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About David Picarra

Acoustic guitarist/vocalist. I play songs from the 1970's up until the 2000's. Lionel Richie, James Taylor, Stevie wonder or even Acqua!

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David Picarra is an accomplished guitar player and singer, with more than 20 years of experience in the music industry. He has established himself as a highly skilled musician and is known for his emotional performances. On You Tube, where he performs covers and originals, he amassed over 1 million views total. In addition to his online presence, David has performed for crowds of up to 80 thousand across Europe & Africa, accompanying well-known artists such as Agir, Anselmo Ralph, Los Bitchos and doing studio work for Josh Stanley, Shivjot, Monda, Maro, Feralman, Anjos, Fernando Daniel, Calema. His performances have been praised for their technical skill and artistry. Currently, David runs his own recording studio in Cambridge, where he produces studio recordings for clients worldwide. His studio is known for its high-quality recordings and attention to detail.

David Picarra

5 out of 5

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David Picarra's Reviews

5 out of 5

David is a fabulous singer and guitarist and we are so pleased that he played at our daughter's wedding. He was so easy to work with in the run up and happily learnt an additional couple of songs requested by the bride and groom. On the day he sang the bridal entrance and exit songs and entertained the guests during the reception. It is evident that David loves his work and we would definitely recommend him. All best wishes. Joy & Paul.

5 out of 5

Brilliant- couldn't recommend enough. Will defiantly be booking again. X

5 out of 5

David was an amazing singer! He was so flexible as the weather kept changing on the day so we had to change location last minute at the venue. All the guests thoroughly enjoyed his performance and I've had so many comments from friends and family that David was one of the best live singers they've listened to. Thank you for making the day extra special! Highly recommend!!!

5 out of 5

David was great just right for my husbands 60th birthday party. Played the songs requested. We have had lots of positive comments from family and friends saying what a great night.

Reply from David Picarra

2 months ago

Hi Tracey, thank you so much for your review. I really had a great time playing for you all, everyone was up and dancing and in the mood for having a great time which made my job super easy and very enjoyable. All the best, David

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If you need a talented, versatile and very receptive to your requirements guitarist, look no further - David is your perfect choice!

Great Work. Definitely working again with David.

