Dave Carlock

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Dave Carlock
Dave Carlock in Austin, Texas on March 2008
Dave Carlock in Austin, Texas on March 2008
Background information
Birth name David Walter Carlock
Born June 30, 1969 (1969-06-30) (age 38)
Saint Joseph, Michigan, USA
Genre(s) Rock, hard rock, funk rock, album rock, punk, soul rock, pop rock
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, arranger
Instrument(s) Singing, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, percussion, piano
Years active 1985–present
Associated acts the Transplants, Pink, Blink 182, George LaMond, Lenny Kravitz, Hall & Oates, Fleetwood Mac, Coward, Eric Clapton, Dolly Parton, Richard Marx, David Foster
Website www.davecarlock.com

David Walter "Dave" Carlock (born June 30, 1969) is an American record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Carlock's unusual ten-strong combination of abilities as a singer/ writer/ producer/ arranger/ engineer/ mixer/ guitarist/ bassist/ keyboardist/ drummer has led to his being known as "the DeCuple threat".

His production style has been described as very hands on and song oriented, following in the footsteps of legendary record producers David Foster, Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Todd Rundgren.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Carlock was born in Saint Joseph, Michigan, the son of Jane (née Hadley), and Nelson Carlock. He discovered his love of music by singing in front of restaurant jukeboxes at the age of 4.

In junior high school, he taught himself guitar, bass and keyboards. After graduating from high school, Carlock was engineering at local recording studios, producing bands and doing string arrangements for 60-piece symphonies.

He attended Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan on an academic scolarship, before deciding to focus solely on his musical career.


[edit] Early career

He began his professional career as a songwriter/ session musician for Columbia Records artist George LaMond, contributing songs, as well as vocal and instrumental arrangements to LaMond's debut record "Bad Of the Heart". After turning down a job offer from famed dance producers Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa to be a staff producer/ engineer/ writer, Carlock focused instead on building a 16 track recording studio and continued to develop as a producer/ writer until moving to New York, living there for 3 years and then moving to LA.

While in New York, Carlock worked as a tech/ consultant with artists such as Hall & Oates and Lenny Kravitz due to his experience with a largely untried recording platform known as Pro Tools. He also produced local bands, most notably, Coward, whose work with Carlock got the band a deal with Elektra Records.

[edit] 1998-2008

Upon moving to Los Angeles, his career flourished while working with Greg Ladanyi, producer of pop music artists like Don Henley, Jackson Browne, Fleetwood Mac & Warren Zevon. He partnered with Ladanyi's Tidal Wave Entertainment in 1999 for a year during which time they co-produced the Tubes' live/studio hybrid album "Tubes World Tour 2001", which featured collaborations with David Foster, Richard Marx and Steve Lukather. Carlock's involvement with Ladanyi also led to sessions with Eric Clapton, Dolly Parton, Rodney Crowell and other respected legends of the music world.

Carlock started a long collaboration in 2000 with Rancid frontman and punk rock songwriter Tim Armstrong, first as engineer/mixer on several projects for Armstrong's label, Hellcat Records, and then as co-producer/ co-writer. The team's first co-production work together was on the Transplants record, which was born out of the combination of two projects: a side project for Armstrong and a separate project Carlock and Armstrong were recording for Armstrong's friend and AFI roadie Rob Aston. After working off and on for two years, then adding Travis Barker to the band, the Transplants came to life. The album went on to be heralded as one of the best punk records of the early decade. Carlock also toured as keyboardist/ sample guru during the Transplants tour with the Foo Fighters and appeared with the band on Jimmy Kimmel Live and Snoop Dogg's "Doggy Fizzle Televizzle" show.

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Transplants "Diamonds & Guns" (2003)

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The Transplants singles "Diamonds and Guns" and "D.J. D.J." quickly became MTV favorites and earned the band critical and commercial success. "Diamonds and Guns" and its unmistakable piano hook created and played by co-producer Dave Carlock has been featured on TV commercials for Garnier Fructis shampoo and Neutrogena. The song was also used on the soundtrack for the movie Bulletproof Monk (2003). The band followed up the record's success by touring with the Foo Fighters.[citation needed]

Following the success of the Transplants, Carlock also engineered on 9 songs for Pink's album "Try This" in 2003, offering up bass, vocals, keys and programming to the tracks. Following his work with Pink, he started up a production label called 27 Sounds to produce and collaborate with unsigned artists between his time working on major records.

