David Park (music)

David Park
Background information
Also known as	Diamond Dave, SONY Dave, Davey Wu
Born	February 14, 1983 (age 33) Flushing, Queens, New York, United States
Origin	Staten Island, New York, United States
Genres	Hip Hop & R&B, Pop, EDM, Rock, Alternative Rock, Classical
Occupation(s)	Composer, music producer, singer, songwriter, arranger, audio engineer, executive & associate producer
Instruments	Vocals, piano, guitar, bass, drums / percussion, keyboards, ukulele, clarinet
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Cutting Records, Sony Music Studios
Associated acts	Joe Parker, Ex-plicit linez, Rob Nunez/Nova (rapper), Swedish House Mafia, Beat Cutterz, JoJo Pellegrino, Shorty 140, Remedy (rapper), Inspectah Deck, Tony Yayo, Prodigy (rapper), Eamon (singer)

David Park, is a Korean–American multi-instrumentalist, record producer, audio engineer, musician, songwriter, singer, and a protégé of Bram Tobey of Sony Music Studios circa 2004–2006. Park first worked on the regional underground music scene in Staten Island in the early 2000s in a series of local artist songs, tracks and mixtapes by providing beats or recording and mixing, associated artists' tracks. Park signed to Cutting Records in 2010 as a production collective, Beat Cutterz.^[1]

Early years and education

Born on February 14, 1983, in Flushing, Queens, New York, Park divided his childhood between his parents family business Brooklyn Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, church Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and his family's residence in New Springville, Staten Island, the son of Korean U.S. immigrants, whom, owned and operated a successful, family business. Park has three older siblings.

He began, classical piano training with, M H Cho, at the age of seven and performed classic piano pieces of the great composers of the past, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin & Pachelbel at Brooklyn College Conservatory Music Hall and Snug Harbor Music Hall, circa 1990–1997.

Park took an interest in singing at the age of five and was musically examined and accepted into the Concert Choir (SATB) program from Jr. High School I.S. 72 to High School Tottenville High School under the direction of Cohen, circa 1994–1997 and mentorship of Joanne Nolemi, circa 1997–2001.

While attending the youth group church service at, The United Korean Church of New York, Park was inspired to learn to play the guitar and sing at the same time, mentored by the Son brothers, eventually on stage playing the bass guitar too by taking a proactive roll in the Youth Group, Praise Team, circa 1994–2001.

Upon entry into Tottenville HS, Park was placed in the Honors Institute Program. Later being accepted into the Academy of Finance Program with a summer internship in 2000, with CIBC World Markets in the Wall Street section of the borough of Manhattan, New York. Park initially attended SUNY Oswego for business and has a Bachelors Degree of Science in Economics, Specialization in Finance, 2010, City University of New York College of Staten Island and a Specialized Degree in Audio Engineering, 2009, SAE Institute, New York.

Sony Music Studios

David Park, interned at Sony Music Studios, 2004–2006, as General Audio Assistant & Assistant Engineer for sessions, involving pre-room gear/atmosphere setup, according to the artists', producers' or engineers' preference. The three assistant engineers at Sony Music Studios, Dave, credits them in audio engineering, mentorship are Bram Tobey, Mike Tschupp & Tatsuya Sato. [sic]

Below are the following non-credited work involvements of Park while at Sony Music Studios.

