David Minasian

Biography

David began classical piano training at the age of five and by the time he was 15 was asked to turn professional. Of course that would have meant practicing for at least four hours a day. But between school, baseball, friends, and his new hobby – filmmaking, there was little chance of that happening. So to the chagrin of his piano teacher who had invested ten years into him, David quit lessons altogether. Over the next year, his love of music would subsequently be replaced by his fascination with making films.

However a chance encounter with the song Land of Make Believe by the Moody Blues on the radio would have a dramatic effect.

In 1996, David was asked to produce and direct a concert video, Coming of Age, and a documentary, Curriculum Vitae, for English progressive rock band Camel – one of his all time favorite bands. A friendship would soon develop between David and the band's leader Andrew Latimer, generally viewed as one of the world's greatest guitarists, and his wife and lyricist Susan Hoover. Over the next decade and a half, David would produce and direct a total of seven DVD's for Camel Productions including their latest release The Opening Farewell.

In 1998, David began working as a second unit director on the feature film The Joyriders starring Academy Award winner Martin Landau, Kris Kristofferson, Shawn Hatosy, Elisabeth Moss, and Heather McComb. David ended up composing the film's main theme song So Far From Home which became EMI's first single release from the soundtrack album.

Finally in 2009, David began thinking about the idea of recording a new album. And in June of that year, with the encouragement of Andrew Latimer, decided to go ahead with it.

The album titled Random Acts of Beauty sees David on keyboards (grand piano, harpsichord, mellotron, moog, and orchestrations), 12 string acoustic guitars, bass, and a return to lead vocals – something he hasn't done since the "Tales of Heroes..." album. Joining David is his 20 year old son Justin Minasian on electric lead and rhythm guitars along with very special guest Andrew Latimer of Camel who appears on the track Masquerade...

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