Dave Harding is a Writer, Producer and Director with over 30 years experience in film, video, and music production. He currently lives in beautiful Victoria with his wife and four children. Dave began his career in entertainment in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California at the young age of 14. His father, Vern Harding, worked for over 20 years as a top engineer with the Ampex Corporation; a company credited with the discovery of several important patents including VHS, CD ROM, Laser Disk, and Magnetic tape. Ampex produced many products used in both entertainment & military applications including multi-track digital & analog recording machines, digital satellite tracking devices, and Beta Broadcast Video, to name only a few. Dave grew up around some of the first, and arguably the best, sound and video recording instruments available. Dave is an avid guitarist and performer who evolved out of the garage band era. His first group called: "The Legends", was formed in Newark, California in 1965. In the Bay Area, he rubbed shoulders with many 60's bands, and played in Battle of the bands gigs with groups like: "The Seeds","Just Six",and the "Styx". Growing up in the U.S.A. during the sixties and the Vietnam war proved to be a difficult times for this Rock n' Roller Canadian and his parents, so after the famed Altamont Rock Festival incident, he decided to join his family and finally returned to his Canadian roots in North Vancouver, British Columbia. West Vancouver boomers will remember his guitar influence in "The Webb", a spirited top-40 band based in the British Properties. Also another first: "Overground Music", a 4,000 sq. ft. rehearsal studio on Pemberton Avenue where Rocket Norton, Prism and other club bands put together their shows. During the spirited seventies decade, Dave gigged in hotels, A & B room lounges on Hornby Street, in Gastown, and night clubs across the Province in a variety of R & B & show bands as lead guitar, vocalist & arranger. His restless spirit eventually took him on a walkabout of Africa & Europe in 1971, where he took his constant companion a Fender Telecaster nicknamed: "Bandit" on tour with a West African band for 6 months. Billed as "The Soulful String from Canada", he landed a record deal, released a 45 and then returned to London, England, where his African bandmates "Pagadasia" were eventually thrown out of the country for lack of valid working visas. His performance career culminated in a contract with Motown Records, and a record deal with a funky club band called: "The Smokin'Pocket", with recordings at Little Mountain recording studios in Vancouver, under the production of Toxey French of "Flash Cadillac" fame. Dave refused to sign the five year contract with Motown, and his restless spirit took him again back to the United States, where a bandmate Stu Davis, a tenor sax player formally of "Tower of Power", was enrolled in the jazz department at the University of Western Washington. Here he graduated with a degree in Business Administration.
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My favorite musical influences began with British Invasion rock bands like The Animals, Rolling Stones,The Yardbirds and ended up with Funk, R&B, Salsa, Jazz and African music. Some of my favorite artists are: James Brown, Steely Dan, Miles Davis, Peter Gabriel, Angelique Kidjo and Fela Ransom Kuti.I got turned on to African music as a kid when I toured there for 6 months in a 15-piece band. I love all sorts of music, but I prefer music that makes you think or move. Lately, I've been helping my daughter: Felicia with her music career,(see her in my slideshow next column and click on her band "Isobel Trigger" below)
Фильмы
UFO Sighting Victoria, Canada
My son filmed these two firey orbs in the Western sky behide our home before Christmas '06. One disappears, and then reappears again after several moments. The light was very intense, and lit up the trees around our home, which is on Mount Tolmie, overlooking the city.
Leading Edge Films
Demo reel of various projects
Ultra-fin Corporate Product Demo
Corporate video of Ultra-fin's radiate heat system, a corporate video that I produced and directed for this international client.
Innovators: The Flying Car
My Television pilot for a new series about famous inventors, and innovative people.
I love Lots of Films! Too many to list here for sure...I'm really into film. Especially Indies and foreign films. I go to film festivals when ever I can to expand my filmmaking palette.
ТВ
The Royal Doulton Story - starring Patrick Macnee of "The Avengers" fame. Dave Harding - executive producer. A documentary shot in England & Hollywood of the fine china people.