• Nas Street's Disciple
• Swizz Beats (2nd Assist.) Bram Tobey (Music Production Setup)
• Tony Maserati (The Hit Factory)
• Lauryn Hill (G.A.) Jim Caruana (Mix Room D)
• Kanye West (G.A.) Be (Mix Room C)
• Common (rapper) (G.A.) Be (Mix Room C)
• John Legend (G.A.) Be (Mix Room C)
• Green Day (G.A.) (Live Performance Venue Setup) (Main Stage)
• Steve Tyler (G.A) (Listen/Writing Session Mix Room C)
• Roc-A-Fella Records (G.A.) Tatsuya Sato (Listen/Writing Session Mix Room C)
• Kareem "Biggs" Burke (G.A.) Tatsuya Sato (Listen/Writing Session Mix Room C)
• Young Guru (G.A.) Tatsuya Sato (Listen/Writing Session) (Mix Room C)
• Lil' Flip (G.A.) Jim Caruana & Bram Tobey (Listen/Writing Session Mix Room Z)
• Destiny's Child Destiny Fulfilled (G.A.) 2nd Assist. room setup for Jim Caruana (Mix Room A)
• J. Lo (Press Conference)
• Fabolous Real Talk (Tit for tat), 2nd assist. for Ken Duro Ifill & Bram Tobey (Mix Room A)
• Cam'ron Purple Haze (Take em to church), 2nd assist. for Carlisle Young & Bram Tobey (Mix Room A)
• Cuban Link Chain Reaction (Scandalous), 3rd assist. for Bram Tobey (Mix Room B)

Music / production / engineering / performance career

• 1998: Talent showcase performance, during the Korean Chusok Festival in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park^[2][3]
• 2003: Park began the journey in building a project, home studio and funded an investment that launched a citywide New York City client base for recording and mixing for the novice artist.
• 2004–2006: Sony Music Studios, Internship.
• 2004: Park connects and records with first industry artist, Jojo Pellegrino. Park is connected with aspiring artist, Joe Parker (rapper)^[4][5] and they would become business partners.
• 2005: Park connects with Korean American rapper Ex-plicit linez of then Warner Music Korea, working on a multitude of projects in the years ahead.
• 2005: Park, Executive Producer / Manager, Melanie Iglesias
• 2005–2007: House of Tracks Studios, Staten Island, New York, partner / studio manager
• 2007: G-Unit Records Tony Yayo, Collie Buddz, Remix, Come Around Collie Buddz^[6]
• 2007–2009: Attended and alumni SAE Institute, mentored by Michael White.^[7][8] Classmates and good friends with DJ J Swift^[9] of Hot 97 WQHT^[10][11]
• 2007–2009: Kaos in da Flesh of 4 Point O and ESP51.com, executive producer,^[12][13]
• 2007–2008: Through the connections of Eamon, David was connected with producer, Shorty 140, in Staten Island and Wu-Tang Clan member, Remedy (rapper) and recorded a demo session with Inspectah Deck at Code Red Studios.

• 2008–2009: Showcase performance as 4 Point O:
  • Bronx, New York^[14]
  • Hartford, Connecticut^[15]
  • Allentown, Pennsylvania^[16]
  • Final showcase in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 2010–2013: Park's first record deal signing was with, Cutting Records, Inc. dba Beat Cutterz, LLC; along with Vinny Venom, Robert Núñez (battle rapper, Nova, Staten Island)^[17] & Elli Perez. With one, label, approved single, (Put Your Fist in the Air),^[18] the future looked promising. However, due to creative differences, Park had to cease future development.

• 2011–present: With the support and partnership of, Joe Parker (rapper), David was able to re-launch, the recording studio, under the name: Retro Rock Studios (SFL) in Port Richmond, Staten Island and is developing aspiring artists: Kris Cartel and P. Mason.

Labels

• Cutting Records Music (2010-2013)^[19]

Discography

Singles

• "Put Your Fist In The Air" (2010) (Beat Cutterz) (Cutting Records)

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Engineered / co-/executive produced mixtapes

• Been Famous (P.Luciano) (Joe Parker, Rapper) (2005) (Recording / Programing Engineer)
• The Pack: Product of My Environment (I Got That Product, Mixtape Vol.2) (Tyrone Briggs) (2005) (Recording / Programing Engineer)
• The Pack: CSE (The Coldest Summer Ever, Mixtape Vol.3) (Tyrone Briggs) (Brucie B) (2006) (Recording / Programing Engineer)
• SHA: $TILL $TAKKIN: “Get Ya Money Up” (2007) (Recording / Programing Engineer)
• Warning Shots: (2007) (Lil C...) (Executive Producer)
• Back 2 Basics (2008) Ex-plicit linez (Executive Producer)
• FamTree (2013) (Recording / Mixing) ^[21]

