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.

2008 ... In Serious need of redesiging!
  • Coming Soon for 2009-- Digital Release of Dave's Anthology 1980-2000. Some samples are below. Click here for a page listing 5 additional songs.
  • 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.
  • The Nails' remastered Mood Swing and Dangerous Dreams CDs are currently available at The Nails web store.
  • 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 | South Asia 2007 (login required)

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

Write me and "Let It All Hang Out!" at
dak8844@gmail.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.