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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = David Meece| image =| caption =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| birth_date = birth date and age|1952|05|26| death_date =| origin = Humble, Texas|Humble , Texas| instrument = Keyboard instrument|Keyboards , Piano | genre = Gospel music , Contemporary Christian music|Inspirational | occupation = Christian music singer, songwriter | years_active = 1980–present| label = David Meece (born May 26, 1952) is a Contemporary Christian music|Contemporary Christian musician who enjoyed success in the mid 80s throughout the early 2000s with more than 30 Top 10 hits (several reaching #1).
Growing up in Humble, Texas|Humble , Texas , with an abusive, alcoholism|alcoholic father, David found solace in playing the piano . By his mid-teens he was touring in Europe and the USA. He went on to study music at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he met his wife, Debbie, who plays the viola . David and his wife currently live in Franklin, Tennessee . http://www.davidmeece.com/bio.html David worked with Canadian songwriter/producer and Juno Award winner Gino Vanelli for his albums Chronology and Candle In The Rain . Meece is perhaps best known for his songs "We Are The Reason" (which has been recorded by well over 200 other artists and sung in several languages according to Meece's website), http://www.davidmeece.com/albums/1980_AreYouReady.aspx "One Small Child" http://www.wordmusic.com/products/book.cfm? upc=080689411175 and "Seventy-Times-Seven". http://new.music.yahoo.com/david-meece/tracks/seventy-times-seven--20625873 Meece was called upon to guest appear in Billy Graham Crusades, among other outreach groups and television broadcasts. He was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame on June 14, 2008 http://www.cmspin.com/newsmanager/anmviewer.asp? a=4990& z=1 and received the 2009 Visionary Award for the Inspirational Male Soloist category. http://www.hallmuseum.com/
Discography
David (David Meece album)|David (1976)
I Just Call On You (1977)
Everybody Needs A Little Help (1978)
Are You Ready? (David Meece album)|Are You Ready? (1980)
Send Down The Rain (advertised for December 26, 1995 but never released)
There I Go Again David Meece Album|There I Go Again (2002)
David Meece: The Definitive Collection (2007)
Hands of Hope co-written by David L Cook and Bruce Carroll (2012) #1 on charts for 2 weekscite web|last=Meece|first=David|title=Hands of Hope|url= http://www.radioactiveairplay.com/charts/RMWTop100-041712.pdf|work=Charles Brady|publisher=SoGospel Network|accessdate=20 April 2012
Music styles and use
Possibly due to his conservatory training, David uses pieces of classical piano works as intros or settings for some of his songs. For example, in the song "This Time" from the album Learning to Trust , the opening section of the song (as well as the bridge and ending tag) is from Frédéric Chopin 's " Étude Op. 10, No. 12 (Chopin)|Revolutionary Etude " (Op. 10, No. 12) in C minor . The introductory melody for "You Can Go", from the album 7 , is taken from the List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach|Two-Part Invention No. 13 in Inventions and Sinfonias|A Minor (BWV 784) by Johann Sebastian Bach . (Because of the prevalent use of synthesizer s, "You Can Go" is sometimes incorrectly connected to an advertisement in the early 1980s for Commodore 64 which used the Bach Invention played by a synthesizer.) Also, "Falling Down" from Count the Cost is based on a sonata by Mozart .
In 2012 Meece co-wrote the piece Hands of Hope with fellow performers, David L Cook and Bruce Carroll . The song was a current day remake of "We Are the World" which featured many famous voices from the music industry. The song was recorded by the Charlotte Civic Orchestra and featured the voices of: Babbie Mason , Christy Sutherland , David L Cook , Caroline Keller, Fantasia Barrino , Gayla Earlene , Joshua Cobb, Paul Zeaman and many of the former PTL Singers from the Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker show. The song went number one on the charts and remained there for two weeks.Hope Charting">cite web|last=Meece|first=David|title=Hands of Hope Charts|url= http://sogospel.com/2012/04/06/radioactive-airplay-com-releases-exclusive-radio-single-hands-of-hope/|work=Charles Brady|publisher=Radio Active Airplay|accessdate=20 April 2012 The song was used as the theme song for Turning Point Centers for Domestic Violence.Hope #1">cite web|last=Meece|first=David|title=Hands of Hope|url= http://sogospel.com/2012/04/06/radioactive-airplay-com-releases-exclusive-radio-single-hands-of-hope/|work=Charles Brady|publisher=Radio Active Airplay|accessdate=20 April 2012On May 5, 2012 NATAS announced that the song Hands of Hope garnered Meece, Cook and Carroll the Emmy nomination for best Arrangement/Composer of a television theme song.cite web|last=Meece|first=David|title=Cook, Carroll and Meece garner Emmy Nomination|url= http://www.natassoutheast.tv/docs/winners/EMMY2012nominations.pdf|work=Canyouhearmenow|publisher= NATAS |accessdate=10 May 2012
References
External links
http://www.davidmeece.com/ DavidMeece.com - The official David Meece website.
http://www.faithtalks.com/davidmeece.htm Video Interview with David Meece
Persondata | NAME = Meece, David | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = May 26, 1952 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Meece, David Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:American performers of Christian music Category:People from Humble, Texas Category:People from Houston, Texas Category:People from Franklin, Tennessee Category:Peabody Institute alumni Category:Contemporary Christian music
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