David Cosgrove · Keyboards / Guitars / Bass / Electronic Percussion / Mandolin / Flute / Sax /...
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David Cosgrove www.davidcosgrove-music.com
Keyboards / Guitars / Bass / Electronic Percussion / Mandolin / Flute / Sax / Kazoo
Composer / Performer / Engineer / Producer
David Cosgrove has been creating music for 27 years. Learning to
play the piano at the tender age of 5, David's musical future
began in earnest with daily practice and performances in front of
his classmates. A few years later, the alto saxophone was picked
up and to extraordinary results. Jamming daily, original
compositions came quickly and prolifically, with hour after hour
of practice, both solo and with various line-ups of good friends.
What were once informal jam sessions evolved into elaborate
recording sessions with synched 4-track recorders and forests of
wires covering the tool shed floor with David on keyboards and his good friends filling in on
drums, bass, vocals and guitars which eventually became the first lineup of the prog rock group
Makkiwhipdies. Countless hours were also invested with the turntable and CD player spinning
concert legends and composers like Genesis, Steve Hackett, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Tito
Puente, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, Rush, Georges Bizet, Pink Floyd, Yes, Starcastle, Frank Zappa,
Todd Rundgren, Pat Metheny, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Brand X,
Weather Report and many others. These artists helped provide the rich foundation upon which
David began composing his music.
Makkiwhipdies went on to record an eponymous debut album which was self-released in 1996
(and is still available online at
http://www.cdbaby.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?AlbumID=makkiwhipdies) that was heavily
influenced by prog rock masters like Jethro Tull, Steve Hackett, Utopia, Rush, Genesis, Mike
Oldfield, Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. David sent a copy of Makkiwhipdies to Ian Anderson
and the late beat poet Allen Ginsberg who both sent him back letters (see end of document).
One review (http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=4773) went so
far as to say “think Frank Zappa in his most weird but brilliant moments.”
Makkiwhipdies survived for a few more short years with a few demos cut (some have been
released on the 2012 compilations “Millennium Box”
http://www.cdbaby.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?AlbumID=davidcosgrove7 and “Always Chasing
Sunshine” http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/davidcosgrove8), but eventually life took each member
off on their own personal journey. David, as the driving force behind Makkiwhipdies, continued
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writing while raising a family and devoting the majority of his time to his online business David
Cosgrove Los Angeles Web Design (www.davidcosgrove.com).
In 2008, David released the long overdue solo album “Gift of Time”
(http://www.cdbaby.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?AlbumID=davidcosgrove) on which he played all
instruments and wrote all of the music while also wearing the hats of engineer and producer.
The album was recorded in his home studio in Tariffville, CT from 2006-2007 and features
instruments ranging from his grandfather’s antique Goya acoustic guitar, an ARP Odyssey to an
old rack full of vintage 80’s and 90’s synth gear. “Gift of Time” was heavily influenced by Mike
Oldfield, Todd Rundgren and Ian Anderson’s electronic solo work.
In 2012, David released the album “Space Toucan (A Neotropical Dream)”
(http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/davidcosgrove2) which once again featured instruments from the
antique Goya acoustic guitar, the ARP Odyssey and even more vintage 80’s synth modules to
mandolin, Takamine acoustic-electric guitars and the flute. “Space Toucan” spreads its wings
and David went back to collaborating with his good friends (who share songwriting credits on
several tracks). The majority of the tracks on “Space Toucan” were recorded from 2009-2012,
while a few were old gems (some dating back to 1989) that were pulled from the digital
archives to finally see the light of day. “Space Toucan” was recorded primarily in David’s home
studio with a few of the older tracks recorded on 16 and 24 track analog machines in Hartford,
CT and West Haven, CT. David produced and engineered the entire album. The influences
again range from Yes, Jethro Tull, Rush, Todd Rundgren, Genesis to the Beatles. One review
(http://seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=13654) said “This is a magical
keyboard, percussion and effects journey created by David Cosgrove” and “[Space Toucan] is an
album of surprises and wonder. You will be entertained throughout.”
David Cosgrove: a conservatory-trained musical theorist, classically-trained sound recording
engineer, multi-instrumentalist, philanthropist, avant-garde groundskeeper, perpetual green-
thumb, Web developer and one-time front man of Makkiwhipdies during their progressive
days.
David is working on a solo follow-up to “Space Toucan” and is aiming for a summer 2014
release date.
All of David's albums and additional digital singles are available for sale on his website
www.davidcosgrove-music.com.
