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David Cosgrove www.davidcosgrove-music.com

Keyboards / Guitars / Bass / Electronic Percussion / Mandolin / Flute / Sax / Kazoo

Composer / Performer / Engineer / Producer

David Cosgrove has been creating music for 27 years. Learning to

play the piano at the tender age of 5, David's musical future

began in earnest with daily practice and performances in front of

his classmates. A few years later, the alto saxophone was picked

up and to extraordinary results. Jamming daily, original

compositions came quickly and prolifically, with hour after hour

of practice, both solo and with various line-ups of good friends.

What were once informal jam sessions evolved into elaborate

recording sessions with synched 4-track recorders and forests of

wires covering the tool shed floor with David on keyboards and his good friends filling in on

drums, bass, vocals and guitars which eventually became the first lineup of the prog rock group

Makkiwhipdies. Countless hours were also invested with the turntable and CD player spinning

concert legends and composers like Genesis, Steve Hackett, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Tito

Puente, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, Rush, Georges Bizet, Pink Floyd, Yes, Starcastle, Frank Zappa,

Todd Rundgren, Pat Metheny, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Brand X,

Weather Report and many others. These artists helped provide the rich foundation upon which

David began composing his music.

Makkiwhipdies went on to record an eponymous debut album which was self-released in 1996

(and is still available online at

http://www.cdbaby.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?AlbumID=makkiwhipdies) that was heavily

influenced by prog rock masters like Jethro Tull, Steve Hackett, Utopia, Rush, Genesis, Mike

Oldfield, Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. David sent a copy of Makkiwhipdies to Ian Anderson

and the late beat poet Allen Ginsberg who both sent him back letters (see end of document).

One review (http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=4773) went so

far as to say “think Frank Zappa in his most weird but brilliant moments.”

Makkiwhipdies survived for a few more short years with a few demos cut (some have been

released on the 2012 compilations “Millennium Box”

http://www.cdbaby.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?AlbumID=davidcosgrove7 and “Always Chasing

Sunshine” http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/davidcosgrove8), but eventually life took each member

off on their own personal journey. David, as the driving force behind Makkiwhipdies, continued

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writing while raising a family and devoting the majority of his time to his online business David

Cosgrove Los Angeles Web Design (www.davidcosgrove.com).

In 2008, David released the long overdue solo album “Gift of Time”

(http://www.cdbaby.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?AlbumID=davidcosgrove) on which he played all

instruments and wrote all of the music while also wearing the hats of engineer and producer.

The album was recorded in his home studio in Tariffville, CT from 2006-2007 and features

instruments ranging from his grandfather’s antique Goya acoustic guitar, an ARP Odyssey to an

old rack full of vintage 80’s and 90’s synth gear. “Gift of Time” was heavily influenced by Mike

Oldfield, Todd Rundgren and Ian Anderson’s electronic solo work.

In 2012, David released the album “Space Toucan (A Neotropical Dream)”

(http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/davidcosgrove2) which once again featured instruments from the

antique Goya acoustic guitar, the ARP Odyssey and even more vintage 80’s synth modules to

mandolin, Takamine acoustic-electric guitars and the flute. “Space Toucan” spreads its wings

and David went back to collaborating with his good friends (who share songwriting credits on

several tracks). The majority of the tracks on “Space Toucan” were recorded from 2009-2012,

while a few were old gems (some dating back to 1989) that were pulled from the digital

archives to finally see the light of day. “Space Toucan” was recorded primarily in David’s home

studio with a few of the older tracks recorded on 16 and 24 track analog machines in Hartford,

CT and West Haven, CT. David produced and engineered the entire album. The influences

again range from Yes, Jethro Tull, Rush, Todd Rundgren, Genesis to the Beatles. One review

(http://seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=13654) said “This is a magical

keyboard, percussion and effects journey created by David Cosgrove” and “[Space Toucan] is an

album of surprises and wonder. You will be entertained throughout.”

