David Field
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Comments About David’s Music and CD

“David Field’s Wordless Poetry Album, Its The Best! Here at People’s Music it is our favorite CD.. .”

Bo Bryant, owner Peoples Music


“This CD has been the one I’m listening too more often this past year than any other. It’s like a best friend.”  — Larry Temple


“David, your CD makes me happy all the way to work! It's very upbeat in the most gentle ways! Thank you! Blessings on you.” –Diane Budo


“When I hear this music it opens me up to a place where my spirit can rest”

 –Sarah Bates


“Soothing and energizing at the same time”

 –Hochima Treppa MFT


“Elegant transparent music”

–Doug Bowes Choir Director


“David’s album was my introduction to fingerstyle guitar, and I couldn't have found a better one. David's renditions and his originals are masterful as well as poetic. His sound is unique. Love it!”

–Joan Parisi Wilcox


For bookings and info contact:

Greenfield Productions dfguitar@sonic.net

(707)-829-7188


Next:

Sebastopol Farmers Market

Sunday 1/9/20 10am–1pm

Kate Magdalena Duo

https://katemagdalena.com/


Redwood Cafe, Cotati CA

Tuesday 3/10/20 7-9pm

Kate Magdalena Duo

https://katemagdalena.com/


Comments

“Elegant transparent music”
–Doug Bowes Choir Director

“Soothing and energizing at the same time”
 –Hochima Treppa MFT

“David’s album was my introduction to fingerstyle guitar, and I couldn't have found a better one. David's renditions and his originals are masterful as well as poetic. His sound is unique. Love it!”
–Joan Parisi Wilcox, Writer

"Non-intrusive David's music has a gentle, positive, uplifting effect."
Jennifer Weil, Writer

"Nostalgic, wonderful choice of folk music’s wonderfully played."
Judith Hineman, Blue Heron Restaurant staff

Never intrusive, always in harmony with the mood of his audience, David delivers original arrangements of old favorites and his own compositions, blending 60's folk and folk-blues, light classical, and ragtime. "David's soft melodic style created a warm atmosphere for our opening."
Bobby Thamen-The Family Gallery"

David's wonderful, nostalgic choice of music creates a warm atmosphere" " His playing is gentle, positive and uplifting. He's an asset to our business."
Tom Hargadon, The Blue Heron Restaurant Owner

"His musical sound carries me into a wonderful new world...soothes my soul, and lifts my spirit."
Delores Pevehous, Festival of Artists Director- Los Angles California


CRAFT STATEMENT


The guitar is a very beautiful instrument, expressive in its capacities; each string is like a different instrument in its sounds and textures. This is very different from where I started on the clarinet that only has one note at a time.


So with fingerstyle using thumb and three fingers, occasional the fourth, you have four or more voices that you can move around and arrange for.


And that you can take the notes and by working the strings you can alter the pitch, adding tremolos and vibratos getting expressions just cannot get from the piano, harp and many other instruments. The timbres and dynamics are controlled by the pressure and angle the fingers or how hard the strings are plucked and of course how close or far you are from the sound hole. So it’s infinitely varied and lends itself quite well to the voicing of not only classical music but also folk, jazz, world, pop, rock, etc. The beautiful classical guitar repertoire has shown us how wonderful and full the Guitar can be,


So you can see there is direct access to very subtle nuances and an incredible range of tones.


The guitar is a place to express infinite range of communion the flow of the universal resonant energy, the “Music of the Spheres.


David’s style is identifiable because “I basically have a soft and gentle style and it’s not what I would call a virtuoso style. There’s a lot of firepower there but the main thing is that in order to create a flowing, connected, uninterrupted feeling I strive for a seamless arranging of songs.


It’s not like position playing where you are in first position and then your task is to suddenly shift a bass and melody up to seventh position and continue playing the same thing, now able to reach some higher melody notes.  When these jumps occur in the arranging I get a feeling of disconnection, like the artist is busy with technical tasks. I like to arrange things so if I need to play higher notes I can slide up to them, or have the sound linger like it’s in a reverberant space such as in a good concert hall. The sound doesn’t just stop and then you pick it up later; it’s more like a like a seamless tapestry.