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Band: David Cosgrove
Album Title: Gift of Time
Label: David Cosgrove Ltd.
Street Date: March 2008
Genre: Electronic rock, Prog rock
Web: www.davidcosgrove-music.com
Band Line Up: All music/instruments played by David Cosgrove.
Track listing:
1 - Gift of Time
2 - Sombrero
3 - Tropic of Pleasure
4 - Dreamcatcher
5 - Greatest Light Great Mountain
6 - Fujiyama Sleighride
7 - Best Part of the Day
8 - Sun God Siesta
9 - Atlantis Falls
10 - Soaring
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Band: David Cosgrove
Album Title: Space Toucan (A Neotropical Dream)
Label: David Cosgrove Ltd.
Street Date: July 2012
Genre: Prog rock, Rock
Web: www.davidcosgrove-music.com
Space Toucan (A Neotropical Dream) Liner Notes:
Special thanks for the talents and gifts of my friends Mike Cohen, Roger Arnold, Mitch Banks,
Ray Romanos, Chris Huit, Mark Palazzo and the late Chris Germain.
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Track listing:
Track 1 – Corridors
Music & Lyrics by David Cosgrove
David Cosgrove: Keyboards, electronic percussion
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Chris Huit: Bass, lead vocals
Mitch Banks: Vocals
Ray Romanos: Guitars
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Left alone in the halls of our youth
Growing old
Getting old
Missing out on our fortunes untold
Put on hold
Put on hold
Your words struck home like shattered glass on the floor
Your hands met mine and put an end to our untimely war
Etched in time your expression altered the past
Leaving your thoughts behind
The noise from the streets is always the same
No matter where you are
Black lights conceal your deepest fears
Stung by a scimitar
Alone once again solutions on the horizon
The questions to be addressed simply relies on the truth
You base success on the wealth of the world
Very wrong
Wealth can unlock a world of pleasure
For how long
For how long
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The print on the paper is
Like fuel for the flame
The sand slips through your fingers
The past can't be regained
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Track 2 - Bienvenue à Los Angeles
Music by David Cosgrove
David Cosgrove: Keyboards, electronic percussion
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Track 3 - No Options
Music & Lyrics by David Cosgrove
David Cosgrove: Keyboards, electronic percussion
Mitch Banks: Lead vocals
Chris Huit: Bass, vocals
Ray Romanos: Guitars
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The crowd stands watching
Waiting for the fall
Of a man completely mad
Plotting to kill us all
His hatred sought by none
Except his crazed mind
Searching for the ties wishing
To rip the binds
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He's got no options
Has no life
No Love involved
If he plans to end it all
Nothing will be solved
Having found a purpose
Thanking all who cared
Man fits the puzzle whole
His mind impaired
Doesn't want
Doesn't need
Doesn't think life should be feared
His bad intentions geared
Towards the sincere
He's got some options
Has a life
Discovered Love
He's found the Goodness that
Shone down from above
Behind curtain one lies the rest of our youth
Behind number two sits the spectacles for truth
Behind curtain three runs our river of denial
We're all hung out to dry like a mind too infantile
The world is
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No stranger
To a world full
Of Danger
The minds of
The free
No options
Have doomed me
We see the glass break out of its fine craftsman's mold
Earthly possessions ours alone to hold
While the curtains come ripping down
Only ashes to be found
The world is
No stranger
To a world full
Of Danger
The lives of
The free
No options
Have doomed me
Gifted is he
Soon to be free
Tosses away his cane and shades only to see
A man as himself noosing his belt
Tying it 'round the oak tree
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Choking...slowly...
Again the crowd stands watching
Waiting for the fall
Out of it sifts a man
Familiar to us all
Graced by his new found friends
His options stand
He's got some options
Has a life
Discovered Love
He's found the Goodness that
Shone down from above
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Track 4 - Space Toucan
Music by David Cosgrove
David Cosgrove: Keyboards, bass, electronic percussion
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Track 5 - Staggering Ted
Music by David Cosgrove
Lyrics by Mike Cohen
David Cosgrove: Guitars, keyboards, tambourine, vocals
Mike Cohen: Lead vocals, bongos
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Waking up at noon for coffee
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Soon it's time to have another cigarette
Sharing time with Jerry Springer
Unemployment check has not come yet
Getting hungry
Boils some chicken
Then forgets
And walks down to the bar
Sirens blaring
Black smoke rising
Firemen rushing in
To beat the blaze
The landlord says "He's done this once before."