David Cosgrove: a conservatory-trained musical theorist, classically-trained sound recording

engineer, multi-instrumentalist, philanthropist, avant-garde groundskeeper, perpetual green-

thumb, Web developer and one-time front man of Makkiwhipdies during their progressive

days.

David is working on a solo follow-up to “Space Toucan” and is aiming for a summer 2014

release date.

All of David's albums and additional digital singles are available for sale on his website

www.davidcosgrove-music.com.

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Band: David Cosgrove

Album Title: Gift of Time

Label: David Cosgrove Ltd.

Street Date: March 2008

Genre: Electronic rock, Prog rock

Web: www.davidcosgrove-music.com

Band Line Up: All music/instruments played by David Cosgrove.

Track listing:

1 - Gift of Time

2 - Sombrero

3 - Tropic of Pleasure

4 - Dreamcatcher

5 - Greatest Light Great Mountain

6 - Fujiyama Sleighride

7 - Best Part of the Day

8 - Sun God Siesta

9 - Atlantis Falls

10 - Soaring

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Band: David Cosgrove

Album Title: Space Toucan (A Neotropical Dream)

Label: David Cosgrove Ltd.

Street Date: July 2012

Genre: Prog rock, Rock

Web: www.davidcosgrove-music.com

Space Toucan (A Neotropical Dream) Liner Notes:

Special thanks for the talents and gifts of my friends Mike Cohen, Roger Arnold, Mitch Banks,

Ray Romanos, Chris Huit, Mark Palazzo and the late Chris Germain.

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Track listing:

Track 1 – Corridors

Music & Lyrics by David Cosgrove

David Cosgrove: Keyboards, electronic percussion

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Chris Huit: Bass, lead vocals

Mitch Banks: Vocals

Ray Romanos: Guitars

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Left alone in the halls of our youth

Growing old

Getting old

Missing out on our fortunes untold

Put on hold

Put on hold

Your words struck home like shattered glass on the floor

Your hands met mine and put an end to our untimely war

Etched in time your expression altered the past

Leaving your thoughts behind

The noise from the streets is always the same

No matter where you are

Black lights conceal your deepest fears

Stung by a scimitar

Alone once again solutions on the horizon

The questions to be addressed simply relies on the truth

You base success on the wealth of the world

Very wrong

Wealth can unlock a world of pleasure

For how long

For how long

The print on the paper is

Like fuel for the flame

The sand slips through your fingers

The past can't be regained

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Track 2 - Bienvenue à Los Angeles

Music by David Cosgrove


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Track 3 - No Options

Music & Lyrics by David Cosgrove


Mitch Banks: Lead vocals

Chris Huit: Bass, vocals

Ray Romanos: Guitars

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The crowd stands watching

Waiting for the fall

Of a man completely mad

Plotting to kill us all

His hatred sought by none

Except his crazed mind

Searching for the ties wishing

To rip the binds

He's got no options

Has no life

No Love involved

If he plans to end it all

Nothing will be solved

Having found a purpose

Thanking all who cared

Man fits the puzzle whole

His mind impaired

Doesn't want

Doesn't need

Doesn't think life should be feared

His bad intentions geared

Towards the sincere

He's got some options

Has a life

Discovered Love

He's found the Goodness that

Shone down from above

Behind curtain one lies the rest of our youth

Behind number two sits the spectacles for truth

Behind curtain three runs our river of denial

We're all hung out to dry like a mind too infantile

The world is

No stranger

To a world full

Of Danger

The minds of

The free

No options

Have doomed me

We see the glass break out of its fine craftsman's mold

Earthly possessions ours alone to hold

While the curtains come ripping down

Only ashes to be found

The world is

No stranger

To a world full

Of Danger

The lives of

The free

No options

Have doomed me

Gifted is he

Soon to be free

Tosses away his cane and shades only to see

A man as himself noosing his belt

Tying it 'round the oak tree

Choking...slowly...

