16 Windswept Lane
Chelsea, Vermont
05038
802.685.3842
David "Doc" Gordon

Musical Resume 

1957:

First began playing piano,
age 5.

1959:

First began playing trumpet,
age 7.

1968:

First began playing guitar,
mid-puberty,
for carnal reasons.

1970:

Made change from writing (words) to performing (notes), entered Berklee College of Music.

Arranging/Composition Program

Performance Program

Music Education Program

1975:

Purchased and built first modular analog synthesizer. Life changed immeasurably.

1976-78:

Graduated Cum Laude, Bachelor of Music (Education)

Music Educator, K-8

Moxee Public Schools, Moxee, WA

 

1978:

Commissioned by Yakima Community Orchestra to write and orchestrate Fall Pops Concert. Some mark beginning of civilization's decline at this point.

1978-1979:

Independent Study in Composition and Advanced Theory
with Dr. Hugo Norden, Professor Emeritus of Music, Boston College
(and retired head of the Music Department, Boston College)

1979-1982:

Music Director, K-12
Moultonborough Public Schools, Moultonboro, NH

1981-82

Lead Guitarist/Singer, "Reach"

1982-84:

Music Director, 9-12
New Hampton Preparatory School, New Hampton, NH

1984:

Introduced to Macintosh computer. Mutation begins.

1982-85

Guitarist/Keyboardist,
"The Power"

1988

Recruited as Guitarist/Vocalist/Arranger for
"The Sounds of Southern" show band, Gatlinburg, TN

1989-1992

Guitarist/Vocalist//Keyboardist/Arranger for
"Bob'n'Doc and the Subatomic Electronic Philharmonic" (MIDI duo),
performing throughout New England, the Midwest and West

1992-1996

Guitarist/Keyboardist/Vocalist/CoComposer/CoArranger
for "Alternating Currents" (a studio band)

1995-1997

Guitarist/Vocalist/Founding Member
"The Wyrx"

1997

Guitarist/Vocalist
"Vuja De"

2000-2001

Guitarist/Vocalist
"Kelly Clark Band",
which became "Blazen"
(for a few months).

2001-2004


Second Guitarist/Keyboardist/Vocalist/gadfly
for "One Eye Open"
Composer/Contributing Performer, various selections,
September Rising (Blue Dove Music)

Present

Producing music sporadically in studio as
"The Doc Side"; *retired* from active performance,
unless a radical instance of serendipity occurs.
(Anyone who knows of such a potential instance --
Contact Me!)