i suppose i created this site for selfish reasons - i want as many DM shows as i can get (the collector in me, you see). if you're willing to tape shows, i'll be willing to do an immediate trade, usually giving you quite a bit in return as i'm getting something i don't already have.

david is aware of this site and aware of the tape trading policies and such, and he is a big supporter of it. the reason i say this is so you have no worries about having to sneak in recording equipment to shows - there's nothing to sneak.

ultimately the best way to tape a show is with a DAT recorder or minidisc recorder (the recent shows i taped are from minidisc masters). if you don't have access to high-end equipment, a cassette recording is better than no recording at all.

i encourage you to tape any shows you attend and help get the live database going. any questions, etc., feel free to email me.

in the process of remastering all of my DM shows from the original masters, they will show up here as i remaster them. the trades section will now be a database of songs performed and all known recordings of them, and will be updated as i obtain new (and remaster old) shows.

Where available, I will list what instrument David played as accurately as possible as to differentiate arrangements. As David plays solo shows as well as shows with bands consisting of different people, the arrangements can differ greatly between shows and I've tried to reflect that as much as possible.

On each song page, you will find notations in the last column as such:
band / solo - this refers to the arrangement of the song on this night; songs can be listed as solo during band shows if David plays them as such.
duo - listed as such if David plays with one other person on stage; instruments listed following would be the instrument David plays followed by whichever other instument is being played.
acoustic - David plays a 6 string acoustic during the performance of this song.
electric - David plays a 6 string electric during the performance of this song.
12str - David plays a 12 string acoustic during the performance of this song.
uke / ukelele - David plays a ukelele during the performance of this song.
piano - David plays house piano during the performance of this song.
keyboard - David plays his keyboard during the performance of this song.
Other instruments are listed only if it is a duo performance (see above).
U following all of this means that the song was performed unplugged, usually at the end of a set. Sometimes the recordings of these are quite difficult to hear.