Again the crowd stands watching

Waiting for the fall

Out of it sifts a man

Familiar to us all

Graced by his new found friends

His options stand

He's got some options

Has a life

Discovered Love

He's found the Goodness that

Shone down from above

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Track 4 - Space Toucan


David Cosgrove: Keyboards, bass, electronic percussion

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Track 5 - Staggering Ted


Lyrics by Mike Cohen

David Cosgrove: Guitars, keyboards, tambourine, vocals

Mike Cohen: Lead vocals, bongos

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Waking up at noon for coffee

Soon it's time to have another cigarette

Sharing time with Jerry Springer

Unemployment check has not come yet

Getting hungry

Boils some chicken

Then forgets

And walks down to the bar

Sirens blaring

Black smoke rising

Firemen rushing in

To beat the blaze

The landlord says "He's done this once before."

Staggering Ted gets up at three

To check the daily mail

It's almost time to have a drink

The rent is late

The phone's turned off

He doesn't often bathe

He sticks his head out the window

"Hey you kids get off my lawn!"

"Huck'n PUNKS!"

Sitting here I'm looking at you

It could be you

It could be you

Or it could be me

It could be me - IT COULD BE ME!

Yellow knobby fingers gnurled

A drunkard sits

And slowly fades away

Older stains are barely noticed

One more drink

On yet another day

Telling tales but

No one listens

To the drunk with

Rotten-smelling breath

Staggering up and to the bathroom

Knocks into a chair while on his way

He has to go he hasn't peed all day

Staggering Ted gets up at three

To check the daily mail

It's way past time to have that drink

The rent is late

The phone's turned off

He doesn't often bathe

He sticks his head out the window

"Hey you kids get off my lawn!"

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Track 6 - Metro Morning



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Track 7 - Junglescape

Music by David Cosgrove & Mike Cohen


Mike Cohen: Keyboards

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Track 8 - I Kissed the Ground Today


Lyrics by Mark Palazzo

David Cosgrove: Keyboards, mandolin, electronic percussion

Mark Palazzo: Lead vocals

Chris Germain: Guitars

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I kissed the ground today

I will accept this pain

I never thought it would come to this

It's finally raining

After all this time

And now I'm waiting for

The sun to shine

I taste the bitterness

I taste the water

I taste the vanity

I never thought of

And I can't believe what I have done

I laid down when I should've run

Thought I was too smart to be burned

Satisfaction must be earned


I will accept this shame


I can see clearly

I can hear the sound

I look ahead of me

Instead of looking down

But it's not easy

To do what you know is right

Sometimes illusion

Overcomes insight






I will accept this shame


It's finally raining

After all this time

And now I'm waiting for

The sun to shine

I taste the bitterness

I taste the water

I taste the vanity

I never thought of





I can't believe what I have done




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Track 9 - Conozca a Los Leafjumpers



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Track 10 - Burning Leaves


David Cosgrove: Guitars

Roger Arnold: Percussion, bass

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Track 11 - Reachback

Music by David Cosgrove & Mike Cohen


Mike Cohen: Keyboards

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Track 12 - Eddie the Hat


David Cosgrove: Guitars

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Track 13 - On the Big Island Part I



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Track 14 - Ego Boy


Lyrics by Mike Cohen

David Cosgrove: Guitars, bass, keyboards, electronic percussion

Mike Cohen: Lead vocals, bongos

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I got a cell phone

Look at me

Lookin' so important

In my SUV

I am a scumbag

Worship me

I'll do anything

For the toys I need

I am Ego Boy

Having my cake and eating it too

I need a big slice won't share it with you

I'm having my cake and eating it too

I'm gonna bite off more than I can chew

I can't get enough I always gotta have more

I am like a God

Come and hear me roar

Checking my investments

My oh my

I must have everything that money can buy

Image over substance every time

Anything else would be a dog-gone crime

I am Ego Boy

Having my cake and eating it too

I need a big slice won't share it with you

I'm having my cake and eating it too

I'm gonna bite off more than I can chew

I can't get enough I always gotta have more

I am like a God

Come and hear me roar

I am Ego Boy

I am Ego Boy

I am Ego Boy

I am Ego Boy

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Track 15 - Threnody


David Cosgrove: Keyboards

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Track 16 - Soaring Part II



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