Biography
Doobie, the nickname and the creative process
The nickname “Doobie” was coined by his mom and didn’t really have nothing to do with cannabis, however, as Dave grew he confesses he did smoke a lot of it and the nickname stuck.
This album was produced with an incredible amount of improvisation and display of musical genius by everyone involved.
The process consisted in Dave recording the fretless bass melody on a separate track without the rest of the musicians ever hearing the songs. Dave then met with Glenn Grossman, a brilliant drummer who played with Bob Dylan and who is always involved with Dave whenever he creates music outside of Shinobi Ninja. When you hear the drums in the album, you’re hearing Glenn play as he heard the bass track for the first time, no second takes allowed, Dave pressed play and then started recording Glenn.
The nickname “Doobie” was coined by his mom and didn’t really have nothing to do with cannabis, however, as Dave grew he confesses he did smoke a lot of it and the nickname stuck.
This album was produced with an incredible amount of improvisation and display of musical genius by everyone involved.
The process consisted in Dave recording the fretless bass melody on a separate track without the rest of the musicians ever hearing the songs. Dave then met with Glenn Grossman, a brilliant drummer who played with Bob Dylan and who is always involved with Dave whenever he creates music outside of Shinobi Ninja. When you hear the drums in the album, you’re hearing Glenn play as he heard the bass track for the first time, no second takes allowed, Dave pressed play and then started recording Glenn.
