dave is emerging as a serious player in the music industry as a producer, writer, and as an artist. He currently lives in Las Vegas, NV, freestyles at clubs and on Freemont and 7th Avenue in downtown Las Vegas periodically with the underground players to hone up his battle skills in the streets. Dave is currently working on a full length album which will be distributed worldwide.