Dave Fudge

Dave Fudge Is A Newcastle Based Singer Songwriter Who After Over A Decade Of Living Gigging And Busking In New York San Francisco And Paris Has Returned To His Native North East To Release His First Self Produced Solo Album. Unsatisfied With Indoor Gigs Where He Only Reached The Narrow Twenty-Something Head Of Steam / Mr Lynch Hipster Crowd Dave Decided To Apply What He Had Done Underground In NYC And Busk On The Streets Of Newcastle And Durham. This Lifestyle Has Inspired His Song Writing Increased His Visibility And Decreased His Overdraft. Finding A Familiar Backdrop To That Of The New York Subway In The Tyneside Metro He Can Be Seen Most Weekdays And Every Weekend Entertaining The Com-Muters And Selling His “I LOVE DAVE FUDGE” T-Shirts To The Myspace Generation. This Viral Marketing And DIY Ap-Proach To Merchandising He Hand Prints The T- Shirts In His Home Studio Has Caused Quite A Stir Amongst The City’s Teen-Age Population Making Them Sought After Items Causing Some Of Them To Call Themselves The “Fudgettes”. As Cheesy As It Sounds It’s Also How He Met His Fiancee Crooning “Champagne Supernova” One Saturday Afternoon Whilst She Was On Her Way Home From Work. His Solo Record Scheduled For Release In Early September Is The Culmination Of Two Years Of Study At Newcastle College For A Degree In Music Production. At Newcastle College He Learnt Ironically Enough How To Produce A Polished Pop Sound Using A Laptop A Few Microphones And The Support Of A Good Co-Producer In Colleague Billy Amann. Dave Has An Unashamed Pop Style Performing His Songs With An Upbeat Cheeky Sense Of Humor That At It’s Most Serious Will Appeal To Fans Of Richard Ashcroft And The La’s.At Times He Sounds Like Mika Having A Scrap With Noel Gallagher. Dave Hopes To Market And Sell Not An Easy Thing In This Day And Age Of Illegal Downloads His Record Down On The Corner Straight Out Of His Guitar Case. read less