David Hodge
Eclectic acoustic and electric pop / rock music focusing on solid songwriting and arrangements.
4
songs
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Margaret Has A Lover Margaret Has A Lover
Recorded live at the Monterey General Store, Monterey Massachusetts on September 22, 2007
Saturn's Moons Saturn's Moons
A live recording of 'Saturn's Moons,' performed at the Monterey General Store, Monterey, Massachusetts on April 27, 2007
Cooraclare Cooraclare
David Hodge is a teacher / musician / songwriter living in the Great Barrington, Massachusetts area. He teaches guitar privately as well and also teaches group guitar classes at the Berkshire Community College's Great Barrington Campus. He's also on the faculty of the Berkshire Music School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
While he makes his living as a guitar teacher, David is probably best known for his work as the Managing Editor and Senior Writer for , one of the Internet's most popular free guitar tutorial sites. You can read hundreds of his lessons and guitar columns there.
David has also been very busy writing guitar tutorial books these past years. He is author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Guitar" (Alpha, October 2010), "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Rock Guitar (Alpha, March 2010) and "The Complete Idiot's Guide To Learning Bass Guitar" (Alpha, September 2006) and "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Art of Songwriting (Alpha, August 2011)
He is a frequent contributor to Acoustic Guitar Magazine and is currently finishing up his first full-length book for them, "Rhythm and Strumming Basics," which will hopefully be out before the end of 2011.
"Songs & Sandwiches - David Hodge and Friends Live at the Monterey General Store," a compilation of songs taken from three 2007 concerts at this wonderfully intimate Berkshire music venue, came out in January 2008 and is available at .Have you performed in front of an audience?These days teaching and writing take up close to all my time. But one never knows - it's like all of a sudden, there are a lot of shows to play. Not just my own, but also providing backup for local singer / songwriters such as Todd Mack and Joel Schick. Providing the right musical textures in a backup is a lot of fun, not to mention a challenge!
If you want to see the performing schedule, go to the "Gigs And Performances" page at my website, www.davidhodge.com
Your musical influences
I come from the typical "singer/songwriter" mold but my influences are fairly varied. You can hear traces of anyone from Paul Simon and Ray Davies to Aimee Mann and Andy Partridge.
Writing "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Art of Songwriting," I worked extensively with Nashville songwriter Casey Kelly who has an instinctive gift for crafting a song together. I've learned a lot from him and I hope that my newer songs reflect his inspiration.
But I'm also greatly influenced by the musicians and friends with whom I play music. Nick Torres, Kathy Reichert, Todd Mack, Marilyn Miller, and Fred Schane all inspire me to work harder and to enjoy each step of the songwriting process.What equipment do you use?
My main guitar is a Seagull S6 Folk model (with the cedar top). I also play other guitars and stringed instruments, some keyboards and whatever else I can get my hands on! I try to let the song determine the instrumentation, so sometimes you'll get a single guitar and sometimes you'll get a twelve piece band!Anything else?
I hope that you enjoy what you hear and feel free to write me with questions, comments and suggestions.
South Egremont, MA
USA
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306627
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Comments (6)
Hello David,
Margaret has a Lover is a great song!
Erik Lemoine
Hi David you got great stuff up man.
See you on the GN forums.
Dan
David...
I am so glad I stumbled on this page, trying to find out when/where you are playing today! I know, you told me about it....
I am enjoying listening to each song on your site...thank you!!
hi there, i googled "out of the box guitar playing" and there u were, love your music. i was just wondering if you had any advice for me. i've played in cover bands for wot seems like an eternity, and tryed coming up with my own stuff but i just cant seem to make any of it interesting anymore. i think i've gone stale, anytime i pick up the guitar i end up playing the same old rubbish, even when i try modes and exotic scales i cant get out of the same old box patterns.
Hey my name is Sam, I'm just commenting to say I love your songs, especially One by One, Strangers on this Train, and Below the Stairs. After listening to them they are stuck in my head for days! And tank you so much for all those tutorials on guitarnoise. I wouldn't be nearly as good as I am now if it weren't for those tutorials. Right now I am learning Blackbird, I have that one pretty much down, even the "big stretch" part! Well anyway thanks a lot for all of your help and I love your songs.
See ya
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