Dave Gils
Just a guy trying to get through life and writing about it.
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Long Cold Nights Long Cold Nights
Here's To You Here's To You
All The Same All The Same
Sublime Sublime
Garden State Garden State
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This is a history of my life throughout highschool, university, and after. I wrote music when I should have been studying or working or sleeping, but you know how it is. I've got my B.Eng from Ryerson University for aerospace. I've been playing music my whole life, I've played guitar for about 10 years now, and piano for 20.
I've traveled some in my life, snowboarding in the rockies, holidays in Florida, and some good times in australia, when I wasn't sick to my stomach from a kidney infection. All my songs are about my walk and relationship with God. Just the raw story and frustrations and joys. Music is my form of expression and keeps me going through whatever I'm going though. It can make hell into heaven and calm my soul.Band/artist history
The summer of 2003 has changed my life, and my approach to music. In losing close family to death, I had to deal with some issues that I have never had to deal with before and that can be seen in a few of the songs, I felt angry and lost and just sad. But I knew that in the end, I could find God and He would pull me through it all.
I'm just trying to figure out what the 'better' way of things is. From the story of Mary and Martha in the Bible, when you sit and listen to Jesus, you are doing the better, which is what I'm trying to pursue, in music and life.
Everything I write about comes from coming clean with myself and complete transparency with who I am. There was a season in the beginning of 2005 that I journeyed through finding feelings and getting hurt. But it has helped shape who I am and there are many songs about that deal.
There has been many random meetings between people in my life, its these things in life that teach us about people and about ourselves. I just write what happens and its how I express these things.
After all those mishaps I started working with my brother on a business venture. Didn't work the way we had hoped in business dealings we soon found out how vial and ruthless people can be. Its been jading on humanity, but at the same time made me realize what I need to hold close in life, and how important it is to be a difference in the world. We need to add as much joy and healing as possible, because you better believe that the lies of the devil are adding destruction and pain.Have you performed in front of an audience?Don't really play live. I play at my church The Meeting House in Oakville.
Your musical influences
My influences are probably Jars of Clay, U2, Thousand Foot Krutch, Dashboard Confessionals, John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band, Coldplay, Chris Tomlin, David Crowder, Lifehouse and music to that gender.What equipment do you use?
Alvarez Guitar, Tascam mixerContact
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Comments (15)
listening to when you leave at the moment, and enjoying it.
nice lyrics and structure, looks like there might be more good stuff on here will listen to more
Paul
Hey Dave, I have been listening to some of your new stuff. I just want to mention a couple songs which I thought were fantastic! Hwy 16, and Long Cold Nights (i think thats what it was called). Great songs man - I look forward to hearing more!
Its great to see some other people praising God on here! Keep up the good music. God Bless
Andrew
I listening to "when you leave" and I really like it, I love just pure guitar, it is great to hear someone who can sing too. If I ever get to making some stations I'll make sure you are on one. I love that God gives some of us the gift of being able to express our emotions through music, it is a blessing. Well, God bless ya bro
-John
P.S Check out some of my music if you get a chance.
dave
yo!
thanks for hittin'up my site yet again!ha...thats cool man..
i hit yours up from time to time too, you got cool jams i like to drift into...you have a great lyrical sense, by that i mean you got a great way of putting stuff..and i don't know if its just me but, i bet anyone/every one can relate...
great tune under "yesterday"..
nice
great.
alohas!
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