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About Dave

Vocalist/guitarist of popular cover songs. Played 200+ events from the Swiss Paillote festival to intimate venues across Switzerland and UK!

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Singing guitarist

Scotland, UK

I’m a solo singer/songwriter performing a wide range of cover songs from as broad a list of musical genres. I live and perform between the Swiss Alps and the west coast of Scotland and I’m very willing to travel. As an English and French speaker with a degree in creative music performance, and as a teacher of music theory and performance, I perform music, both solo and with my band, ‘The Music Machine’. With this experience, I welcome setlist suggestions from clients and song requests during live performances. I am very open to perform and travel throughout Scotland and Switzerland to any event type. Typical examples are weddings, private and corporate hospitality functions and in bars. I am also very open to perform at any stage(s) of your day, such as at ceremonies, drinks receptions, dinners, evening entertainment, etc. I look forward to providing you with a bespoke service to surpass your intricate needs and to entertaining you and your guests in singing and dancing towards a very special and memorable day.

Dave

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Dave's Reviews

5 out of 5

Dave is the best Singer/Guitarist we have had in the bar. He is not only a talented musician but is full of charisma, making the atmosphere and crowd in the bar full of energy. His lively performances always have our crowd participating by dancing and singing along. We have since hired Dave again and would highly recommend him. Hope see you soon at our Bar again Taboo Bar & Lounge Montreux Switzerland

5 out of 5

If David is playing near you or you're looking to book him, don’t hesitate! Amazing voice, great guitarist, warm personality - you’re promised a wonderful time 🎶

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Dave's Song list

10/10 - Paulo Nutini

20th Century boy - Marc Bolan and T-Rex

3 little birds - Bob Marley and the Wailers

500 miles away from home - Bobby Dare

7 Nation Army - The White Stripes

I’m gonna be (500 miles) - The Proclaimers

A day in the life - The Beatles

A hard day’s night - The Beatles

A little respect - Erasure

A world without love - The Beatles/ Peter, Paul & Mary

Across the universe - The Beatles

Africa - Toto

After midnight - J J Cale

Again - Lenny Kravitz

Alabama - Neil Young

All I have to do is dream - The Everly Bros.

All I want for Christmas is you - Mariah Carey

All my lovin’ - The Beatles

All night long - Lionel Richie

All of me - John Legend

All the small things - Blink 182

All things must pass - George Harrison

Alright - Supergerass

Always on the run - Lenny Kravitz

American girl - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

American Woman - The Guess Who/Lenny Kravitz

And I love her - The Beatles

Angels - Robbie Williams

Angie - The Rolling Stones

Annie’s song - John Denver

Anytime at all - The Beatles

As it was - Harry Styles

Ask me why - The Beatles

A Thousand years - Christina Perri

Auld Lang Syne - Rabbie Burns

Baby I’m amazed by you - Lonestar

Baby it’s you - The Beatles

Baby one more time - Britney Spears

Baby when you’re gone - Bryan Adams and Mel C

Babylon - David Gray

Baby’s in black - The Beatles

Back for good - Take That

Back in the USSR - The Beatles

Bad guy - Billie Eilish

Bad moon rising - CCR

Bad touch - The Bloodhound Gang

Badge - Cream

Basket case - Green Day

Beautiful - Christina Aguilera

Beautiful Crazy - Luke Combs

Believe - Lenny Kravitz

Bell-bottom Blues - Eric Clapton

Bigmouth strikes again - The Smiths

Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

Birthday - The Beatles

Black - Pearl Jam

Black horse in a cherry tree - K T Tunstall

Black magic woman - Fleetwood Mac/Santana

Black star - Radiohead

Blackbird - The Beatles

Blue Christmas - Elvis

Blue suede shoes - Elvis

Born on the Bayou - CCR

Born to be wild - Steppenwolf

Both sides now - Joni Mitchell

Branches - Midlake

Brandy - Looking Glass

Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Deep blue something

Bridge over troubled water - Simon & Garfunkel

Brilliant disguise -Bruce Srpingsteen

Broken stones - Paul Weller

Brown-eyed girl - Van Morrison

Bye bye love - The Everly Bros.

