Dave Wilder moved to LA in 1991 from Philadelphia where he had studied bass and jazz composition with the late Denis Sandole, (Teacher of John Coltrane and James Moody), and played shows with local rappers while attending the University of Pennsylvania.
Macy Gray spotted Dave playing with a soul group called the 2pc at a small Hollywood club in 1994 and eventually recruited him to play on her debut album on Atlantic records. He co-wrote a bunch of the songs on the never released album including the title track. Dave hit the road for several years to play bass for Liz Phair and Jeremy Toback but was recruited back by Macy in 1998. She had secured another record deal based on the strength of the song “I Try” that she had co-written with Dave and his friends Jinsoo Lim and Jeremy Ruzumna years earlier. (He was nominated for a 2001 “song of the year grammy” for the co-write.)
Macy convinced Dave to quit his other road gigs and come play with her again. During the next three years, Dave toured the world playing with Macy, jamming on stage with idols like Bootsy Collins, Carlos Santana, Prince, and George Clinton, and got to learn first hand how to move a crowd. He played on countless tv shows throughout the world from “Top of the Pops,” in the UK to “Saturday Night Live.” In 2001, weary of 5 straight years of touring, Dave came back to LA and began a dual career as a writer/composer and session bassist, playing electric and upright bass on many major label and independent records, as well as tv show and movie soundtracks.
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Discography
| Norah Jones, "The Fall" EMI, 2009 | Bass |
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Landon Pigg, "The Boy Who Never" RCA, 2009 |
Bass |
| MoZella, "Bell Isle" Motown, 2009 | Upright Bass |
Jason Yates, "Jason Yates", Vapor, 2009 |
Bass |
| Ghostface Killah, “Ghostdeini the Great”, Def Jam/Universal 2009 | Bass |
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The Lions, “Jungle Struttin” Ubiquity, 2008 |
Bass, Co-writer |
| Pictures and Sounds “Pictures and Sounds” Vanguard, 2008 | Bass, Co-writer |
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Ghostface Killah, “The Big Doe Rehab” Def Jam/Universal 2007 |
Bass |
| The Panderers, “Hot Shot’s Boy” Snack Bar, 2008 | Co-producer, Bass, Percussion, Backing Vocals |
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Everlast, “Love, War, and the Ghost of Whitey Ford” Sony/ATV 2008 |
Bass |
| Sam Sparro, “Sam Sparro” Island/Universal UK, 2008 | Bass |
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Sam Sparro, “21st Century Life” Single, Island/Universal UK, 2008 |
Bass |
| Macy Gray “On How Life Is” Sony/Epic 1999 | Bass, Vocals, Co-writer |
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Macy Gray “On How Life Is” Sony/Epic 1999 Australian Release |
Bass, Upright Bass, Vocals, Co-writer |
| Macy Gray “It’s Love” Single Sony/Epic 2003 | Bass |
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Macy Gray “The Trouble With Being Myself” Sony/Epic 2003 |
Bass |
| Macy Gray “The Id” Sony/Epic 2001 | Bass, Co-writer |
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Macy Gray “Sweet Baby” Sony/Epic 2001 |
Bass |
| The Dan Band, “Ho-A Dan Band Christmas” Incarnate/ATO, 2007 | Bass, Guitar, Drum Programming, Percussion, Vocals, Co-Producer,Co-Writer |
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Low Stars, “Low Stars” Hear Music/Starbucks 2007 |
Bass |
| Big Daddy Kane, “Connie Price and The Keystones vs Big Daddy Kane” Scion Audio Releases, 2007 | Bass, Upright Bass |
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MoZella, “The Best Gift” Single- Warner Brothers, 2007 |
Standup Bass, Guitar, Producer, Co-Writer |
| MoZella, “Light Years Away” Maverick, 2006 | Bass |
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MoZella, EP, Maverick 2005 |
Bass |
| Rosey, “Luckiest Girl Remix” Quango Music Group 2009 | Bass, Producer |
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Rosey, “Luckiest Girl” Quango Music Group, 2008 |
Guitar, Co-writer |
