David Baynes is an independent songwriter/producer living in Stirling, Ontario. Coming from a musical family (mother a pianist and father a violinist) began playing piano at an early age but switched over to the guitar.

Later majored in guitar studying Arranging & Composing at Humber College. A Jazz focused school, basically Canada's version of Berklee, continued to develop a musical background picking up a solid theoretical insight to arranging and various composing techniques.

I was lucky enough to play in some good bands during the college years but afterwards, reality kicked in that we needed to make a living and a 9 piece band making $1000 per night, wasn't gonna cut it playing weekends.

Today, with the power of the internet, home recording software and a site like this one connecting like minded musicians together, has certainly sparked more interest in creating new music. I welcome invitations to projects but sadly cannot accept all the invites.

If you are in the Southern Ontario area, you can arrange to stay at our B&B La Dolce Vita for a recording weekend stay.

Recording Set Up
Cubase 5 with FireStudio FP10 Interface
Mackie Big Knob Command System connected to Yamaha HS80s
Mackie 1604 Board
Vocal Mic: Apex 450
Baby Grand: Rode NT2A and AKG C451
Drums: Shure SM57 and other Shure mics

Guitars
Fender Strat
Taylor 814ce
Fender Jazz Bass - Geddy Lee
Takamine G Acoustic
Yamaha 12 String
Almansa Classical
Epiphone Mandolin
Banjo

Piano
Yamaha C1 5'3" Baby Grand

Keys
Korg Triton
Alicia Keys VST Piano
Yamaha DX7
Roland MKS 100 Sampler
Roland D110 Module

Strings
4/4 Cello
Violin (Conservatory circa 1900)