Caledonia - Dougie McClean

Call me Al - Paul Simon

Can’t help falling in love - Elvis/Willie Nelson

Can’t take my eyes off of you - Andy Williams

Candy - Paolo Nutini

Can’t get enough - Bad Company

Can’t get you off of my mind - Lenny Kravitz

Caravan - Van Morrison

Caroline - Status Quo

Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel

Champagne supernova - Oasis

Chasing cars - Snow Patrol

Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band

Cigarettes & alcohol - Oasis

Cocaine - Eric Clapton

Come together - The Beatles

Comfortably numb - Pink Floyd

Coming up easy - Paolo Nutini

Common People - Pulp

Cotton eyed Joe - Rednex

Country - Paul Weller

Country Roads - John Denver

Crazier - Taylor Swift

Crazy little thing called love - Queen

Creep - Radiohead

Cry to me - Solomon Burke

Dakota - Stereophonics

Dancing in the dark - Bruce Springsteen

Dancing in the moonlight - King Harvest/Toploader

Dancing queen - ABBA

Day tripper - The Beatles

Daydream believer - The Monkees

Desire - U2

Desperado - The Eagles

Devoted to you - The Everly Bros.

Dignity - Deacon Blue

Dignity - Bob Dylan

Dirty old town - The Pogues

Do they know it’s Christmas - Band Aid

Don’t cry - Guns n’ Roses

Don’t look back in anger - Oasis

Don’t start now - Duo Lipa

Don’t stop me now - Queen

Don’t want to miss a thing - Aerosmith

Don’t let me down - The Beatles

Don’t stop believing - Journey

Don’t think twice it’s alright - Bob Dylan

Don’t you want me baby - The Human League

Down under - Men at work

Drops of Jupiter - Train

Eight days a week - The Beatles

Enchanted - Taylor Swift

Englishman in New York - Sting

Escape (The Pina Colada song) - Rupert Holmes

Everybody hurts - REM

Everybody needs somebody to love - The Blues Bros.

Everything I do I do it for you - Bryan Adams

Eye of the tiger - Survivor

Fairytale of New York - The Pogues

Faith - George Michael

Fake plastic trees - Radiohead

Father & Son - Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam

Favourite Mistake - Sheryl Crow

Feel like making love - Bad Company

Feels like home - Chantal Kreviazuk

Finally - Ce-Ce Peniston

Fire & Rain - James Taylor

Fireworks - Embrace

Fix you - Coldplay

Flower of Scotland - The Corries

Flowers - Miley Cyrus

Fout of the mountain - Paul Weller

For Emily wherever I may find her - Simon & Garfunkel

For no one - The Beatles

Forever after all - Luke Combs

Forever entwined - Bradley-Miles (self-composition)

Free Falling - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Freed from desire - Gala

Freedom - George Michael

Galway Girl - The High Kings

Get back - The Beatles

Gimme Gimme Gimme - ABBA

Girls just wanna have fun - Cindy Lauper

Give me one reason - Tracy Chapman

Glad you exist - Dan & Shay

Go your own way - Fleetwood Mac

Gold on the ceiling - The Black Keys

Gravity - Embrace

Gravity - Sara Bareilles

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley

Handbags & Gladrags - Rod Steward/Stereophonics

Handle with care - The Travelling Wilburys

Happy Xmas (War is over) - John Lennon

Hard to handle - Otis Redding/Black Crowes

Hard to make a stand - Sheryl Crow

Harvest moon - Neil Young

Have you ever seen the rain - CCR

Heaven - Bryan Adams

Here comes the sun - The Beatles

Here comes your man - The Pixies

Here, there and everywhere - The Beatles

Heroes - David Bowie

Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix

Hey Jude - The Beatles

Hey soul sister - Train

High and dry - Radiohead

Higher ground - Stevie Wonder

Highway to hell - AC/DC

Home - Sheryl Crow

Homeward bound - Simon & Garfunkel

Hotel California - The Eagles

How - John Lennon

How can you mend a broken heart - Al Green

Human - The Killers

Hush - Deep Purple\Kula Shaker

I am a rock - Simon & Garfunkel

I am the walrus - The Beatles

I came in from the mountain - Roddy Woomble

I don’t wanna go to heaven - Nate Smith

I feel good - James Brown

I get to love you - Ruelle

I have a dream - ABBA

I just called - Stevie Wonder

I need to know - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Iona Song - Mike Scott

