Dave Ledoux

Dave Ledoux is an independent recording artist, singer/ songwriter, lead guitar player

and studio musician. He has been writing and recording for many years and

has wanted to pursue his dream of becoming a musician since I was a kid. 

He started playing drums at age 14 before playing guitar. He wanted to be a

drummer but needed some material to practice to, so he started learning

guitar thinking I could learn a few chords, make up some songs and play

drums to that. However, when I first picked up the guitar at around age 15,

it was like magic and I instantly fell in love. Then I started really listening to

bands that showcased the guitar and found Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen had

the most amazing playing style that I was drawn to and wanted to learn

exactly what he was doing and how he was doing it. So I started learning

anything and everything I could from anyone who would teach me. I also

began singing at the time and found I could at least carry a tune! Shortly

after that, and because I was drawn to heavy metal, I got into bands like:

Iron Maiden, Ozzy, AC/DC, Guns ‘N’ Roses, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Rage

Against the Machine, Sum 41, Blink 182, Sevendust and Deftones to name a

few. Eventually I came up with my own style, meshed all of those influences

together and went from there. 

I began writing songs at that time as well and formed a 3 man band in the

late 90’s and early 2000’s. I was the lead guitar player and lead vocalist for

the band. I wrote and arranged all of the music based on 3 different

decades of rock music that I loved- the 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s. I began

weaving the different styles together and came up with my own style and

arrangements for the songs. 

I feel there is no better time than now to re-introduce Rock music to the

world once more. It seems like rock music has been missing from the

mainstream for some time and I hope to have a hand in helping change

that.

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