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David Feder - Hillbilly Flamenco Jazz guitarist
Hillbilly Flamenco-Jazz guitarist David Feder has been captivating audiences with his playfully sensual music for over 20 years. With a warm smile and a funny charismatic presence, this remarkable musician has earned a devoted following. And with his fresh approach to the finger style Classic guitar, Feder breathes new life into the American Gypsy-World Music scene.
"David Feder is a phenomenal guitarist...and one of the best kept secrets in the Florida Keys..."
(Carl Hiaasen)
Feder was born in 1958, in Niagara Falls, New York, "The Honeymoon Capital of the World." At age five, the family moved to rural Pennsylvania where David began learning piano and guitar. By age nine, he started writing and playing his own songs, influenced by his grandfather's humorous folk singing and the guitar playing of the local sheriff.
"David Feder took the stage next -- a real world-class act. He did amazing things on an electrified Taylor classical guitar during an incredible set.... If his sheer musicianship wasn't dazzling enough, the stories he told about his compositions were funny, moving, and he really touched a lot of people with his music."
(John Bartus)
David is an avid martial artist, practicing for over thirty-five years. He says the discipline that comes from that practice helps focus mind and body to better express the music inside. There's something about releasing the ego and the need to win that allows the music to develop and flow more freely. And by viewing everyone as teachers, it becomes easier to open up emotionally and share artistically and spiritually.
David studied engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester New York, and Music performance at Buffalo State Teacher's College. Along with music, David has made his living as an electronic systems designer, studio engineer, and underwater camera repairman.
For the last twenty years Feder has lived in the island paradise of the Florida Keys, a Mecca for artists of all mediums. The diversity of culture in the islands is embraced in all of Feder's recordings.
In 1995, Feder signed a distribution deal with Lyra Recordings, boosting performances in the USA and abroad. His music is currently heard on radio, TV and films worldwide. Whether performing at large outdoor festivals or small intimate settings, David is equally at home performing solo or with his all star band.
"And the music is so clear and true that it makes you shiver"
(CC Hemingway)
David's first album, "Waiting for Sara," is soft romantic Latin Jazz while "The Reason Why," is pure funk and blues. The most recent CD "Black Emerald" is Exciting "Hillbilly Flamenco." And his soon-to-be-released album, "Leila's Dream," contains all original, instrumental songs inspired by children.
