Born and raised in Orlando, Florida, Dave PerMar has been involved in music his entire life. He started singing at the age of 5 in Kindergarten plays and took piano lessons in 3rd grade. He quit those, though, because he didn't want to end up playing, in his words, "Just like my teacher". His creative juices were flowing even at that early age he knew even then that he would be involved in music for the rest of his life. At age 15 he picked up his first guitar, mainly to learn to play rhythm in a band he was forming with one of his friends. His friend never kept with it, but Dave did. Today he plays piano, dums, guitar, bass, trumpet, and whatever else he can get his hands on. Dave has a wide variety of musical influences, a few are KISS, Judas Priest, John Denver, AC/DC, Chuck Mangione, Bob Marley, Kraftwerk, Herb Alpert, Spyro Gyra, Kenny Loggins, Steel Pulse, and many more. These influences can be heard in his various songs. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.