Welcome to  David Beede's home page...

David Beede, of Melrose Florida, is a musician/singer/songwriter who built his first dulcimer in 1973 and has been teaching and sharing his music with folks of all ages for three decades. In concerts, schools, folk festivals, coffee houses and street corners his music has tickled ears from Florida to Maine... from the Paris underground to Dublin Radio. David's music ranges from traditional British Isle folk to original instrumentals and vocals... from the silly to the sublime. Award winning luthier and co-founder of Unicorn Strings Music Company much of his music is rendered on instruments of his own creation. NEW David's new "Eedy Beede" octave dulcimers are finally available! Check them out: NEW Go HERE  to see an "artist close up" video of David building and playing a bunch of crazy instruments. Produced by WUFT TV of Gainesville Florida. Click on episode #5 "Home made Serenade." It's in Quicktime format.  You can get the QuickTime plugin HERE. Or see it here on YouTube the playing section. And here is the You Tube building section.     Musical Instruments David plays:  Hammered Dulcimer, Bowed Psaltery, Mountain Dulcimer, Gourd Banjo, Native American flute, guitar, mouth bow, snoot flute, penny whistle, jaws harp, bones, bodhran and more... Music Recordings: a handful of CDs Check out Unicorn Strings for the best  Bowed Psaltery on the planet! (Well, that's what we think...;-) Simplicity Boats! Boat Building  for the rest of us!  - free plans and inspiration. Go build a boat!! Dulcimer Tablatures: (Free Tabledit reader here) Parsons Farewell - Tabledit version GIF image Castle Kelly - Tabledit version GIF image Melrose Dulcimer Club - Meets first and third Wednesdays at the Trinity Episcopal Church on Hwy. 26 in "down town" Melrose, Florida. Time is from  7pm to 8:30(ish) pm. Hosted by David Beede & Laurie Alsobrook. All skill levels welcome. Private dulcimer lessons are also available. Contact David. (See contact info. below) Some images from Suwannee Dulcimer Retreat 2004: Songwriting resources: SUMMERSONG - summer camp for songsmiths! If you write songs or dream of writing songs, beat a path to this event. You'll be forever glad you did. (I'm only sorry I didn't discover it in 1999!

Gigs  Will McLean Festival April 4, 5, 6th   Near Dunnelon, FL   Sunday May 18 House Concert Jacksonville,FL info: 904-268-1771 or email: Lwadley@comcast.net  Florida Folk Festival May 23-25 White Springs, FL   Friday, May 30 Opening for Pierce Pettis Hawthorne,FL House Concert at Dale & Mary Simpson's info: 352-475-3243 or email: dalesim@gmail.com   In memory of a great dog named Kayla.... "The Wheel Thing"   Building tour...