Pandemonium: A Music Video/Operetta
A scene from Pandemonium, a 10 minute music video/operetta I produced for film festival release. The setting is in Satan's castle,(Adapted from John Milton's Paradise Lost). Ghouls, Zombie Queens and fallen angels dance to Mozart's deadly tune. (Watch out for the surprize ending!)
Nothing on television inspires me very much, and definately not FOX NEWS! I normally watch music specials, documentaries, and movies.(WHEN I'M NOT PLAYING MY GUITAR!)
Книги
This is a short video of me at Jazzfest on stage with Brian Nova performing: "Slow Taxi Ride" at Hugos Pub.
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Leading cosmologist Martin Rees discusses the question: "Why are we here"? for a BBC documentary. Watch this!!
Кумиры
The Cisco Kid made his debut on the radio airwaves in 1943, going on to become one of the longest lasting television westerns of all time. The series made it to the small screen by 1950 and was aired until 1955. The show revolved around history's notorious Cisco Kid depicted on the series as being misunderstood by lawmen who believed The Kid and his cohort to be criminals. The Cisco Kid starred Duncan Renaldo as Cisco Kid and Leo Carrilo as his good-natured sidekick Pancho. While touring in the Smokin' Pocket band, I took on the role of Cisco Kid, because of my Fu Manchu and because I was from San Francisco. Other Heros of mine are People like DaVinci, Edison, Einstein, Tesla and all mad scientists, musicians & filmmakers. Also anyone who can explain what really causes Crop Circles! And for my Latino friends:
¿QUÉ ES LA POLÍTICA?
EL ARTE DE LA MANIPULACIÓN QUE HACE QUE UN PEQUEÑO GRUPO DE INDIVIDUOS
CONVENZA A LA MAYORÍA DE QUE ELIGEN LIBREMENTE AQUELLO QUE, EN
REALIDAD, ELIGEN CONDICIONADOS Y BENEFICIA A ESA MINORIA EN PERJUICIO
DE LA MAYORÍA.
POR ESO EN DIFERENTES PARTES DEL MUNDO MILES DE PERSONAS YA ESTÁN
PROPONIENDO QUE LA DEMOCRACIA EVOLUCIONE Y SE TRANSFORME EN DEMOCRACIA
PARTICIPATIVA, DONDE LOS CIUDADANOS PUEDAN VOTAR LAS LEYES QUE LES
GOBIERNAN Y RETIRAR DE SU CARGO A CUALQUIER POLÍTICO QUE, EN CUALQUIER
MOMENTO, NO ESTÉ GOBERNANDO DE ACUERDO CON LOS INTERESES DE LA
MAYORÍA.
LAS VOTACIONES SE HARÍAN MEDIANTE SISTEMAS INFORMÁTICOS, MUCHO MÁS
EFECTIVOS Y ECONÓMICOS.
CON ESTE SISTEMA DE GOBIERNO:
¿CUÁNTAS DECLARACIONES DE GUERRA SERÍAN VOTADAS POR LA MAYORÍA DE LA
GENTE DE CUALQUIER PARTE DEL MUNDO?
¿CUÁNTO TARDARÍA EN APROBARSE LA "TASA TOBIN", QUE APLICANDO UNA
COMISIÓN DEL UNO POR MIL A LAS TRANSACCIONES FINANCIERAS DE LAS
GRANDES MULTINACIONALES ACABARÍAN CON LA POBREZA EN EL MUNDO EN TAN
SÓLO TRES AÑOS?
¿HABRÍA ALGUNA SOCIEDAD DONDE NO SE AUMENTARAN LOS IMPUESTOS A LAS
GRANDES FORTUNAS Y SE REDUCIRÍAN O ANULARÍAN LOS DE LA CLASE MEDIA Y
TRABAJADORA?
¿qUIÉN NO VOTARÍA AUMENTAR LOS GASTOS PARA FINES SOCIALES Y REDUCIR
LOS DE PRODUCCIÓN Y COMPRA DE ARMAMENTO?
..............
¿A QUIÉN PERJUDICARÍA ESTE AVANCE DEMOCRÁTICO?
(Comenta, comparte y difunde la idea, así se consiguió el voto para la
mujer hace un siglo, cuando aún la mayoría decía que era una utopía
inalcanzable; así nació la idea de los derechos humanos, así nacieron
todos los avances sociales..........)
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Western Washington University
Bellingham,WA
Закончил: 1983
Статус студента: Выпускник
Ученая степень: Bachelor's Degree
Специальность: Business Administration
Второе образование: Spanish
Клубы: Jazz Music
Dave Harding - Musician/Writer/Producer/Director: Documentaries, Corporate Videos, Commercials, Music Videos and Series for Television.
Some of His Production Credits include:
Executive Producer: "THE ROYAL DOULTON STORY" a 48-min Corporate Video/Documentary Starring Patrick Macnee;
Production Manager/ Camera Operator: "NICE FISH" - TV Series Starring Gary Cooper currently airing on: OLN, SPORTSNET, CHUM, KVOS TV, LEARNING CHANNEL
Executive Producer: "THE INNOVATORS" - A TV pilot for Innovative Productions
Director/Producer: "PLANNING FOR THE CREATIVES" - a 44-min corporate communication program for the Planning Institute of British Columbia, Canada
Production Manager: "BLACK TUESDAY" 16mm Dramatic Festival Film filmed at historic Hatley Castle
Associate Producer: "THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW" 24 min Rogers Community Channel historial documentary on film making in Victoria
Executive Producer/Director: PANDEMONIUM An experimental 10-min music video operetta
Executive Producer/Director: ULTRAFIN - A 20 min installation video Infomercial for corporate clients
Line Producer/Director: REIKI : A SPIRITUAL DOORWAY a Documentary Series on healing
Camera Assistant: THE CRYSTAL GARDEN STORY
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We consider ourselves morally, or culturally, or intellectually unique. But if we were to find a signal from another star system, another thinking being, we would know that none of that is true. A connection with another intelligence would be the first bridging across four billion years of independent life in evolution...It will be without doubt the greatest discovery in the history of humankind." Paul Horowitz
Hey, who keeps making these crop circles anyway? Are you into conspiracy theories? Have you heard of any new ones lately? I watched a video on UFO's with Dan Aykroyd last week and it scarred the s**t outta me! Have you had anything weird happen to you? Email me.. I'm planning to make a documentary on UFO sightings & experiences.
Check out leadingedgefilms.com for more links & videos. We are currently in production on another corporate commercial. I'm going to be posting other videos soon so check back!
“Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt . Dance like nobody's watching...”
Richard Leigh
MY FAMILY PHOTO COLLECTION:
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ANNAPURNA STAR TRAILS In myth, Atlas holds up the heavens. But in this moonlit mountainscape, peaks of the Himalayan Annapurna Range appear to prop up the sky as seen from Ghandruk, Nepal. From left to right the three main peaks are Annapurna South (7,219 meters), Hiunchuli (6,441 metes), and Machapuchare (6,995 meters). Of course the mountains are moving not the stars, the Earth's rotation about its axis causing the concentric star trails recorded in the time exposure. Positioned above Annapurna South, the North Celestial Pole is easily identified as the point at the center of all the star trail arcs. The star Polaris, also known as the North Star, made the very short and bright arc closest to the North Celestial Pole.
Hello my Beloved friend, I hope that you had a relaxing sunday. With a million of Stars, I wish you a Fabulous Week. Much Blessing & Love from France ! ★~GALACTIC KISS~★ Sam
DIA SUNRISE What's 93 million miles away and still hurts your eyes when you look at it? The answer is not the Denver International Airport, known to some travelers as DIA. But DIA does appear in dramatic silhouette in the foreground of this telephoto image. The view looks east toward the airport terminal's characteristic multi-peaked roof and the rising October Sun. The roof's appearance suggests the snow-capped peaks of the region's Rocky Mountains to the west. As winter approaches for denizens of Denver and the northern hemisphere in general, the rising Sun will continue to move south (image right) in the coming days. Of course, the Sun is 93 million miles away ...
