Hello.
My name is Dave Jacob Hoffman. I am a musician from Chicago, Illinois. That's a picture of myself strumming a guitar, in case you wondered what it might look like for someone to make music. Or perhaps you're very familiar with making music, maybe you're just resting your fingers for a moment after a particularly furious session of playing your guitar, or piano, or hurdy gurdy. Then, maybe you have some insight on what it means to be a musician. Why do we do it? Is it for the money? Dear reader, allow me to set aside my cup of cold ramen noodles for a moment so that I may tell you very seriously that it is most certainly not for the money. Is it for the attention? Perhaps yes, perhaps not. Perhaps it is just a desperate stab at attaining a cheap immortality. You know, a shot at creating something that will last longer than the doomed flesh to which your spirit is bound in this world. Or maybe it's just a fun way to get a crowd together, reach out to them through the magic of song, and subconsciously force them into doing your bidding by way of hypnotic backwards messages in the chorus.
Forget I said that.
There are plenty of free recordings I've made on this website for you to peruse, and when I play live, I will try to give notice here and through my mailing list (which you can sign up for if you wish by emailing me). If you are the kind of person who is in the habit of booking people to play in places, and you would like to book me to play in your place, please email me and we can be friends if you want.
If you have made it this far and you do not have a venue to book or any interest in music whatsoever, then you clearly just enjoy the act of reading, and I'm not sure what you're doing here. I applaud your literary interest, but you should really try reading something written by another Dave. How about Dave Eggers? He's pretty good.
Your friend,
Dave Jacob Hoffman