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David Picarra's Song list

1. 74 - 75 - The Connells

2. 500 Miles - The Proclaimers

3. A change is gonna come - Sam Cooke

4. The A Team – Ed Sheeran

5. Act Like you know - Fat Larry's Band

6. Ain’t no sunshine – Bill Withers

7. All About You - McFly

8. All night long – Lionel Richie

9. All Shook up - Elvis Presley

10. All the small things - Blink 182

11. Always on my mind - Elvis Presley

12. American Woman - Lenny Kravitz

13. Angels - Robbie Williams

14. Another day in paradise – Phil Collins

15. Are you gonna be my girl - Jet

16. As long as you love me - Backstreet Boys

17. Baby can I hold you – Tracy Chapman

18. Baby I love your way - Big Mountain

19. Back for good - Take That

20. Bad Girls - Jamiroquai

21. Barbie girl – Ben L’Oncle Soul

22. Beautiful Crazy - Luke Combs

23. Believe – Cher

24. The best - Tina Turner

25. Best of you - Foo Fighters

26. Big yellow taxi - Joni Mitchell

27. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

28. Black or white – Michael Jackson

29. Black velvet – Alannah Myles

30. Blame it on me - George Ezra

31. Blue ain't your color - Keith Urban

32. Blue suede shoes - Elvis Presley

33. Breakfast in America – Supertramp

34. Breakfast at tiffany's - Deep Blue Something

35. Brown eyed girl - Van Morrison

36. Build me up buttercup - Foundations

37. Budapest - George Ezra

38. Butterfly – Jason Mraz

39. Can’t help falling in love – Elvis Presley

40. Can't stop the feeling - Justin Timberlake

41. Can't get you off my mind - Lenny Kravitz

42. Castle on the hill - Ed Sheeran

43. Celebration - Kool and The Gang

44. Chasing cars - Snow Patrol

45. Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis

46. Come as you are – Nirvana

47. Cose dela vita – Eros Ramazzotti

48. Crazy little thing called love – Queen

49. Cry me a river - Justin Timberlake

50. Dance Monkey - Tones and I

51. Dancing in the dark - Bruce Springsteen

52. Dancing in the moonlight - Toploader

53. Dancing on my own – Calum Scott

54. Dancing Queen – ABBA

55. Diamonds on the inside – Ben Harper

56. Don't be cruel - Elvis Presley

57. Don’t dream it’s over – Crowded House

58. Don't know why - Norah Jones

59. Don't let the sun go down on me - Elton John

60. Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis

61. Don't stop believin - Journey

62. Don't stop me now - Queen

63. Don’t worry be happy – Bobby McFerrin

64. Don't you worry child - Swedish House Mafia

65. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

66. Drink in my hand - Eric Church

67. Easy – Lionel Richie

68. Englishman in New York – Sting

69. Every breath you take - The Police

70. Faith – George Michael

71. Falling like the stars - James Arthur

72. Fast car - Tracy Chapman/Luke Combs

73. Fields of gold – Sting

74. Fire and rain – James Taylor

75. Five colors in her hair - McFly

76. Flowers - Miley Cyrus

77. Forget yoou - Cee Lo Green

78. Fragile – Sting

79. Free Fallin’ – John Mayer

80. Freed from desire - Gala

81. Friday I'm in Love - The Cure

82. Get down on it – Kool and the Gang

83. Get Lucky - Daft Punk

84. Girls just wanna have fun – Cyndi Lauper

85. Go your own way - Fleetwood Mac

86. Good riddance – Green day

87. Gravity – John Mayer

88. Gravity – Sara Bareilles

89. Hallelukah - Jeff Buckley/Leonard Cohen

90. Happy - Pharell Williams

91. Havana - Camila Cabello

92. Have I told you lately – Rod Stewart

93. Hello – Lionel Richie

94. Hey baby - Bruce Channel

95. Hey Jude - The Beatles

96. Hi ho silver lining - Jeff Beck

97. High & Dry – Jamie Cullum

98. Ho Hey - The Lumineers

99. Holding back the years - Simply Red

100. Home – Michael buble

101. Hotel California - The Eagles

102. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley

103. How deep is your love – Bee Gees

104. How to save a life – The fray

105. How would you feel – Ed Sheeran

106. Human - Rag'n'Bone Man

107. Human Nature - Michael Jackson

108. Hurricane - Luke Combs

109. I belong to you – Lenny Kravitz

110. I can’t make you love me – Bonnie Raitt

111. I can’t take my eyes off you – Frankie Valli

112. I feel good – James brown

113. I heard it through the grapevine – Marvin Gaye

114. I need a dollar – Aloe Blacc

115. I saw her standing there - The Beatles

116. I Still haven't found what I'm looking for - U2

117. I wanna dance with somebody - Whitney Houston

118. I will wait - Mumford & Sons

119. I wish - Stevie Wonder

120. I won’t give up – Jason Mraz

121. I'm a believer - The Monkees

122. I’m not the only one – Sam smith

123. I'm still standing - Elton John

124. I’m yours – Jason Mraz

125. If I ain’t got you – Alicia Keys

126. If it makes you happy - Sheryl Crow

127. Imagine – John Lennon

128. Impossible - Nate James

129. Iris – Goo Goo dolls

130. Is this love - Bob Marley

131. Isn’t she lovely – Stevie Wonder

132. It ain’t over ‘til it’s over – Lenny Kravitz

133. It's five o'clock somewhere - Alan Jackson

134. It's my life - Bon Jovi

135. It's Now or never - Elvis Presley

136. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley

137. Just the two of us – Bill Withers

138. Just The Way you are - Billy Joel

139. Just you and I - Tom Walker

140. Karma Chameleon – Culture club

141. Kiss – Prince

142. Kiss from a rose - Seal

143. Knocking on heaven’s door – Guns N Roses

144. Landslide - Stevie Nicks

145. Layla - Eric Clapton

146. The lazy song – Bruno Mars

147. Let it be – The Beatles

148. Let it go - James Bay

149. Let it rain - Amanda Marshall

150. Let's get it on - Marvin Gaye

151. Levitating - Dua Lipa

152. Little bit of love - Tom Grennan

153. Little lion man - Mumford & Sons

154. Livin la vida loca - Ricky Martin

155. Let’s make a night to remember – Bryan Adams

156. Locked out of heaven - Bruno Mars

157. Long train running - Doobie Brothers

158. Love me tender - Elvis Presley

159. Love never felt so good - Michael Jackson

160. Love of my life - Queen

161. Love Story - Taylor Swift

162. Make you feel my love - Adele

163. Mamma Mia - ABBA

164. Man I feel like a woman - Shania Twain

165. Master blaster - Stevie Wonder

166. Mercy mercy me - Marvin Gaye

167. Mind trick – Jamie Cullum

168. Mr Brightside - The Killers