Staggering Ted gets up at three
To check the daily mail
It's almost time to have a drink
The rent is late
The phone's turned off
He doesn't often bathe
He sticks his head out the window
"Hey you kids get off my lawn!"
"Huck'n PUNKS!"
Sitting here I'm looking at you
It could be you
It could be you
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Or it could be me
It could be me - IT COULD BE ME!
Yellow knobby fingers gnurled
A drunkard sits
And slowly fades away
Older stains are barely noticed
One more drink
On yet another day
Telling tales but
No one listens
To the drunk with
Rotten-smelling breath
Staggering up and to the bathroom
Knocks into a chair while on his way
He has to go he hasn't peed all day
Staggering Ted gets up at three
To check the daily mail
It's way past time to have that drink
The rent is late
The phone's turned off
He doesn't often bathe
He sticks his head out the window
"Hey you kids get off my lawn!"
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Track 6 - Metro Morning
Music by David Cosgrove
David Cosgrove: Keyboards, electronic percussion
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Track 7 - Junglescape
Music by David Cosgrove & Mike Cohen
David Cosgrove: Keyboards, electronic percussion
Mike Cohen: Keyboards
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Track 8 - I Kissed the Ground Today
Music by David Cosgrove
Lyrics by Mark Palazzo
David Cosgrove: Keyboards, mandolin, electronic percussion
Mark Palazzo: Lead vocals
Chris Germain: Guitars
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I kissed the ground today
I will accept this pain
I never thought it would come to this
It's finally raining
After all this time
And now I'm waiting for
The sun to shine
I taste the bitterness
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I taste the water
I taste the vanity
I never thought of
And I can't believe what I have done
I laid down when I should've run
Thought I was too smart to be burned
Satisfaction must be earned
I kissed the ground today
I will accept this shame
I never thought it would come to this
I can see clearly
I can hear the sound
I look ahead of me
Instead of looking down
But it's not easy
To do what you know is right
Sometimes illusion
Overcomes insight
And I can't believe what I have done
I laid down when I should've run
Thought I was too smart to be burned
Satisfaction must be earned
I kissed the ground today
I will accept this shame
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I never thought it would come to this
It's finally raining
After all this time
And now I'm waiting for
The sun to shine
I taste the bitterness
I taste the water
I taste the vanity
I never thought of
And I can't believe what I have done
I laid down when I should've run
Thought I was too smart to be burned
Satisfaction must be earned
I can't believe what I have done
I laid down when I should've run
Thought I was too smart to be burned
Satisfaction must be earned
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Track 9 - Conozca a Los Leafjumpers
Music by David Cosgrove
David Cosgrove: Keyboards, electronic percussion
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Track 10 - Burning Leaves
Music by David Cosgrove
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David Cosgrove: Guitars
Roger Arnold: Percussion, bass
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Track 11 - Reachback
Music by David Cosgrove & Mike Cohen
David Cosgrove: Keyboards, electronic percussion
Mike Cohen: Keyboards
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Track 12 - Eddie the Hat
Music by David Cosgrove
David Cosgrove: Guitars
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Track 13 - On the Big Island Part I
Music by David Cosgrove
David Cosgrove: Keyboards, bass, electronic percussion
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Track 14 - Ego Boy
Music by David Cosgrove
Lyrics by Mike Cohen
David Cosgrove: Guitars, bass, keyboards, electronic percussion
Mike Cohen: Lead vocals, bongos
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I got a cell phone
Look at me
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Lookin' so important
In my SUV
I am a scumbag
Worship me
I'll do anything
For the toys I need
I am Ego Boy
Having my cake and eating it too
I need a big slice won't share it with you
I'm having my cake and eating it too
I'm gonna bite off more than I can chew
I can't get enough I always gotta have more
I am like a God
Come and hear me roar
Checking my investments
My oh my
I must have everything that money can buy
Image over substance every time
Anything else would be a dog-gone crime
I am Ego Boy
Having my cake and eating it too
I need a big slice won't share it with you
I'm having my cake and eating it too
I'm gonna bite off more than I can chew
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I can't get enough I always gotta have more
I am like a God
Come and hear me roar
I am Ego Boy
I am Ego Boy
I am Ego Boy
I am Ego Boy
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Track 15 - Threnody
Music by David Cosgrove
David Cosgrove: Keyboards
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Track 16 - Soaring Part II
Music by David Cosgrove
David Cosgrove: Keyboards, bass, electronic percussion
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