Dave Shichman

www.myspace.com/sheikmon

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  • Dave shichman

  • 27 / Male
  • Astoria, New York, US
  • Last Login: 12/11/2009

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Interests

  • General

    music, books, social change.
  • Music


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    Miles Davis
    Tom Waits
    Joanna Newsom
    Iron and Wine
    Andrew Bird
    Animal Collective
    The Arcade Fire
    Zakir Hussain
    Anouar Brahem
    Ben Allison
    Bill Evans
    Bjork
    Blonde Redhead
    Bon Iver
    Chick Corea
    Djivan Gasparyan
    Dave Holland
    Death Cab for cutie
    Depeche Mode
    Elliott Smith
    Fleet Foxes
    The Flaming Lips
    Grizzly Bear
    Happy Apple
    Herbie Hancock
    Jagjit Singh
    John McLaughlin
    Jandek
    John Coltrane
    John Zorn
    Kayhan Kalhor
    Milt Jackson
    Mogwai
    My Morning Jacket
    The National
    Nina Nastasia
    Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
    Neil Young
    The Postal Service
    REM
    Sigur Ros
    Steven Bernstein
    Stevie Wonder
    Talking Heads
    Sufjan Stevens
    Wes Montgomery
    Yusef Lateef
    Zakir Hussain........and so many more!
  • Books

    'People's History of The United states' by Howard Zinn++
    'A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide' by Samantha Power
    'Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky' by Noam Chomsky
    "Lies My Teacher Told Me' by James W. Loewen
    'The Other America' by Michael Harrington
    'Blindness' by Jose Saramago
    'A Prayer for Owen Meany' by John Irving
    "One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    'The World According to Garp' by John Irving
    'The War of the End of the World' by Mario Vargas Llosa

Details

  • Status: Engaged
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Height: 6' 3"
  • Religion: Atheist
  • Zodiac Sign: Leo
  • Children: Someday
  • Education: Grad / professional school
  • Occupation: Social Worker

Schools

Networking

Companies

  • Driven AM

    • Astoria, New York US
    • Owner/Pres
    2006 - Present

Concerts

Blurbs

About me:

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Drum and Bass Mixes:
In The Cave, January 2009
100% Original DnB Mix, November 2008
Live @ Direct Drive's 10 Year Anniversary, Sullivan Room NYC, September 18th 2008
Live @ Dream, NYC February 15th 2008
Live on Bassdrive - May 26th 2007 - DJ Strife vs. Dave Shichman
Something Beautiful - April 2007
First Day of Spring - March 2007
The Melodic Dancefloor - August 2006
Live in The Pond on Jungletrain.net - Dj Strife vs. Dave Shichman 2006
Live in The Pond on Jungletrain.net - December 2005
Summer Goes Melodic - August 2005
Live @ Direct Drive, NYC - January 15th 2005

Original Music (This one is not DnB):
Sing so Low - 2007


Representing New York City, Dave is a known and devoted contributor to the North American Drum and Bass community. Owner of Driven AM, the premier North American DnB Artist Management, Record Label label, and Production company. Events coordinator and resident DJ for various NYC parties including ‘100% Original’ and for the past 6 years as part of the legendary NYC production team Direct Drive. Emerging producer with multiple releases out and in the works including upcoming releases on Peer Pressure Recordings, Luv Disaster, Funk Star (alongside Sol.id) and Driven AM Recordings. His latest release "Better Days" features Sinistarr and is out on Driven AM Recordings. Dave's tunes are being supported by TC1, Stunna, Mixmaster Doc, Dave Owen and many others. A Dj that has performed live more than 160 times in 12 States in the past 10 years alongside some of the biggest names in DnB. Dave is a driven individual, whose passion for Drum and Bass shows in his music and live performance.

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Formerly known as Dj Sheik-mon, Dave began Djing in 1997 and soon released hip-hop tapes for Baby Paul and On the Real entertainment, a subdivision of ARISTA Records, before turning to his true passion, DnB. He has performed live in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, California, Arizona, Ohio, Massachusetts, Vermont and Puerto Rico while having the honor of sharing the bill with major names in DnB including Commix, Calibre (2x), London Elektricity (2x), High Contrast, Grooverider, Patife, Dj Zinc, Dieselboy, SUV, Klute, Chase & Status, Makoto, Raw Q, Mathematics, Random Movement, Mixmaster Doc, Sinistarr, Vegas of Bad Company UK, Adam F (2x), Nookie, Bachelors of Science, Saburuko, Dara, DB, Silver, Stakka, SST, Dj Lee, J-Smooth, Will Miles, Reid Speed, Odi, Sol.id, Aquasky, Burner Brothers, Dj Seoul and more.

As a DJ, Dave is known for his energy, smooth mixing skills, and his quality track selection, which at the moment is comprised mainly of unreleased tunes by American DnB producers including his own. His live and studio mixes have been downloaded over 30,000 times from all over the world. His sound is deep, melodic, minimal, Jazzy, funky and always aimed at the dancefloor.

Dave has been involved in music his entire life. As a youth he performed in local and regional theater. In high school and into college Dave was the singer songwriter for the band Midnight in a Perfect World performing all over the east coast. In the summers of 2001 and 2003 Dave sang and played guitar in a Jazz band in Pisciotta Italy with Jazz Pianist Pete Malinverni. Also in 2003, Dave began producing electronic music, immediately drawn to producing DnB. In late 2004 Dave co-founded the net-label 'Expanding Electronic Diversity', which is devoted to independent electronic musicians. In 2005 Dave recorded vocals for ‘Music in 2d’ with EED co-founder David Tagg and in 2006 he performed improvisational electronic music at Percussion Lab in Brooklyn, NY as part of the ‘Tagg, Lupkin, Shichman Trio’.

In 2006 Dave launched Driven AM, the NYC based Artist Management and promotion company which currently handles bookings for some of the most respected and talented Dj/producers in the US including DB, Mixmaster Doc, Raw Q, Random Movement, Bachelors of Science, Sinistarr, Jo-S, Kjell, Datcyde, Dj Seen, Dj Seoul, Dj Strife, and UK talent Nookie. In June 2007 Dave began hosting a monthly DnB event in NYC, showcasing artists from the Driven Artist Management roster. For nearly a year he brought the best US and UK talent on the Driven AM roster to NYC, including for their NYC debut Mixmaster Doc, Bachelors of Science, and Random Movement. In 2008 that party morphed in to ‘100% Original’, a monthly party in NYC where each artist plays strictly their own music, currently on hiatus.

2009 has been a very busy year for Dave. March saw a short 5 show US tour across the country Djing in Cleveland, Tucson, San Diego and San Francisco. He has also continued to expand Driven AM’s roster and mission. April was an exciting month as saw the launch of Driven AM Recordings, an outlet for members of the artist roster. Forthcoming releases include EP’s by Mixmaster Doc, Sinistarr, Raw Q and Random Movement to start.

The debut Driven AM release was extra special for Dave as it was his own debut release, a 4 song EP entitled ‘Towards the Fire’. The track was featured on TrackItDown and is available at Juno, Itunes, Amazon, and many other fine online retailers. In addition to previously mentioned collaborations, his debut album being released in 2009 will be a collection of DnB tunes aimed at the dancefloor as well as a more intimate settings. His tunes are being supported by Dj’s across America and on stations such as Bassdrive and Bassjunkies.

For booking information please contact Dave at:
Driven Artist Management
DaveShichman@gmail.com
A.I.M. - Dshichman ..

Drivenam.blogspot.com - DavidShichman.com



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