David Michael Tardy
David's
interest in sound began at 8 years old, when he used to walk around the
house with a portable record player, listening to the sounds of
humpback whales for hours. "My love for film music started at a very
early age and I began hearing finished compositions in my head. I had no
idea how I was going to produce what I was hearing, until I was in the
8th grade, when three musicians came to my school and gave a concert.
The musicians had three keyboards and played the theme from 2001: A
SPACE ODYSSEY and it sounded like a full orchestra. It was at that
moment I realized how I could produce the music." David's parents bought
an old baby grand piano for their house and he found himself playing on
it every moment he could. His parents took notice that he was teaching
himself the piano simply by ear, so they enrolled David in violin
lessons as well and even there David's instructors noticed that he was
learning the violin pieces by ear, as he would play the school recitals,
not looking down at the sheet music, while everyone else was. "Yes, I
do not read or write music and it is a completely foreign language to
me. When I compose music, it is my intention to connect to the heart of
the listener, as this is where my compositions come from. Ironically it
was my family who encouraged me to pursue music, when I was ready and
accepted into the University of San Diego, to study Marine Biology. I
never thought I was good enough, to pursue music as a professional
career." Follow David Tardy