thatDAVE.

maker of people + places + things.

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may your #newyear bring #joy in all you are and all you do (at Bedstuy Do or Die)

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may your #newyear be #lit with love and laughter (at Bedstuy Do or Die)

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may your #newyear bring hope, promise and fulfillment. (at Bedstuy Do or Die)

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December: named a #finalist for the @hennessyus #vsop #privilegelab competition earning a baseline @wework membership and leaving #TeamGSC one round away from a dedicated #officespace. 🙏🏾 #scenesfrom15 (at Moet Hennessy USA)

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November: I turned 30 and celebrated in my basement with #popeyes #carlorossi and a few of the folks I love the most… and kinda stood up some of my favorite #DJs @obey_city @all_en1 but it’s all love haha 🙏🏾 #scenesfrom15 (at Bedstuy Do or Die)

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October: #designed the retail packaging for @columbia_nights #criticallyacclaimed #LP #inallthings and brought @hayling thru @essencemag to break it all down. 🙏🏾 #scenesfrom15 (at Essence Magazine)

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September: released an #EP on @bandcamp of jams made for or by my kids, to #raisemoney for my daughter’s #school. #freefreeandthedaves hit its #fundraising goal in 12 hours. s/o @ceeverything @cor2daece @columbia_nights @norvisjunior 🙏🏾 #scenesfrom15 (at Bedstuy Do or Die)

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August: contributed #bars to a @pepsiusa #musicvideo #campaign alongside @ucancallmela & #lhhny ’s @papoosepapoose at @northsidefestival. s/o @sinceredavinci. 🙏🏾 #scenesfrom15 (at Northside Festival)

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July: #TeamGSC translated my love for the #art of @norvisjunior & @terenceetc w/ the @essencemag #squad and previewed their 2016 @sundanceinstitute pick #swimminginyourskinagain and nelson’s upcoming @tapeclubrecords #ep. s/o @corimurray @yolizama. 🙏🏾 #scenesfrom15 (at Essence Magazine)

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June: taught #musictheory and recorded a #multilingual song with 18 #writers #producers and #vocalists in 90 minutes at @alliedmediaconference alongside @norvisjunior as #OLDGOLD. 🙏🏾 #scenesfrom15 (at Wayne State University- State Hall)

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May: shed five years of #fro at the hands of @byvernonscott… who I still owe some #art. thanks for the #energy, #inspiration and #patience. (at Clinton Hill Neighborhood)

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April: awarded a partial #scholarship to present #OLDGOLD @alliedmediaconference and sold 10 #design #sessions in #7days to make up the difference… on one foot. 🙏🏾 #scenesfrom15 (at Allied Media Conference)

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March: I tore my left posterior tibial (ankle) #tendon and spent most of the month working from home with my then-infant son. Im still not 100% but the bonding, introspection and clarity was right on time. 🙏🏾 #scenesfrom15 (at Bedstuy Do or Die)

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February: my bro @norvisjunior and I debuted our #musicproduction #workshop #OLDGOLD at @themuseumofmodernart and taught @bklynzulu’s #youngscholars. 🙏🏾 #scenesfrom15 (at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art)

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January: I scored @tristantaylor88’s #movell #festival winner #lionsandlambs and @cnn #spreadlove. 🙏🏾 #scenesfrom15 (at CNN iReport)

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#hoopdreams (at Willoughby Playground)

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#hoopdreams (at Willoughby Playground)