Have a Relaxing Sunday My Dearly Friend ~GALACTIC LOVE~ ★Sam★
STARS OVER EASTER ISLAND Why were the statues on Easter Island built? No one is sure. What is sure is that over 800 large stone statues exist there. The Easter Island statues, stand, on the average, over twice as tall as a person and have over 200 times as much mass. Few specifics are known about the history or meaning of the unusual statues, but many believe that they were created about 500 years ago in the images of local leaders of a lost civilization. Pictured above, a large stone statue appears to ponder the distant Large Magellanic Cloud before a cloudy sky that features the bright stars Canopus and Sirius.
Have A Magical Weekend my dear Friend GALACTIC LOVE & KISS ★~S~★
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Hope you're well, and that you're set for a great weekend! Let's stay in touch.
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COROT SATELLITE DISCOVERS ROCKY PLANET The newly discovered extra-solar planet is the closest physical match yet, with a mass about five Earths and a radius of about 1.7 Earths. Also, the home star to CoRoT-7b, although 500 light years distant, is very similar to our Sun. Unfortunately, the similarities likely end there, as CoRoT-7b orbits its home star well inside the orbit of Mercury, making its year last only 20 hours, and making its peak temperature much hotter than humans might find comfortable. CoRoT-7b was discovered in February by noting a predictable slight decrease in the brightness of its parent star.
My favorite musical influences began with British Invasion rock bands like The Animals, Rolling Stones,The Yardbirds and ended up with Funk, R&B, Salsa, Jazz and African music. Some of my favorite artists are: James Brown, Steely Dan, Miles Davis, Peter Gabriel, Angelique Kidjo and Fela Ransom Kuti.I got turned on to African music as a kid when I toured there for 6 months in a 15-piece band. I love all sorts of music, but I prefer music that makes you think or move. Lately, I've been helping my daughter: Felicia with her music career,(see her in my slideshow next column and click on her band "Isobel Trigger" below)
This is a short video of me at Jazzfest on stage with Brian Nova performing: "Slow Taxi Ride" at Hugos Pub.
..
Leading cosmologist Martin Rees discusses the question: "Why are we here"? for a BBC documentary. Watch this!!
SAVE THE INTERNET!!!!!
Old School Hippies & Philosophers, Pranksters, Pain-in-the-ass Social Outcasts, Entertainers, Musicians, Dancers, Directors, Screenwriters, Producers, Editors, Cinematographers, Actors, Art Directors, Film Fanatics, LMs, ADs, PMs, Costume Designers, Circus Performers, Agents, Managers, Execs, Documentarians, Effects people, Stuntpeople, Clapper loaders, Grips, Gaffers, Props, Set Designers, PAs, Choreographers, Casting, Publicity, Animators, Distributors, Game Pros, Wannabes, Make-up Artists, Digital Artists, EFX dudes, Best Boys, Still Photographers, YOU! No seriously folks, I'd like to meet people with a love for films, videos & music.
"
We consider ourselves morally, or culturally, or intellectually unique. But if we were to find a signal from another star system, another thinking being, we would know that none of that is true. A connection with another intelligence would be the first bridging across four billion years of independent life in evolution...It will be without doubt the greatest discovery in the history of humankind." Paul Horowitz
Hey, who keeps making these crop circles anyway? Are you into conspiracy theories? Have you heard of any new ones lately? I watched a video on UFO's with Dan Aykroyd last week and it scarred the s**t outta me! Have you had anything weird happen to you? Email me.. I'm planning to make a documentary on UFO sightings & experiences.
Check out leadingedgefilms.com for more links & videos. We are currently in production on another corporate commercial. I'm going to be posting other videos soon so check back!
“Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt . Dance like nobody's watching...”
Richard Leigh
MY FAMILY PHOTO COLLECTION:
