Dave McPherson (musician)

Dave McPherson
Dave McPherson (r) performing with Ben Konstantinovic (l) at Joiners in Southampton.
Background information
Birth name	David Alexander John McPherson
Also known as	Dave, DMacca
Born	3 October 1982 (1982-10-03) (age 29) Harold Wood, England
Genres	Alternative rock, post-grunge
Occupations	Musician, gardener
Instruments	vocals, guitar, drums
Years active	1996–Recent
Labels	Graphite Records/Northern Music
Website	myspace.com/davemcphersonsolo
Notable instruments
Gibson SG

David Alexander John "Dave" McPherson (born 3 October 1982, Harold Wood, London) is a rock musician and solo acoustic artist from Brentwood, Essex. McPherson fronts, plays guitar, contributes lead vocals and is the primary songwriter for the British technical modern rock band InMe.

He has recorded and released 7 solo EPs in addition to four "Rarities" LP's which consist of InMe demos and discarded solo songs. He has also released one live EP entitled "Live Support Machine". His debut solo album "The Hardship Diaries" is in the latter stages of production and is scheduled for release in February 2011 through Northern Music.

All of Dave's EP's are currently available online from his myspace music page

Dave also has 2 other solo projects called 'A Devil's Devil' which takes influences from computer games including Sonic the Hedgehog and 'Primordial Soup' which is song-based electronica.

He is also the vocalist and former drummer of Essex Dubstep/Metal/Hardcore crossover band Centiment who are currently working on their first studio album entitled Streets of Rage

Solo EPs

B.S.W.U.E

This is the first EP from Dave which is entirely acoustic and contains the fan-favourite Glass White Flag. Co-produced, engineered and recorded by Rob Gurton at DrunkMonk Studios. Tracks 5 & 6 redcorded by Dave McPherson at 3Kings Studios. B.S.W.U.E stands for "Beautiful Stories With Ugly Endings".

Tracklist

1. Glass White Flag
2. Wicked Man
3. If I Could Change
4. B.S.W.U.E
5. Oil Season (Bonus demo)
6. Flashing Light Ensemble (Bonus demo)

Crescent Summer Sessions

The second EP from Dave which has more of a pop-touch to it. It got recorded at Daves house in the summer of 2004 and is entirely produced by him. The track "You Shouldn't Give Up On Her" was first planned as an InMe song but became a solo song for unknown reasons.

Tracklist:

1. Emerald Barrier
2. Sunny Lynton
3. Gotham City Blues
4. Love The Red Button
5. The Stupid Franchise of Love
6. Song For The Drunk Walk Home
7. You Shouldn't Give Up On Her

A Bridge For Burning

The third EP from Dave and also his second acoustic EP that was released in 2007. This EP was also entirely recorded, produced and mixed by Dave. The EP also contains 3 tracks from the scrapped EP "Soft Terminus EP" which was supposed to be released after Crescent Summer Sessions, Dave was not happy with it and decided to not release it. The song "The Thieves" is rumored to be about or inspired by how Dave got some of his guitar and his Macbook stolen at an InMe gig.

Tracklist:

1. A Bridge For Burning
2. Sorry Lads
3. Mockingbirds & Jealous Folk
4. Drugs Won't Save You Now
5. Good Job Their Favourite Colour Is Red
6. The Thieves
7. Maria Libera (Soft Terminus track)
8. Handshakes For Strangers (Soft Terminus track)
9. The Uninvited Truth (Soft Terminus track)

I Don't Do Requests

The fourth and latest EP from Dave, also entirely produced by Dave and released in 2008. It is the first and only Dave EP to feature Ben Konstantinovic on the tracks "I Don't Do Requests", "Hearts Need Blood" and "Mr. Goodchild". Additional music was provided on the track "I Don't Do Requests" by Greg McPherson, Dave's brother, who has also done most of Dave's artwork. The song "Mr. Goodchild" is dedicated to Dave's grandfather who died in 2008. The EP has a more folky sound to it than previous EPs and has more of a documentary style to it.

Tracklist:

1. I Don't Do Requests
2. Hearts Need Blood
3. Mr. Goodchild
4. When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Rockstar
5. The World's Biggest...
6. Waltzing In A Supermarket

Rarities Part 1

Released December 2008 Tracklisting:

1. Ditto - recorded 2007
2. Stepping Stones - recorded 2006
3. Glass White Flag (early demo) - recorded 2004
4. Mr Goodchild (live at the purple turtle, london) - recorded 2008
5. The Grace In Her Hope - recorded 2004
6. Hearts Need Blood (early demo) - recorded 2007
7. The Sweetest Regime (featuring Paolo Morena) - recorded 2006
8. Sorry Lads (live at the purple turtle, london) - recorded 2008
9. Our Secret - recorded 2004
10. The Distance Of A Kiss - recorded 2004
11. Ghost To Everyone - recorded 2004.

Primordial Soup - Listen Closely

Listen Closely is the first EP from Dave's Primordial Soup techno prject, unlike A Devil's Devil it contains vocals, all tracks are written, sung, programmed and recorded by Dave.

