​​David began his studies in music at the young age of 7 years old when he took his first piano lesson.  Within a year he heard his first organ in a church service.  He fell in love with the instrument, although he was still too small to be capable of playing it.

After entering middle school, he had the opportunity to learn the violin in the school's string orchestra.  After about a year of playing the violin, he continued his studies by adding cello as a secondary string instrument.  At this same time, he studied organ under Rosalind M. Crosby in Carmichael, California.  By the age of twelve, he was accompanying congregational singing for the priesthood meetings at the LDS Carmichael ward.  Under the guidance of Mrs. Crosby, he learned the basics of conducting where he had many opportunities to direct congregational hymn singing. Unfortunately, David did not own a piano nor an organ, which meant practice was a one hour walk to the church to practice on their instruments.

A move to Arkansas at age thirteen put a damper on his music due to the lack of music programs available to him in the Ozark region of the state.  Not owning any instruments, and not having access to any instruments resulted in a young musician with no music.  This had a traumatic effect on him.

​For his sixteenth birthday his mother purchased David's first piano, a Kimball console upright. David immediately started playing and taking lessons again.  At age seventeen, he wanted to go to college to further his education. He attended Williams Baptist College in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas where he studied piano and Organ under Dr. Gay Spears.  His collegiate studies also incorporated voice, choral, and conducting under Dr. Bob G. Magee.  He also accompanied student voice majors for their applied lessons and recitals. He was a tenor in the Williams Singers college audition choir.

​At the age of nineteen, David was hired as Organist of First Baptist Church in Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas, later followed by a new position as organist at Levy Baptist Church in North Little Rock, Arkansas. During the next four years he had many accompanied many local area church revival services, as well participated in choral activities at various church and state conventions, played for weddings, funerals and other events.  He also joined the MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) and took on piano students​.

For the next twenty years David's career path took a turn into the field of Information Technology, and his music studies were put on hold due to the travel nature of his consulting career. He did attempt to go back to school to study Organ at Union University (Jackson, Tennessee) in 1997-1998, studying under Dr. Ronald Boud for two semesters. Unfortunately, due his mother passing away in 1998,​ he had to once again place his music studies on hold.

His career focus continued in the field of Information Technology, earning his Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, which was a shift in majors from music.  In 2015, David was able to purchase his first organ after saving up for twenty years for the instrument.  As a result, David picked up his love for music again, although very rusty from his twenty year hiatus in music.  

​Over the years David has composed several works, many which are currently unfinished.  The completed works can be view on the Compositions page.   

David now studies Organ in private instruction under Dr. Janet Ahrend in Spokane, Washington while completing the final few classes needed to complete his second Bachelor's degree in Music at Valley City State University in Valley City, North Dakota.  He is also active in the Spokane chapter of the American Guild of Organists.