169. My girl – The temptations

170. My Way - Frank Sinatra/Elvis Presley

171. Mysterious girl – Peter Andre

172. Naive - The Krooks

173. Need you now - Lady A.

174. Never give up on a good thing - George Benson

175. Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley

176. No one – Alicia Keys

177. No woman no cry - Bob Marley

178. One love - Bob Marley

179. Ordinary people – John Legend

180. Over my shoulder – Mike and the Mechanics

181. Paradise - George Ezra

182. Perfect - Ed Sheeran

183. Price tag - Jessie J

184. Purple Rain - Prince

185. Rather be - Clean Bandit

186. Red red wine – UB40

187. Redemption song - Bob Marley

188. Roxanne – Sting

189. Rude – Magic

190. Santeria - Sublime

191. Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry

192. Say something - Justin Timberlake ft Chris Stapleton

193. Say you won't let go - James Arthur

194. The Scientist - Coldplay

195. September – Earth Wind and Fire

196. Seven Nation army – The white stripes

197. Shape of you - Ed Sheeran

198. She Bangs - Ricky Martin

199. She drives me crazy – Fine Young cannibals

200. Shotgun - George Ezra

201. Shut up and dance with me - Walk The Moon

202. Signed sealed delivered – Stevie Wonder

203. Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder

204. Sit Down - James

205. Sitting on the dock of the bay – Otis Redding

206. Slow dancing in a burning room - John Mayer

207. Smooth operator - Sade

208. Smooth - Santana

209. Somwhere over the rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

210. Stand by me - Ben E. King

211. Stayin alive - Bee Gees

212. Stillness of heart – Lenny Kravitz

213. Stuck on you – Lionel Richie

214. Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams

215. Sunday Morning – Maroon 5

216. Superstition – Stevie Wonder

217. Superheroes - The Script

218. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley

219. Sway – Michael buble

220. Sweat – Inner Circle

221. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

222. Sweet Child of mine - Guns N Roses

223. Sweet home alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

224. Take me home, country roads - John Denver

225. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand

226. Take on me - A - Ha

227. Tears in heaven - Eric Clapton

228. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus

229. Tequila - Dan + Shay

230. That don't impress me much - Shania Twain

231. The kind of love we make - Luke Combs

232. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars

233. The way you make me feel – Michael Jackson

234. Thinking out loud - Ed Sheeran

235. Three little birds – Bob Marley

236. Time after time - Cindy Lauper

237. Times like these - Foo Fighters

238. Tiny Dancer - Elton John

239. Tompkins Square Park - Mumford & Sons

240. Too much love will kill you - Queen

241. Treasure – Bruno Mars

242. Treat her like a lady - The Temptations

243. True colors - Phil Collins

244. Try - Pink

245. Unchained Melody - Elvis Presley/Righteous Brothers

246. Upside down - Jack Johnson

247. Uptown funk - Bruno Mars

248. Use somebody - Kings of leon

249. Valerie – Amy Winehouse

250. Versace on the floor - Bruno Mars

251. Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker

252. Waiting on the world to change – John Mayer

253. Wake me up - Aviici ft Aloe Blacc

254. Walking on sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

255. Walking on the moon – The Police

256. Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

257. What a wonderful world – Louis Armstrong

258. What are you listening to - Chris Stapleton

259. What makes you beautiful - One Direction

260. What’s going on – Marvin Gaye

261. What's Love got to do with it - Tina Turner

262. What's up - 4 non blones

263. When you say nothing at all - Ronan Keating

264. When it rains it pours - Luke Combs

265. Where the streets have no name - U2

266. Wicked game – Chris Isaak

267. With or without you – U2

268. Wonderful tonight – Eric Clapton

269. Wonderwall - Oasis

270. Yellow - Coldplay

271. Year 3000 - Busted

272. You can't hurry love - Phil Collins

273. You to me are everything - The Real Thing

274. You're the one that I want - Grease

275. You're Still The One - Shania Twain

276. young turks - Rod Stewart

277. Your body is a wonderland - John Mayer

278. Your Song - Elton John

David Picarra's Prices

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Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£50
Up to 1 hour	£200
Up to 2 hours	£350
Up to 3 hours	£450

Customer questions

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

We will keep in touch up until the day to make sure everything runs as smoothly as possible!

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Absolutely. I usually have pre downloaded spotify playlists for different vibes.

How much time do you need to set up?

It usually takes me no more than 1 hour to have everything ready to go.

Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?

Yes, I update my songlist regularly and you can pick which songs from my list you want me to play.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes, I bring everything I need.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

Yes I can usually learn 2 songs with no extra cost up to 2 weeks before the event.

Musicianship

Genres:

Acoustic, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Country, Easy listening, Light music, Pop, Ambient pop, Funk, Disco, Covers, R&B, Vintage, Soul, Top 40, Motown, Folk, Folk rock, Americana, Pop rock, Indie, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll

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Instruments:

Singing guitarist, Guitar, Classical guitar

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Event types:

Concert, Wedding, Funeral / Memorial service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Birthday party, Recording session, Charity event, Corporate event, New Year's Eve, Virtual event, Wedding proposal, Cruise, Christmas party

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Other skills:

Instrumental teaching, Accompanist, Theory teaching

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