Tracklisting:

1. We Were The Best Worst Dancers
2. Cute Chaos
3. Promise We'll Always Work It Out
4. Endolithic Spell
5. Listen To My Song (part 1)
6. The Foundation Of All My Strength

Rarities Part 2

Released July 2009 Tracklisting:

1. Last Year (demo) - recorded 2009
2. Oh My - recorded 2005
3. Interlude One - recorded 2004
4. Forgive & Forget - recorded 2005
5. I Don't Do Requests (live) - recorded 2008
6. Interlude Two - recorded 2004
7. 2nd Jonquil (demo) - recorded 2005
8. The Smell Of The Cut Grass - recorded 2004
9. The Princess Of Persia - recorded 2005
10. Interlude Three - recorded 2004
11. Glass White Flag (electro demo) - recorded 2004
12. BSWUE (demo)

A Devil's Devil - Introduce The Devil To Your Mother

Although started in 2007 (As seen on I Won't Let Go B side "I Won't Let Go" (ADD Remix)) Dave released the first A Devil's Devil EP, "Introduce The Devil To Your Mother" on 19 November 2009.

Tracklisting:

1. Full Circle
2. They mostly come at night...mostly
3. Zigzag Doctor
4. I won't lie to you mate, it's a gamble
5. Rub-a-dub-dub
6. Get off my territory
7. Mercy Killing
8. Something curious
9. Dice

Unplugged Live Support Machine

Dave's first live EP was released on 10 December 2009 and includes the tracks:

1. Before I Even Had You
2. Hearts Need Blood
3. Glass White Flag
4. A Chameleon's True Colours
5. Mockingbirds & Jealous Folk
6. Last Year
7. Faster the Chase / B.S.W.U.E
8. I Don't Do Requests
9. Turbulence

Rarities Part 3

Rarities part 3 was released in December 2009 and included loads of demoes of songs that would have appeared on previous InMe albums

1. Under The Blazing Sun (2006)
2. Bluebuds & The 3 Kings (2006)
3. Broken Compass (2004)
4. Pantomime (2004)
5. Keepsake (2004)
6. Like A Fire (2006)
7. Equilibrium (2003)
8. My Glory (2005)
9. Sour Honey (2004)
10. Sirens (2006)
11. Betrayal of Her Trust (2005)
12. Praise The Fraud (2006)

The Scoliopteryx Libatrix Trilogy

Previously titled Herald Moth, Scoliopteryx Libatrix is an old side project between Dave and his Younger Brother Greg McPherson To avoid any confusion with the name of InMe's 4th album Herald Moth they changed the name to its Latin name Scoliopteryx Libatrix. The CDs were released in February 2010 however they were originally recorded in 2005. Initially, 3 CDs were released with a fourth following on from them. The theme of music is Opera Metal, although the technical metal sound showcased here went on to influence a large part of InMe's more recent heavier material. All of the songs are instrumental.

Scoliopteryx Libatrix - Noctuidae Part 1

1. Indestruction Part 1
2. The Rose of Isis
3. Xenos
4. LV-426
5. Blood under Nacreous Clouds
6. The anointed Cherub that covereth
7. Eternal Triangle
8. Byzantine Empire
9. The Great Conjunction

Scoliopteryx Libatrix - Noctuidae Part 2

1. Indestruction Part 2
2. Solar Deity
3. The Slaughter of Cafarah
4. Helios & Selene
5. Descent into Valles Marineris
6. Ode to a Quiet Hero
7. Damocles' Redemption
8. Oh beloved nightmare...
9. Orchid Skies & Crimson Cirrus
10. The Blades in your Eyes
11. Saturn's Wedding Gown
12. The Andromeda Galaxy vs The Milky Way

Scoliopteryx Libatrix - Noctuidae Part 3

1. Indestruction Part 3
2. Upon pure wings..
3. And it always returns...
4. Shoot the bastard messenger
5. The Nexus
6. Battle of Magenta
7. Love is War
8. Rest with the Wicked
9. Elpis
10. The Devil and Fallen Angels will eventually be saved
11. Altitude
12. Wading in the Calypso Deep

Larvae Residue

1. Indestruction part 4
2. Korscheltellus lupulina,
3. Opodiphthera eucalypti
4. Plutella xylostella
5. Zygaena filipendulae
6. Tortrix viridana
7. Xestia ashworthii
8. Cerapteryx graminis
9. Tethea ocularis
10. Eacles imperialis
11. Diarsia mendica
12. Epirrhoe alternata
13. Autographa gamma
14. Macroglossum stellatarum
15. Lomaspilis marginata
16. Eupithecia fraxinata
17. Bupalus piniaria
18. Pavonia pavonia

The EP's can be ordered here.

