About Dave Giardinelli-O'Connor
Singer/Songwriter
Dave Giardinelli-O'Connor
David Giardinelli-O'Connor is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bassist whose musical life has never followed a particularly straight line—and he wouldn't have it any other way.
Based in New York's Capital Region, David has spent decades writing, recording, and performing music throughout New York and the Northeast. His work has taken him from small acoustic rooms and breweries to theaters and festival stages, but the reason he continues to perform has remained remarkably simple: music connects people.
As a songwriter, David writes about the things most of us carry around with us—relationships, uncertainty, loss, hope, and the sometimes messy business of finding our way through life. His songs begin with melody, but ultimately they're about finding the words that make someone listening think, “Yeah. I've felt that too.”
That same idea shapes his acoustic performances. A typical night moves easily between David's original songs and music by artists who have influenced him along the way, with stories, humor, and conversation woven throughout. Rather than simply playing for an audience, David tries to create an evening with them.
His original music includes work with Starcode and Ether Airline, his acoustic collaboration with longtime musical partner Chris Conti. He also performs with Muscle Shoals, the Hudson Valley-based celebration of the music of The Allman Brothers Band and friends, where David sings and plays bass. Muscle Shoals has performed throughout the Northeast, including appearances with Kansas and The Outlaws.
More recently, David has begun performing as Waypoint, an acoustic duo with drummer Sonny Rock that adds rhythm and groove to the same mix of originals, familiar songs, and stories found in his solo performances.
Whether he's standing alone with an acoustic guitar, playing original music with friends, or holding down the low end of an Allman Brothers song with a full band behind him, the goal is essentially the same:
Play something that matters. Connect with the people in the room. And hopefully leave them a little lighter than when they arrived.
Based in New York's Capital Region, David has spent decades writing, recording, and performing music throughout New York and the Northeast. His work has taken him from small acoustic rooms and breweries to theaters and festival stages, but the reason he continues to perform has remained remarkably simple: music connects people.
As a songwriter, David writes about the things most of us carry around with us—relationships, uncertainty, loss, hope, and the sometimes messy business of finding our way through life. His songs begin with melody, but ultimately they're about finding the words that make someone listening think, “Yeah. I've felt that too.”
That same idea shapes his acoustic performances. A typical night moves easily between David's original songs and music by artists who have influenced him along the way, with stories, humor, and conversation woven throughout. Rather than simply playing for an audience, David tries to create an evening with them.
His original music includes work with Starcode and Ether Airline, his acoustic collaboration with longtime musical partner Chris Conti. He also performs with Muscle Shoals, the Hudson Valley-based celebration of the music of The Allman Brothers Band and friends, where David sings and plays bass. Muscle Shoals has performed throughout the Northeast, including appearances with Kansas and The Outlaws.
More recently, David has begun performing as Waypoint, an acoustic duo with drummer Sonny Rock that adds rhythm and groove to the same mix of originals, familiar songs, and stories found in his solo performances.
Whether he's standing alone with an acoustic guitar, playing original music with friends, or holding down the low end of an Allman Brothers song with a full band behind him, the goal is essentially the same:
Play something that matters. Connect with the people in the room. And hopefully leave them a little lighter than when they arrived.
“Why can’t you see, the little things, the hints beneath
Why can’t you see the incredible wonder me "
