Welcome to Dave Kaufman's Home.

You're listenin' to 'Net Surfin' ©David Kaufman

Abby the Tabby (1997-2007)

She was the first pet I called my own. Click Picture for Abby's Page

Live w/The Motives - Feb. 2000

David performing with The Motives in early 2000
Click for an Abby Video.

Who am I and who cares? Well, see me hard at work
and check out my resume.

2007 ...
  • The Nails' remastered Mood Swing and Dangerous Dreams CDs are currently available at The Nails web store. This took a couple of years but was well worth it.
  • Coming Soon -- MP3's of every solo song I recorded during from around 1978 - 1992. Now that I'm in my 50s, I'd like to share my musical muse during that time. I discovered a bunch of cassettes that I am in the process of digitizing. When complete there will be a new page containing all those songs. Some are extremely low-fi and mono; some fare a bit better.
  • As a teaser, check out It's a Dull World, recorded in 1979, performed by Dave & George Kaufman. George -- Lead vocals, guitars, bass, drums. Dave -- songwriter, keyboards, backing vocals. And here's another, Standard of Living, recorded in 1983. I played all the instruments, all vocals & drum programming. Song by Marc Campbell.
  • I recently moved to New Jersey. I'm no longer a New Yawker. Never thought I would but circumstances dictated the move and I'm glad. I am practically at the Hudson River opposite 79th Street. I could see the George Washington Bridge from my window. I also got married.
  • For 1 1/2 years (1999-2000) I made entries on a web page of random thoughts. Today they call this a blog.

But ... enough about me. Yeah, I played keyboards in The Nails for a long time. Yeah, I co-wrote our influential cult hit "88 Lines about 44 Women" which has been in popular Mazda Protege commercials from late 1998 to early 2000. Yeah, our popular follow-up "Things You Left Behind" still remains "undiscovered" except for our fans. Yeah, yeah, blah blah, I also created sounds for one of the now hard-to-find first Micro Jammers musical toys!

These pages are dedicated to the memory of my mother,
Paula Kaufman (1926-2004).

Here's a picture of my brother George, my mom and myself -- North Miami Beach, winter 1986, taking a break during the recording of The Nails' Dangerous Dreams.

I plan to have a tribute page to my grandfather sometime.

Thanks for visiting!

Colorado & New Mexico 2003 Pics | Hong Kong 2004 Pics
Big Mountain, MT 2004 PDF Slide Show | London 2005 Pics
New York State Summer 2005 | Vancouver 2006 | Memphis 2006
Toronto 2006

[Official Nails' Information | Interesting Links | Hear My Songs
Resume | Motives Listening Page | History of The Ravers
Dave Sounds Off | On The Road 1999 | The Motives Home Page
HS Reunion Pages | My Cat Abby | Queens Cam
George Kaufman's Website | My Home Page]

Write me and "Let It All Hang Out!" at
dak8844@the-nails.com

Disclaimer: A musician friend of mine called me the Thelonius Monk of Rock due to my minimal style after playing on his recording session. I am, not in anyway, comparing myself to the sheer genius or ability of Mr. Thelonius Monk.