Just Who is Dav0?
Why is a zero in his name?
Continue reading to get this and more questions answered!
Please allow me to introduce myself (thank Mick).
I’m first and foremost a lover of music of all types, it’s been in my life and blood as long as I can remember.
At 7 years old I watched the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and that changed my DNA for good.
At the age of 10, I got to play guitar when a local music store came to St. Michaels and let us try playing guitars. It wasa blatant attempt at getting parents to sign thier kids up for lessons at a local music store. That day one more wanna-be rock-n-roller was born!
When I was 13 I started playing bass and then guitar in various basement & garage bands where I met a strong influence on my musical tastes. My friend Mark opened my eyes to many, many different genres. I was taken with one particular new wave band, Devo. Soon after friends started calling me “Davo”. When I created my first online account (before AOL even) Davo was taken, so I had to use Dav0 (with a zero).
At 23, whilst out at a new wave club doing “The Pogo” a fine young woman with the stage name of “Dodi” convinced me (I was then out of work) that I could earn a living as a male “exotic” dancer. Hence, Dav0-a-gogo came to life. What at first was just a way to pay the bills became a 10 year journey. During that time I met my “brother from a different mother” Rich and Teri my soul mate.
Teri (T-bone to me!) changed the course of my life by welcoming our two children to earth, showing me that seeing beyond myself was far more important than self centered motivation, and taught me about computers. This led me to gainful employment for 30 years at Rutgers computer department. That work in IT inspired me to help Rich who was already DJ’ing to change the way he was working rooms from using discs to all digital. We were one of the first mobile DJ’s to incorporate Music Video’s into the mix and ran the fastest Karaoke rotations at our weekly KJ venues.
Alas, between weekly Karaoke shows at different venues, private affairs AND our day jobs, we finally dropped out of the DJ biz in 2019. That effort was known as: Mobile Music DJ Services of NJ
THEN THE PANDEMIC - NO MORE DJ’ing.
Well, the pandemic ended, I retired from Rutgers and so it’s only natural that I “Get Back To My Music” (an obscure song from the 1974 album by The Good Rats).
The one thread that has run through my life has always been:
