| Dave McPherson | |
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Dave McPherson (r) performing with Ben Konstantinovic (l) at Joiners in Southampton. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Alexander John McPherson |
| Also known as | Dave, DMacca |
| Born | 3 October 1982 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
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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.
Confirmed final tracklist:
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.
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 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.
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