| Rosey, “Dirty Child” Island/Def Jam 2002 | Bass, Co-writer |
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Various Artists ”Much Dance” Sony Music Canada, 2001 |
Bass, Co-writer |
| Connie Price and The Keystones “Tell Me Something” Ubiquity, 2008 | Bass, Stand-up Bass |
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Connie Price and The Keystones, “Sticks and Stones” Stones Throw Recordings 2006 |
Bass |
| Connie Price and the Keystones, “Wildflowers” Stones Throw 2004 | Bass, Co-writer |
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Girish, “Shiva Machine” Ajna Music 2005 |
Bass |
| Anna Sahlene, “Photograph" Lionheart International 2005 | Bass |
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4th Avenue Jones, “No Plan B” Interscope 2003 |
Guitar Co-writer, Co-Producer |
| 4th Avenue Jones, “Move On” Interscope 2002 | Guitar, Co-writer, Co-Producer |
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Jason Yates, “Angelinos” Vapor/Sanctuary 2002 |
Bass |
| “Keeping the Dream Alive: Race to Erase M.S.,” Various, Sony 2001 | Bass |
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Liz Phair, “Lilith Faire-Women in Music in Music” Arista 1998 |
Bass |
| Jeremy Toback “Live on Acoustic Café,” RCA/BMG 1997 | Bass, Vocals |
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“Wings of Peace (English Bhajans, Vol. 7)”, Ammachi Center Music 2000 |
Bass |
| “Now That’s What I call Music, 4” Various, UTV 2001 | Bass, Co-writer |
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Bobby Ross Avila, “One for the Ride, One for the Crib” Warner/Rough Nation 2002 |
Bass, Upright Bass |
| Various, “The Acid Jazz Test Volume 3” Moonshine, 1995 | Bass |
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Various, “The Acid Jazz Test Volume 4” Moonshine, 1997 |
Bass |
Soundtracks/Underscore:
| “Did you hear about the Morgans?” Columbia Pictures, 2009 | Bass, Upright Bass |
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"The Hangover" Warner Brothers, 2009 |
Bass |
| "Bruno" Universal Pictures, 2009 | Bass |
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“Iron Man” Paramount Picture, 2008 |
Bass |
| “Flash of Genius“ Universal Pictures,2009 | Upright Bass |
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“Spiderman” Columbia Pictures, 2002 |
Bass |
| “In the Cut” Sony, 2003 | Bass, Co-writer |
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“102 Dalmatians” Disney-Arista 2001 |
Upright Bass |
| “B.I.K.E” Voyvak Films, 2008 | Bass, Guitar, Drum programming, Composer |
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“Shallow Hal” 20th Century Fox 2002 |
Bass |
| “Bridget Jones’ Diary” Mirimax-Universal 1999 | Bass |
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“Next Friday” New Line 2000 |
Bass |
| “Any Given Sunday” Warner Brothers 1999 | Upright Bass |
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"Wisdom Of the Pretzel" 2002 (Israeli Film) |
Bass Co-writer |
| "Picture Perfect" Fox, 1997 | Bass, Co-writer |
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"Love Jones" New Line Cinema, 1996 |
Bass, Co-writer |
| “Embrace of the Vampire” New Line Cinema 1995 | Bass, Co-writer |
Televison Credits
| “Welcome to the Captain” CBS 2008 | Bass |
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High School Reunion, TV Land 2009 |
Bass, Guitar, Composer |
| “The Bronx is Burning”, ESPN, 2007 | Bass |
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“Outlaw Comedian: The Censoring of Bill Hicks” Trio Network, 2005 |
Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Composer |
| “Real Sex 32” HBO 2007 | Bass, Guitar,Composer |
| “Kept” VH1 2005 | Bass, Guitar,Piano Drum programming, Composer |
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“There and Back” MTV 2006 |
Bass, Guitar,Piano Drum programming, Composer |
| “One Tree Hill - Music from the Television Series, Vol. 2: Friends with Benefits”, Maverick, 2006 | Bass |
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“Good Morning America” |
Bass, Co-writer |
| “Ally McBeal” | Bass, Co-writer |