In 2004-2005, Carlock worked with the Transplants for their 2nd album, Haunted Cities, co-producing and engineering again with Tim Armstrong and contributing keyboards, bass, guitar, vocals, theremin and songwriting. In the fall, he also worked with Nine Inch Nails in preparation for their summer tour.

2006 witnessed the release of several EPs produced and cowritten by Carlock for 27 Sounds artists such as Counterpush, R&B/pop artist Jackie Ray, pop/rock/dance artist Shevyn and 14-year-old pop/rock artist Shelby Spalione.

In the fall of 2007, Carlock relocated his recording studio to an emerging arts community on the shores of Lake Michigan, just outside of Chicago.

Taking advantage of his newfound proximity to both coasts of the US and the Midwest, Carlock began a mobile studio in 2008 and has since been writing & producing independent records for his 27 Sounds artists and mixing for other artists worldwide.

[edit] Notable collaborations

[edit] Discography

  • DeeeLish
    • Artist: Desiree Cuchiara
      • Label: 27 Sounds
      • Role: P/E/M/W/Instr


  • Tell The Truth
    • Artist: Gary Cambra
      • Label: TBA
      • Role: E/M/Instr


  • Honest To God


  • Suffocating/Paralyzed
    • Artist: Charlie Kim
      • Label: 27 Sounds
      • Role: P/E/M/W/Instr


  • Criss Cross Applesauce
    • Artist: Shelby Spalione
      • Label: 27 Sounds
      • Role: P/E/M/W/Instr


  • Inneraction
    • Artist: Shevyn
      • Label: 27 Sounds
      • Role: P/E/M/W/Instr


  • Dragonfli Baby
    • Artist: Jackie Ray
      • Label: 27 Sounds
      • Role: P/E/M/W/Instr


  • End Of Reason
    • Artist: End Of Reason
      • Label: 27 Sounds
      • Role: P/E/M/W/Instr





  • Blisstique
    • Artist: Blisstique
      • Label: Woo
      • Role: P/E/M/W/Instr


  • Electric Ladybugs
    • Artist: Electric Ladybugs
      • Label: Koo Moon
      • Role: P/E/M/W/Instr


  • De Anima
    • Artist: Counterpush
      • Label: 27 Sounds
      • Role: P/E/M/W/Instr


  • Crickets & Their Buddies
    • Artist: Crickets
      • Label: Sovereign Artists
      • Role: E/Edit/BGV


  • 20 Bucks & Two Black Eyes
    • Artist: US Roughnecks
      • Label: Hellcat/Epitaph
      • Role: M


2004 Grammy Award Certificate—Engineer RIAA Certified 2x PLATINUM US


  • BLINK-182
    • Artist: BLINK-182
      • Label: Geffen
      • Role: Pre-Prod E/Arr

RIAA Certified 2x PLATINUM US





  • We're A Happy Family: A Tribute to The Ramones
    • Artist: Various
      • Label: DV8/Columbia
      • Role: M/E






  • BYO Split Series Vol. 3
    • Artist: Rancid/NOFX
      • Label: BYO
      • Role: M/E





  • Kiss Me There


  • Tubes World Tour 2001
    • Artist: Tubes
      • Label: CMC/Sanctuary
      • Role: P/E/M/Edit



  • Arch Allies: Live At Riverport


  • Days Of Avalon


  • Del Otro Lado
    • Artist: Araque
      • Label: Edel
      • Role: E/Edit


  • Tell The Story


  • Bajo El Azul De Tu Misterio


  • Sun
    • Artist: Lisa Hayes & The Violets









[edit] Awards and honors

In 2003, Dave Carlock received a Grammy Award Certificate for his engineering work on Pink's song "Trouble".


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