Some of the tracks contain InMe riffs/sections from InMe songs. The list is as follows:

Xenos - Riffs from 'InMe - Cracking the Whip' (Part 1) Helios & Seline - Riffs from 'InMe - A Toast To Broken Glass' (Part 2) Love is War - Riffs from 'InMe - Angels With Snipers' (Part 3) Wading In The Calypso Deep - Riffs from 'InMe - A Toast To Broken Glass'(Part 3) Cerapteryx Graminis - Riffs from 'InMe - Myths and Photographs' (Residue) Pavonia Pavonia - Riffs from 'InMe - A Toast To Broken Glass' (Residue)

Dave and Greg are (possibly) planning to release an album with the tracks from their previous EPs with added vocals from fans.^[1]

The Grand Odyssey of the Whale & the Barnacle

The Grand Odyssey of the Whale & the Barnacle will be Dave McPherson's final EP before he releases his debut album The Hardship Diaries. It is arguably Dave's most heartfelt and stripped back EP. It was released in the summer of 2010. The Heart Juggler was released as a single accompanied by two further B sides, "Drowning In A Deep Sleep" and "Obligatory Whale Song" in the spring of 2010.

1. An Uncomfortable Déjà Vu
2. The Heart Juggler
3. Drowning In A Quandary Of Ambivalence
4. It Wasn't Just An Experiment
5. Obligate Commensalism
6. Wild Idiosyncratic Jewels (4th Jonquil)

'Drowning In A Quandary of Ambivalence' is also on Dave's debut solo album The Hardship Diaries having been retitled 'Autumn: A Ghostly Reprise'

As Sunlight Kisses The Sea

Dave released a further EP in the summer of 2010. The EP consists of Dave's early solo material recorded as early as 2001. Dave added overdubs before releasing the EP, creating an interesting blend of the old and the new.

1. Rosa Mystica
2. The Essence of Sleep
3. Orange Tinted Hallway
4. Furies dripping with blood
5. Eternal Dragon Flight
6. Visions are of Extraterrestrial Origin
7. Without Beginning or End
8. Millennia Patterns
9. Sphere of Existence
10. Luminescence

The Hardship Diaries

The Hardship Diaries will be Dave McPherson's debut solo album. The majority of the album was recorded in May 2009 in just over a week. Three new songs and an updated version of Hearts Need Blood, seemingly a suite based on the four seasons, were recorded in late September/October 2010. All tracks were recorded with Mike Curtis of Fei Comodo. The album is to be released on 10 April 2011 through Pledge Music.^{[dated info]}

Confirmed final tracklist:

1. Spring: Hearts Need Blood
2. Is This All We Are?
3. Listen To the music
4. Summer: She puts me in a Good Mood
5. Before I Even Had You
6. Love Rats
7. Autumn: A Ghostly Reprise
8. Hummingbird
9. Last Year
10. Winter: Hibernation
11. Obsession Is A Young Man's Game
12. This is no Fairytale

For more detail please see The Hardship Diaries.

Dave currently plays the songs, A Chameleons True Colours, Before I Even Had You, Scary Envelope, Listen To The Music and Last Year at his live shows, the latter two have rough demo's which can be found on Dave's Myspace and the rough demo for Last Year can also be found on the Compilation EP Rarities Part 2. Finished versions of Hummingbird and Love Rats have both been uploaded to Dave's myspace.

Before I Even Had You has replaced the track 1982.

Dave McPherson & Hadleigh Ford Split EP

Both Dave and his close friend Hadleigh Ford have confirmed that they are working on an EP together

Rarities Part 4

A fourth rarities CD was made available in 2010.

Tracklist:

1. Ultimatutum
2. Buried Treasure
3. Cicero
4. Harlequin
5. Nebuchadnezzar II
6. That lightning came with no thunder
7. What we deserve
8. An uncomfortable déjà vu (live)
9. Almost making sense
10. Phosphorensceeventually
11. We'll sleep with a clear conscience
12. A castaway can dream
13. I will honour you

A Devil's Devil - It's Not the years Honey, It's the Mileage

Self Confirmed by himself, Dave has said that this will be the second A Devil's Devil EP Mixtape and will be released in 2010.^{[dated info]}

Equipment

Throughout Dave's career with InMe he has always been seen with Gibson SGs including SG specials, standards and a SG Voodoo series (seen in the Neptune video although the guitar was stolen and destroyed). He also has an Epiphone SG as a backup which he has upgraded with his Voodoo SG Pickups. He uses Seymour Duncan pickups, believed to be the JB/Jazz set. When asked in an interview if he would consider going for EMGs or SD active pickups he replied "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

In live situations, Dave's 'clean' sound is developed using the Boss GT3 Guitar Effects Processor. Recently^[when?] Dave's clean amp of choice has been the Laney Vh100r series. For his overdriven sounds Dave bypasses the GT3 using a Boss LS-2 which routes the signal directly to one of his arsenal of heavy amps. These amps have in the past included Peavey 5150's, Mesa Rectifiers, Line 6 HD147's/Flextone II's and Hughes & Kettner heads.

In 2009 Dave signed an endorsement deal with Peavey.

References

1. ^ http://inmeofficial.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17476#p17476

External links

• Dave McPherson Myspace Music Page

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