Dave+Matthews

Josh As you research your selected guitarist, you will need to note some specific information from his or her life and career. Include the following in your final writing: Details for your written assignment: ,
 * Introduction
 * Biography
 * Discography
 * Legacy
 * Conclusion

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My guitarist, Dave Matthews, is a rock and roll guitar player, and singer of the Dave Matthews Band. The definition of an electric guitar is a guitar equipped with electric or magnetic pickups that permit its sound to be amplified and fed to a loudspeaker. He has also p layed jazz, pop, world music, and southern pop influences. He started playing guitar acoustically, with a few friends. Later, he started playing electric guitar, and singing in a band. Dave Matthews was born in South Africa, on January 9, 1967. He moved to the United States in 1969, when he was two. He lived in New York, and Cambridge, England, for short periods of time, before his dad died when he was ten, in 1977. His family then moved back to South Africa to get support from their relatives. Later in his life, he moved back to America. He had a lot of short term, small jobs, never settling in one place. He got discovered in his bar where he worked, when he finally overcamehis stagefright and played one night. Everyone loved it, and he got a few friends to play at a bigger place. He got about 900 fans a night. Then, his band got a better invitation and started playing at a very important guys place, where they got fully discovered. Two very important albums for DMB are Before these Crowded Streets, in 1998, which was a very popular, and influential album in terms of this bands success. Also Crash, in 1996 was a very good start for this band, it gave a preview for what type of music this band was going to play. Not many people or guitar styles influenced this guitarist, he taught himself how to play acoustic guitar, and found a few friends to make a band. My guitarist has influenced me and my dad, my dad loved their concerts, and he brought me along for a few of them. I also enjoyed their music, and started to learn how to play guitar. Dave Matthews Band has been staying strong with classic rock, and their other music types, while most of the music industry is turning to pop and hip hop. The most interesting fact i learned about this guitarist was that he was born in South Africa. Also, i learned that his dad died when he was ten. I had thought he went to college, but he refused to go when he got to America. He chose instead to have small jobs, never going for a permanent job. In all, I think Dave Matthews was a very interesting and important guitarist.

Works Cited

Sources : Include the source information for all of the articles or web sites that were used to complete your project. Source information is found at the end of each article in iCONN.They should also be listed in alphabetical order by the first word of the source citation. //sample:// "Carol Kaye." //Contemporary Musicians//. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale, 1998. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012. "Selected Websites on Carol Kaye's Life and Works." //Gale Biography in Context//. Detroit: Gale, 2008. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012.

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"Dave Matthews" //[],// July 1999 "Dave Matthews" //Gale Biography In Context.// Newsmakers, 1999.

Guitarist Research Notes Table
Crash-1996-It helped show what style this band was going to play. || What do you like about his/her style? || Not many people, Aerosmith, Eric Clapton. ||
 * ** Information Feature ** ||= **Your Findings** //cells will expand as you enter your findings// ||
 * The guitar style I am researching is: || Rock ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || Dave Matthews ||
 * This guitarist lived from || January 9,1967 ||
 * Describe the guitar style you are researching. || They started out mainly acoustic. Then later they got more popular. ||
 * What kind of musical training did the guitarist have? || He taught himself how to play acoustic first. ||
 * What types of music influenced this artist? || Rock and roll ||
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. || Some musicians at the music bar club, Miller's, where he was a bartender, influenced him to tell some other people that he wrote songs and played guitar. ||
 * Has this guitarist played more than one style? If so, what other styles? || Yes, jazz, rock, world music, Southern pop influences ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play? || Electric. ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? || He lived in South Africa, America, and Cambridge, England before he was ten. Also, his dad died when he was ten. He also had no intentions of going to college ever. ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? || He had a lot of small jobs, never staying in the same place before long, then got discovered as a singer and guitarist, as a bartender at Miller's. ||
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. || Dave Matthews was born in the suurbs of South Africa, and now he's famous and rich. Also, they moved to New York City when he was two. When his dad died he was ten and his family went back to South Africa for the support of their relatives. ||
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. || Before These Crowded Streets-1998-Was an important album for DMB, very popular.
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? || He made rock and roll popular again. ||