Talk:Dave Kilminster

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following users are actively contributing to this topic and may be able to help with questions about verification and sources: User talk:Doktor_Who

	This Pink Floyd-related article is within the scope of WikiProject Pink Floyd, a collaborative effort to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Pink Floyd, their members, associates, albums and songs. You can help! Visit the project page, discuss an article at the project talk-page, or even join us!
Stub	This article has been rated as Stub-Class on the quality scale. (If you rated the article please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article.)
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the importance scale.

This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Controversial material of any kind that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous. If such material is repeatedly inserted or there are other concerns relative to this policy, report it on the living persons biographies noticeboard.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the Project's quality scale. Please rate the article and then leave a short summary here to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article. [FAQ]

	This article is part of WikiProject Guitarists, a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to guitarists. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
Stub	This article has been rated as stub-Class on the quality scale.

This article was nominated for deletion on July 9, 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

The extra information on the article page not relating to Dave Kilminster, but rather to the copyright of this article should be moved to the talk page.--Konstable 15:23, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Dave Kilminster, who skyrocketed to international prominence as Guitarist Magazine's first 'Guitarist of the Year' in 1991, has always felt he was born to be a musician. After 'messing around' from an early age on his Nans piano he actually started responding to that calling with a passion in April 1976 when he took up the guitar. He began playing left-handed (being naturally left handed!), but after damaging his right wrist very badly in a freak go-kart accident(!!), he continued right handed. His determination, skill, and talent has led to an extraordinary career as a guitarist, vocalist, instructor, journalist, engineer, writer, and producer.

He is equally acclaimed in live performance and on recordings and has been featured alongside a series of rock and roll luminaries including Keith Emerson [who credits Dave with getting him to tour again], whom he met while playing with Qango. Fans worldwide recognize him from gigs with the Nice, Qango, the Keith Emerson Band, Ken Hensley, John Wetton, Guthrie Govan, Carl Palmer and others.

Dave teaches between recordings and gigs at the Academy for Contemporary Music in Guilford and on occasional Guitar Break Weekends. He was featured in his own instructional series, Killer Guitar, on the global satellite M-Channel. The popularity of those programs led to Dave's developing and starring a series of instructional DVDs for LickLibrary, known for their high quality tutorials.

Shortly after being named 'Guitarist of the Year' Dave was asked to teach at the Guitar Institute in Acton (London). This also involved writing exam material and courses for Trinity College and Thames Valley University (although Dave himself has had no formal musical training what so ever!). Dave was later asked to write and transcribe for 'Guitar Techniques' (which he still does) and 'Guitarist'. So far he's written over 200 articles for 'Guitar Techniques' alone.

'Playing with Fire', Dave's debut all-acoustic album, was recorded in 1996 and remastered in 2004. The original was produced by Phil Hilborne. The more recent version was produced and engineered by Dave himself in collaboration with legendary producer Adam Pain, who also worked with Dave to engineer and produce the ex-Karnataka vocalist Anne-Marie Helder's critically acclaimed initial solo effort, The Contact.

Scarlet, Dave's highly awaited rock and roll album, is scheduled for 2006 release and also features his engineering and production, along with his guitar, vocals, keyboard playing, writing and collaboration from a series of professional friends, including Keith Emerson Band members Pete Riley and Phil Williams [drums and bass, respectively].

Since 2002, Dave has toured around the world with Keith Emerson and his lead vocals, manic guitar work, and acoustic theatrics, have mesmerized fans and critics on ELP classics, occasional covers, and new compositions written both by Dave and Keith. He has also managed to fit in solo gigs which feature not only his solo work but songs from his heroes.

In 2006, Dave will also be featured on guitar and vocals on international tour with Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters in a highly anticipated live performance of 'Dark Side of the Moon' and other songs from Waters' career with Pink Floyd and as a solo artist.

A full discography and tour information is available on this website. For management enquiries of any kind, please contact Martin Darvill at qedg@btopenworld.net For press and interview enquiries, tour and any other information about Dave and his activities, please contact: DaveKTourInfo@aol.com or call 1.347.678.1760

[edit] Rewrite

This article is an absolute mess, and, even though the material I removed was restored because the writer claims it was not copyvio, the article is a mess and cannot be left this way, as it is terribly un-Wikipedia-ish (if that's a word...). If I had the time, I'd fix it. Bill (who is cool!) 15:39, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

As you noticed, I put here the wikify and cleanup templates, eventually you rewrote the article properly, and later the original author restored previous content; I do not mean to be offensive to anyone, but only to remark that actually it violates Wikipedia's policies (neutrality, POV, bias, paragraphs, formal/encyclopedic language vs magazines' slang, and so on). I like the way it is now, but it's too different from the standard.--Doktor Who 20:03, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

It's not that I don't like the way the article is written (it would be fine for any website, blog, or other page of the sort), but it is so far out in left field as far as Wikipedia standards go, it needs to be rewritten, probably in full. Bill (who is cool!) 20:40, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I confirm you're exactly right, but I do not have the time for now, sorry. --Doktor Who 23:28, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

The entire article was a mess, except the bottom part. I've kept the bottom part (and the picture) and removed everything else. —this is messedr͏̈ocker (talk) 01:25, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Should I have some time, I'll restore some of the content that has been deleted, but I'll do properly, merging it into the current revision. Furthermore, why a subst-afd has been put here? Why this article should be deleted? Isn't Dave Kilminster notable enough? I'm going to delete that ad, if someone doesn't agree, please post here the reason before reverting.--Doktor Who 03:38, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rewriting and maintenance

The following users are active in maintaining and improving this article. If you have questions regarding verification and sources, they may be able to help:
Doktor Who