About ZD

How are ya?

Shall I write this in first or third person? I never know. Some thirty-odd years ago Zack was born and brought up in a small town in Minnesota until family circumstances caused them to move to what Minnesotans call

“‘da cities.”

The first time Mr. David ever heard a musical instrument performed in real life was by his great grandfather Richard when he tooted on his harmonica - a (slightly perfumed and mostly functioning) old Hohner Chromonica that Zack still has, to this day. He was intrigued. Zack wasn’t burdened with musical censorship as a child. His first memories of music videos include “Give it Away Now,” “King Nothing,” and “Black Hole Sun.”

Fast forward to his teen years when his best bud Josh one day donned a beat up classical guitar that was missing half of its strings. It wasn’t but a few months later that Josh and Zack had formed their high school heavy metal band, Risen Below (formerly known as Fallen Above).

ZD was obsessed with the guitar. He would stay up as late as possible changing chords without even strumming until his sister would proclaim

“Zack! I can still hear that!”

Needless to say, Zack fell in love with guitar and music during high school. Let’s fast forward to college, shall we?

College was a time of expansion of horizons both in tastes in music and musical abilities. Mr. David jammed and played in bands such as Wooden Horse, That’s What She Said, the punk band that never got a name (or a gig) among others - all the while performing hundreds of solo acoustic gigs. Genres ranged from folk to funk to avant-garde to good old rock and roll. This was the Mankato era.

It wasn’t until his time living in Peru while serving the Peace Corps that Zack decided to dedicate his career to music, thanks to the inspiration of the experience. He was blessed with the opportunity to play music with kids and young adults who showed him the ropes in Peruvian music. Señor David was officially part of a cumbia band and an Andean folkloric music group. During this era, ZD realized his love for the nylon-stringed acoustic guitar. He was also introduced to the charango, which you’ll hear in much of his royalty-free music. Zack has informed me that it’s 11:53 p.m. and he could write pages upon pages about this section of his life, but he won’t.

While he was in Peru, he met his now wife, a beautiful Peruvian lady named Yumi. Since his return he’s performed easily over a thousand gigs. Gigs and custom songwriting and recording had been his main sources of income up until recently.

COVID-19 has stirred things up quite a bit. Though he has been doing this work for years, Zack has officially launched ZD MUSIC CO. July, 2020. If you’ve read this far, he appreciates your attention! As a thank you, mention the code “ABOUT ZD” for 10% off your next order.

I, I mean he digresses. Zack and his wife Yumi, who is a graphic designer and artist also have a pet sitting business and Zack also have a podcast editing business. When not focused on their arts and businesses, Zack and Yumi enjoy taking little adventures into nature, chatting with people via zoom.us, and…that’s about it these days!

To keep up with ZD, check out his personal Instagram HERE.