Hillbilly Flamenco-Jazz guitarist David Feder has been captivating audiences with his playfully sensual music for over 20 years. With a warm smile and a funny charismatic presence, this remarkable musician has

     "David Feder is a phenomenal guitarist...and one of the best kept secrets in the Florida Keys..."
(Carl Hiaasen)

Feder was born in 1958, in Niagara Falls, New York, "The Honeymoon Capital of the World." At age five, the family moved to rural Pennsylvania where David began learning piano and guitar. By age nine, he started writing and playing his own songs, influenced by his grandfather's humorous folk singing and the guitar playing of the local sheriff.

      In fact, most of the tunes he plays today are variations of those songs he wrote as a child. "I believe we all have one song inside of us and everything we write ends up being one version or another expression of that inner song."

     "David Feder took the stage next -- a real world-class act. He did amazing things on an electrified Taylor classical guitar during an incredible set.... If his sheer musicianship wasn't dazzling enough, the stories he told about his compositions were funny, moving, and he really touched a lot of people with his music."
(John Bartus)

     David is an avid martial artist, practicing for over thirty-five years. He says the discipline that comes from that practice helps focus mind and body to better express the music inside. There's something about releasing the ego and the need to win that allows the music to develop and flow more freely. And by viewing everyone as teachers, it becomes easier to open up emotionally and share artistically and spiritually.

     David studied engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester New York, and Music performance at Buffalo State Teacher's College. Along with music, David has made his living as an electronic systems designer, studio engineer, and underwater camera repairman.
     For the last twenty years Feder has lived in the island paradise of the Florida Keys, a Mecca for artists of all mediums. The diversity of culture in the islands is embraced in all of Feder's recordings.

     In 1995, Feder signed a distribution deal with Lyra Recordings, boosting performances in the USA and abroad. His music is currently heard on radio, TV and films worldwide. Whether performing at large outdoor festivals or small intimate settings, David is equally at home performing solo or with his all star band.

     "And the music is so clear and true that it makes you shiver"
(CC Hemingway)

     David's first album, "Waiting for Sara," is soft romantic Latin Jazz while "The Reason Why," is pure funk and blues. The most recent CD "Black Emerald" is Exciting "Hillbilly Flamenco." And his soon-to-be-released album, "Leila's Dream," contains all original, instrumental songs inspired by children.

     Feder is a devoted husband and father. His wife Suzi and son Nyan take center stage in his life. Feder's son Nyan is already playing the guitar and piano onstage, and accompanied his dad on two songs on "The

Reason Why." With his son standing next to him, David Feder has come full circle in a life inexorably intertwined with music.

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