I saw her standing there - The Beatles

I shall be released - Bob Dylan

I shot the sheriff - Bob Marley/Eric Clapton

I should have known better - The Beatles

I think we’re alone now - Tiffany

I wanna be like you - Disney

I wanna dance with somebody - Whitney Houston

I want it that way - Backstreet boys

I want to break free - Queen

I will - The Beatles

I won’t give up - Jason Mraz

I’ve had the time of my life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

I’ve just seen a face - The Beatles

If I fell - The Beatles

I hope you’re happy now - Carly Pearce/Lee Brice

Imagine - John Lennon

In my life - The Beatles

Into the deep - Kula Shaker

Into the Mystic - Van Morrison

Ironic - Alanis Morisette

Islands in the stream - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers

Isn’t she lovely - Stevie Wonder

It must be love - Madness

It’s my life - Bon Jovi

It’s only love - The Beatles

I’d have you anytime - George Harrison/Bob Dylan

I’ll be on my way - The Beatles

I’ll tell me Ma - The Dubliners

I’m a believer - The Monkees/Smashmouth -

Jealous guy - John Lennon/Bryan Ferry

Jingle bell rock - Bobby Helms

Jingle bells - James Peirpont

Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry

Jolene - Dolly Parton

Julia - The Beatles

Jupin’ Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones

Just the way you are - Bruno Mars

Just the way you are - Billy Joel

Karma police - Radiohead

Kathy’s song - Simon & Garfunkel

Killing in the name of - Rage against the machine

Killing me softly - Roberta Flack\The Fugees

Kiss me - Sixpence none the richer

Kung Fu fighting - Carl Douglas

Laid - James

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac/Ward Thomas

Last Christmas - Wham

Last request - Paolo Nutini

Lately - Stevie Wonder

Lay all your love on me - ABBA

Lay down Sally - Eric Clapton

Lay lady lay - Bob Dylan

Layla - Eric Clapton

Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver

Lemon tree - Fools garden

Let it be - The Beatles

Let it grow - Eric Clapton

Lit is snow - Vaughn Monroe

Let love rule - Lenny Kravitz

Let me be your fantasy - BabyD

Let’s make a night to remember - Bryan Adams

Life on Mars - David Bowie

Like a rolling stone - Bob Dylan

Linger - The Cranberries

Listen to the music - The Doobie Bros.

Little lion man - Mumford & Sons -

Live forever - Oasis

Living for the city - Stevie Wonder

Loch Lomond - Runrig

Londonderry Air (Oh Danny Boy) - W. G. Rothery

Lonely boy - The Black Keys

Long train running - The Doobie Bros.

Looking out my back door - CCR

Love is a wild thing - Kacey Musgraves

Love me do - The Beatles

Love story - Taylor swift

Lovely day - Bill Withers

Lovely Rita - The Beatles

Lucky - Radiohead

Lyin’ Eyes - The Eagles

Maggie May - Rod Stewart

Make you feel my love - Bob Dylan/Adele

Mamma Mia - ABBA

Mamma Said - Lenny Kraviyz

Maneater - Hall & Oates

Maniac - Michael Sambella

Many rivers to cross - Jimmy Cliff

Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys

Marrie’s Wedding - The Clancy Bros.

Master Blaster - Stevie Wonder

Maybe I’m amazed - Paul McCartney

Me & Julio - Paul Simon

Merry Christmas - Slade

Message in a bottle - The Police

Michelle - The Beatles

Midnight Rider - The Allman Bros.

Money for nothin’ - Dire Straits

Moondance - Van Morrison

Mother nature’s son - The Beatles

Mr Blue Sky - ELO

Mr Brightside - The Killers

Mr Jones - Counting Crows

Mrs Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel

My Girl - The Temptations

My Sharona - The Knack

My secret is my silence - Roddy Woomble

Need you now - Lady A

Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley

Never tear us apart - INXS/Natalie Imbruglia & Tom Jones

New York state of mind - Billy Joel

No Roots - Alice Merton

No surprises - Radiohead

No woman no cry - Bob Marley and the Wailers

Nothing else matters - Metallica

Nothing’s gonna stop us now - Starship

Obla Di Oblia Da - Get a job mashup - The Beatles/The Offspring

Oh my love - John Lennon

Old love - Erid Clapton

Old Man - Neil Young

On a night like this - Lady A

Otherside - The Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Overjoyed - Stevie Wonder