Filmography

• 2009: Father Forgive Me (Kaos in the Flesh) (Video Production: HL Multimedia) (Music Production & Cameo: David Park) (2009 Chicago International Hip Hop Film Festival)^[22]
• 2012: Antidote (Swedish House Mafia) (Cameo: David Park)^[23]
• 2012: Certified Dope (Joe Parker) (Cameo: David Park)^[24]
• 2013: Selfish (Official Music Video) (Lyra Jo) (Cameo: David Park)^[25]
• 2013 ~ 2014: Sean and Such (Web Series) (Associate Producer: David Park) ^[26]

Awards

• 2009: 8th Urban Mediamakers Film Festival Best Music Video (Nominee): "Forgive Me Father" by Heinz Stossier ^[27]

Sound Design

• 2008: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Promo video) ^[28]
• 2008: Nintendo (BIG BANG MINI on Nintendo DS) (Unreleased commerical) ^[29]

Developments

• 2016: Park has announced the world wide release of his 1st solo project, a composition/instrumental album, title: TBA.^[30]

References

1. "Cutting Records". Cuttingnyc.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
2. "Tourism & Food – The 25th Korean Harvest & Folklore Festival". Koreanculture.org. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
3. Brawarsky, Sandee (October 4, 2002). "For Koreans, Feast and Thanks". NYTimes.com (New York City; Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (Nyc)). Retrieved 2016-02-21.
4. Het, Janelle (April 21, 2015). "Joe Parker: The Lyrical King". ThisIs50.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
5. "Joe Parker: The God Of That Backpack Rap – #THRILLERGANG". Jackthriller.com. April 21, 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
6. "Young Buck Ft. Tony Yayo & Collie Buddz – Come Around (Remix)". YouTube. October 18, 2011. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
7. "Michael White". Music-production-guide.com. November 20, 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
8. "Michael White (4) Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
9. http://web.archive.org/web/20160222204355/https://soundcloud.com/djjswiftof. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
10. "HOT 97'S Hot Summer Mix Weekend Schedule! | HOT 97 | Where Hip Hop Lives". HOT 97. July 24, 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
11. "Dave Park the Producer Vegas Mode ICON". YouTube. May 24, 2009. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
12. "DJ KRAZY JOE & ESP51'S OWN SHOWTIME & KAOS IN DA FLESH FREESTYLE ON MIDNIGHT MADNESS MARCH 11, 2009". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
13. "ESP51'S OWN KAOS IN DA FLESH FREESTYLING IN THE ESP STUDIO 1.9.09". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
14. "ESP51 4.0 Performance @ BX 10/11/08". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
15. "4 POINT O Performance @ Hartford, CT Pt1". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
16. "4 POINT O: Performance @ Allentown, PA 6/28/09". YouTube. March 11, 2009. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
17. "BeastMODE- DUNSH vs NOVA – Rap Battle". YouTube. December 23, 2011. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
18. "Put Your Fist in the Air – BEAT CUTTERZ feat. Elli Perez". YouTube. November 10, 2010. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
19. "Beat Cutterz 's Profile". Cuttingnyc. October 10, 2010. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
20. "Put Your Fist In The Air". Beatport. October 28, 2010. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
21. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE_MIbQx7F8. Missing or empty |title= (help)
22. "Forgive Me Father". YouTube. June 2, 2010. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
23. "Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party – Antidote". YouTube. December 19, 2011. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
24. "Certified Dope-Joe Parker Feat. Squeegie O Official Video". YouTube. June 26, 2012. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
25. "Lyra Jo - Selfish (Official Music Video )". YouTube. August 23, 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
26. "8BitGoldfish". YouTube. April 10, 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
27. (PDF) http://umff.com/assets-old/PDF/UMFF%202009%20Awards.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
28. "Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Einstein Is...". YouTube. May 20, 2009. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
29. "Unreleased TV commercial for BIG BANG MINI on Nintendo DS (no sound)". YouTube. November 20, 2012. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
30. "daveparkmusic". SoundCloud. November 20, 2008. Retrieved 2016-04-28.