Biography

He began his vocal coaching career in 1996 with East 17

East 17

East 17 are a pop boy band comprising Tony Mortimer, John Hendy and Terry Coldwell. Tony Mortimer is the group's frontman and primary songwriter. Formed in Walthamstow, London in 1991, the group have achieved eighteen Top 20 singles and four Top 10 albums, and were one of the UK's most popular boy...

, before being asked to train the Spice Girls

Spice Girls

The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...

 for their first live dates and subsequent world tour. Since then David has built a reputation as one of the UK's leading vocal coaches, working with artists such as:

Jamelia, Blazing Squad , Ash, Jordan (Katie Price), Peter Andre, Westlife

Westlife

Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...

, All Saints, Spice Girls, Five, E-17, Asian Dub Foundation, Liberty X, Brian Harvey, 100 Reasons, The Honeyz, Heather Small (M-People), Dina Carroll, Big Brovaz, G4, Lisa Maffia.

David has even worked with non-singers such as the presenters of Blue Peter

Blue Peter

Blue Peter is the world's longest-running children's television show, having first aired in 1958. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC channel. During its history there have been many presenters, often consisting of two women and two men at a time...

 and CBBC’s Bring It On, as well as celebrities like Ant & Dec

Ant & Dec

Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly , known collectively as Ant & Dec, are an English comedy and TV presenting duo from Newcastle upon Tyne, England...

, Dick & Dom "aka Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood", and Chantelle from "Celebrity Big Brother". David has also appeared on "E4's School of Performing Arts", David was one of the judges "experts" for 2 seasons of ITV's “X-Factor, as well as being on the judges panel for a new reality TV show for VH1 called "Wannabe".

As a lead vocalist, David scored a top 10 UK hit with US hip-hop band "The Bucketheads", who went to number 1 with the phenomenal dance classic “The Bomb (these sounds fall into my mind)”. David has also had a top 10 album in Japan with the Pop group “ Love City Groove”, as well as a number 1 in Italy and several European dance hits as a solo artist.

Other artists whom David has worked with as a session singer include:

E-17, Take That, Robson & Jerome, Tom Jones, Ben E. King, Peter Andre, Daryl Hall, Lionel Richie, Louise, Beverley Knight, Ronan Keating, Pete Cox (Go West), David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), George Michael, Martine McCutcheon, Dina Carroll.