Dave Carlock
| Dave Carlock | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | David Walter Carlock |
| Genres | Hard rock, funk rock, album rock, punk rock, blue eyed soul, pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, arranger |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, piano |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Associated acts | the Transplants, Pink, Blink 182, George LaMond, Lenny Kravitz, Hall & Oates, Fleetwood Mac, Coward, Eric Clapton, Dolly Parton, Richard Marx, David Foster |
| Website | www.davecarlock.com |
David Walter "Dave" Carlock is an American record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Carlock's talents as a singer, writer, producer, arranger, engineer, mixer, guitarist, bassist, keyboardist and drummer. His production style has been described as very hands on and song oriented. He received a Grammy Award for engineering Pink's, "Trouble".
Carlock was born in St. Joseph, Michigan, the son of Jane (née Hadley), and Nelson Carlock. He discovered his love of music by singing in front of restaurant jukeboxes at the age of four.
In junior high school, he taught himself guitar, bass, and keyboards. After graduating from St. Joseph High School, Carlock was an engineer at local recording studios, produced bands, and did string arrangements for a 60-piece symphony.
He attended Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan on an academic scholarship, before deciding to focus solely on his musical career.
He began his professional career as a songwriter and session musician for Columbia Records artist George LaMond, contributing songs and vocal and instrumental arrangements to LaMond's debut record Bad of the Heart. Carlock built a 16-track recording studio and continued to develop as a producer and writer. He later moved to New York, where he stayed for three years, and then moved to Los Angeles.
While in New York, Carlock worked as a technician and consultant with artists such as Hall & Oates and Lenny Kravitz using a recording platform known as Pro Tools. He produced local bands, most notably Coward, who signed with Elektra Records.
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