PRODUCER / COMPOSER / PIANIST / KEYBOARDIST
Dave Palmer began playing music professionally at the age of seventeen. His diverse and fascinating career was sparked in the clubs of Norfolk, Virginia and Dallas, Texas (where he graduated from the University of North Texas), spread to the west coast via Seattle, Washington and San Francisco, California, and led to the studio and concert landscape of Los Angeles. During the course of this 25 year period Mr. Palmer played with a vast array of artists as a touring musician, studio keyboardist, producer, musical director (most recently for the Hollywood Bowl’s Beatles Tribute), and arranger. This collection of employers is as diverse in style as it is impressive in it’s make up. Fiona Apple, Chris Isaak, AIR, Seal, Turin Brakes, Twista, Joe Henry, Patty Griffin, Fleetwood Mac, Madeleine Peyroux, Perla Batalla, T-Bone Burnett, Avenged Sevenfold, Missy Higgins, Sam Phillips, Solomon Burke, The Goo Goo Dolls and Aureo Baqueiro are but a few examples of his varied professional experience.
Mr. Palmer’s musical credits also include notable film and television work. He has been a staple musician for the eclectic composer Brian Reitzell and played on and composed scores for films such as Beginners, Red Riding Hood, 30 Days of Night, Friday Night Lights, Peacock, Stranger Than Fiction, The Brothers Bloom, and Shrink. He has written for both film and television with songs appearing in The Brothers Bloom, the Starz mini series Boss, Earthlings, and Love Monkey. He has had his arrangements and production featured in the film Stepbrothers and the hit TV drama House. He also had two songs on the Disney Music release “Music inspired by the film WALL-E”.
Recently he finished his third solo piano record. This trio of releases stylistically flow evenly from Duke Ellington to Satie to Elliott Smith to Scriabin.