Family, Mandingue culture, drumming, percusion, music, performing, community building, networking, re/connecting w/ old/new friends, drumming, surfing, cycling, hiking, camping, nature, watching sunsets/sunrises, percussion, travel, everything digital, my new iMac, accomplishing tasks, carpentry, cooking, drumming, percussion, Mandingue culture, and family...
Music
Mamady Keita, Famoudou Konate, Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Zakir Hussain, Grateful Dead (affiliated solo projects), Bob Marley (and family), Phish (affiliated solo projects), Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Modest Mouse, Moments of Clarity, 10,000 Maniacs, ACSS, Ali Faraka Toure, Allman Bros., Ancient Future, Anne Hill, Angélique Kidjo, Annie Lennox, Babatunde Olatunji, The Beatles, Ben Harper, Bjork, Cat Stevens, Celtic Nots, Darin Schaffer, Dave Matthews, DCD, DJ Tiesto, The Doors, Downs Family, Enigma, India Arie, Indigo Girls, Inner Circle, Janis, Jewel, Jimi, Joules Graves, Kate Schutt, Les Ballets Africans, Little Rooms, Loreena McKennitt, Macy Gray, Mark Knopfler, Michael Franti, Miles, Natalie Imbruglia, Nora Jones, David Grisman, Tony Rice, Outback, Paul Simon, Paul Van Dyk, Peter Tosh, Pink Martini, The Police (affiliated solo projects), Ry Cooder, V.M. Bhatt, Saint Germain, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Sinead O'Connor, Thievery Corporation, Third World, Tori Amos, U2, Violent Femmes, Bela Fleck, Frank Zappa, STS9, Chemical Brothers, Paul Van Dyk, Theivery Corporation...
Pan's Labrinth, Little Miss Sunshine, An Inconvenient Truth, Prairie Home Companion, Star Wars, LOTR, Harry Potter, Austin Powers, Monty Python, O Brother Where Art Thou, Matrix, Pirates of the Caribbean, Ocean's..., Bourne..., Napoleon Dynamite, Biraka...
Television
I'm more into radio - Air America: Al Frankin, Ed Schultz; NPR: Prairie Home Companion, Wait Wait... -
But when I do watch TV it's Alias, Deadwood, South Park, Mystery, Masterpiece Theater, Nova, Frontline, Northern Exposure, Freedom TV, Link...
Books
Noam Chompsky, Tony Hillerman, Dan Brown, not much time to read really... :(
Heroes
We are all heroes to many people, what's more my heroes are: The people that I respect and think about when going through my day to day life. ie. my family, friends, community, and every single conscious being...
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Daouda's Details
Status:
In a Relationship
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
My heart.
Body type:
5' 10" / More to love!
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Zodiac Sign:
Libra
Smoke / Drink:
No / Yes
Children:
Proud parent
Education:
Grad / professional school
Occupation:
Musician/Photographer
Daouda's Schools
Suny College At Brockport
Brockport,New York
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: In Progress
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Music Theory
2000 to 2001
University Of Idaho
Moscow,Idaho
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: In Progress
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Music Theory
David "Daouda" Grey Hawk began his musical career in a garage-band in Needles, CA drumming on a kit at the age of 12 and was unable to kick the habit.
His passion for rhythm led him to a Grateful Dead show in Portland, OR 1995. It was there, while strolling through the 'lot,' that the djembe called his name. At that moment he knew that it was his destiny to play and learn all he could about this instrument.
That same year his studies of West African percussion began in Coeur d'Alene, ID. As a "natural" (Robert Two Hawks, 1995) he began touring with his teachers to assist in African percussion workshops throughout the United States and Canada. In 1997 he recorded his first album Around the Fire, with Moments of Clarity.
More recently he has been working on releasing a new project with Darin Schaffer and Tom Taylor of Moments of Clarity which promises to be nothing short of...well, momentous. They will be performing throughout the year at different locations, for more info click here. What's more Daouda has combined his talents with a pagan singer/songwriter/guitarist and they are working on a new project which will be producing a CD soon. More on that later.
In 2006 he traveled to Guinea, Africa for 4 weeks to study traditional Mandinge culture and music with Mamady Keita. This experience gives him a unique perspective of the musical traditions that are so richly embedded in the lives of the people of the Mandingue.
Currently he studies under Master Djembefola Mamady Keita in San Diego, CA where he also resides with his family and serves on the Board of Trustees for Tam Tam Mandingue USA as well as the Tam Tam Mandingue International Committee (Mamady Keita's world renowned school for preserving Mandingue culture).
His goals include releasing a new album in the up coming year and obtaining his Teaching Certificate from Tam Tam Mandingue USA.
Who I'd like to meet: Individuals with similar interests
thanks for listening to my new track. I'm in a band out here, co. springs, were called black hole mystery school. I could see you and tom playin some djembe. give it a listen on myspace...
dude thats sounds bitchin. id like to hear it. ive been chillin in nashville for a couple months now workin at a recording studio. but im thinkin bout moving out west again... dunno. glad your still playin man. i havent been able to play since i moved, bummer. anyways hit me back. later
What up my brotha. Lol How wat you're christmas? We didn't get much of that snow up here but we did get crazy cold temperatures. The ski mountains got record amounts of snow, Like 40 inches one day last week. Love you, Peace
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