Overkill - Men at work

P. S. I love you - The Beatles

Paint it black - The Rolling Stone

Parallel line - Keith Urban

Parklife - Blur

Patience - Guns n’ Roses

Peaceful easy feeling - The Eagles

Pinball Wizard - The Who

Play that funky music - Wild Cherry

Please forgive me - Bryan Adams

Please please me - The Beatles

Pretty fly for a white guy - The Offspring

Pretty woman - Roy Orbison

Proud Mary - CCR/Tina Turner

Psycho killer - Talking Heads

Put a little love on me - Niall Horan

Purple Rain - Prince

Radioactive - Imagine Dragons

Red red wine - Neil Diamond/UB40

Retread - Embrace

Ring of fire - Johnny Cash

Riptide - Vance Joy

Riverwide - Sheryl Crow

Roadhouse blues - The Doors

Roar - Katy Perry

Rocket man - Elton John

Rockin’ around the Christmas tree - Brenda Lee

Roll with it - Oasis

Rolling in the deep - Adele

Roxanne - The Police

Rude - Magic

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer - Gene Autry

Run - Snow Patrol

Running scared - Roy Orbison

Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

Save tonight - Eagle-Eyed Cherry

Say a little prayer - Aretha Franklin

Scarborough Fair - Simon & Garfunkel

Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon

Shake it off - Taylor Swift

Shallow - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

Sharp-dressed man - ZZ-Top

She came in through the bathroom window - The Beatles

She’s Electric - Oasis

She’s like the wind - Patrick Swayze

She’s the one - Robbie Williams

Shotgun - George Ezra

Should I stay or should I go - The Clash

Slipping through my fingers - ABBA

Slow burn - Kacey Musgraves

Smells like teen spirit - Nirvana

Smoke on the water - Deep purple

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

Some might say - Oasis

Something - The Beatles

Son of a preacher man - Dusty Springfield

SOS - ABBA

Stand by me - Ben E King

Stand by my woman - Lenny Kravitz

Start all over - Kula Shaker

Steady Rollin’ Man - Eric Clapton

Stir it up - Bob Marley and the Wailers

Stuck in the middle with you - Steeler’s Wheel

Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

Summer of ‘69 - Bryan Adams

Superstition - Stevie Wonder

Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

Sweet child o’ mine - Guns n’ Roses

Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics

Sweet home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Sweet thing - Van Morrison

Take it easy - The Eagles

Take on me - A-Ha

Tangled up in blue - Bob Dylan

Tears in heaven - Eric Clapton

Teenage dirtbag - Wheatus

Tequila sunrise - The Eagles

Thank you for the music - ABBA

That’s all changed forever - Embrace

The bear necessities - Disney

The Belfast child - Simple Minds

The best - Tina Turner

The boxer - Simon & Garfunkel

The Christmas song - Nat King Cole

The difficult kind - Sheryl crow

The fields of Athenry - The Dubliners

The joker - The Steve Miller Band

The lion sleeps tonight - Tight Fit

The logical song - Supertramp

The long and winding road - The Beatles

The man in me - Bob Dylan

The only thing that looks good on me is you - Bryan Adams

The scientist - Coldplay

The Skye boat song - The Corries

The sound of silence - Simon & Garfunkel

The stars - Lady A

The story - Brandy Carlile

The story of my life - One Direction

The Tennessee Waltz - Pati Page\Willie Nelson

The Weight - The Band

The wild rover - The Dubliners

The wind cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix

The winner takes it al - ABBA

There she goes - The La’s

Things we said today - The Beatles

This boy - The Beatles

This is a low - Blur

This masquerade - The Carpenters

Through the echoes - Paolo Nutini

Tie your mother down - Queen

Till there was you - The Beatles

Time of your life (Good riddance) - Green Day

Tide is high - Blondie

To be with you - Mr Big

To really love a woman - Bryan Adams

Tomorrow - James

Top of the world - The Carpenters

Torn - Natalie Imbruglia

Touch the Sky - Julia Fowlis

Toxic - Britney Spears

Treasure - Bruno Mars

Twist & Shout - The Beatles

Under the bridge - The Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Valerie - Amy Winehouse/The Zutons

Violently - Hue & Cry

Voulez Vous - ABBA

Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show

Waiting in vain - Bob Marley and the Wailers

Wake me up - Avicii

Wake up little Suzie - The Everly Bros.

Walking on the Moon - The Police

Wannabe - The Spice Girls

Watching the wheels - John Lennon

Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

Waverley Steps - Roddy Woomble

We are the champions - Queen

We are young - F.U.N.

We will rock you - Queen

West End girls - Pet Shop Boys

Whatever - Oasis

What’s up? - 4 Non-Blondes

When ye go away - The Waterboys

When you were sweet 16 - The Fureys

Where is my mind -The Pixies

Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy

White Christmas - Bing Crosby

Whiter shade of pale - Procol Harum

Wichita lineman - Glen Campbell

Wild horses - The Rolling Stones

Wild is the wind - David Bowie/Nina Simone

Wild wood - Paul Weller

Wild world - Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam

Will ye go lassie go - The Corries

Wings of speed - Paul Weller

Wish you were here - Pink Floyd

With or without you - U2

Wonderwall - Oasis

Wrecking ball - Miley Cyrus

Yellow - Coldplay

Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam

Yes it is - The Beatles

Yesterday - The Beatles

You ain’t goin’ nowhere - Bob Dylan

You are the sunshine of my life - Stevie Wonder

You can’t always get what you want - The Rolling Stones

You do something to me - Paul Weller

You make my dreams come true - Hall & Oates

You never can tell - Chuck Berry

You really got a hold on me - The Beatles

Yours (Wedding Edition) - Russel Dickerson

You’re still the one - Shania Twain

You’ve got to hide your love away - The Beatles

Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

Zombie - The Cranberries

Dave's Prices

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£200
Up to 1 hour	£250
Up to 2 hours	£400
Up to 3 hours	£600

Wedding ceremony

This includes music from guest arrival to the ceremony, through to guest departure from the ceremony, as and when required and agreed upon. In addition, the bride and groom may request desired songs to be played during this time.

£350

Drinks reception or Dinner

One 2 hour performance (with no breaks) during your drinks reception. This includes your own setlist selection made from a list of hundreds of songs.

£400

Evening Wedding Reception

- 1 x 3 hour performance during the evening wedding reception. No breaks required.

£600

Half-Day Wedding package

- music from guest arrival to their departure of the wedding ceremony - as to be agreed upon. - 1 x 2 hour performance at the drinks reception. No breaks required. - 1 x 2 hour performance during dinner service. No breaks required.

£995

Full Day Wedding package

- music from guest ceremony arrival to departure; - 1 x 2 hour performance at the drinks reception; - 1 x 2 hour performance during dinner service; - 1 x 3 hour performance during the evening reception.

£1495

Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

Clients love my warm, welcoming and charismatic nature most when incomes to my performances. Additionally I am happy to take requests on the spot and have guests/clients join in if requested.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

I have performed at many venues throughout Scotland and Switzerland over the years.

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

Eric Clapton, Jimmy Hendrix and many other singing guitarists.

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

I performed at the Junior Olympics and Paillot Festival in Switzerland.

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

I always try my best to ensure that your event runs smoothly. If timings change slightly then please give me as much notice as you can so that I can arrange for this.

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

Sure! I can provide Spotify streaming through my PA system.

How much time do you need to set up?

I need about 30mins to set up, but always aim to arrive 1 hour before I play.

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

Of course! Choose as many songs as you like, and if there are any that you'd like me to add in then, with enough notice, I'll do my best to sing them too.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes! I have my own guitar and PA system that I bring to all gigs.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

Of course! If a song isn't included in our song list there may still be a chance I already know it. If there are songs you'd like me to specifically learn we are happy to do this for you. Please give as much notice as possible to take into account rehearsal times etc

Musicianship

Genres:

Covers, Christmas, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Folk, Country, Folk rock, Traditional Scottish folk, Traditional Irish folk, Jazz, Blues, Pop, Acoustic, Disco, Funk, Funk rock, Motown, R&B, Soul, Vintage, Top 40, Rock, Alternative rock, Britpop, Classic rock, Glam rock, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Indie, Pop rock, Post rock, Power rock, Progressive rock, Punk rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Reggae, Scottish music

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Instruments:

Singing guitarist, Singer, Guitar, Bass guitar, Drums

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Event types:

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

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Other skills:

Audio engineer, Lyricist, Songwriter, Accompanist, Fluent improviser, MC, Live looping, Instrumental teaching, Theory teaching, Singing teaching, Composition teaching, Community music worker

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