Welcome to David "Dave" Kaufman's Home


New song for Winter 2023 We Get Along, an uplifting summer song. But it wasn't until late Autumn 2023 that it was released to streaming. You can sing along with official audio + lyrics on YouTube.

Song for Spring/Summer 2022 Help Desk Blues, on SoundCloud and most streaming sites.
Enjoy the self-made video on YouTube!

Spread the blues with me!

The Age of Science Nonfiction (Official Music Video) persists. This was my previous new song from mid-Oct. 2020. You can also find on the independent Bandcamp, Soundcloud as well as the other streaming platforms,

I have my solo recordings (and the story behind them) on my solo story web page where you can listen to a whole bunch of my songs, some over 30 years old. In 1999 I played in a reggae-ish band called The Motives.

Fall 2021 - Law Rocks NYC is canceled again.

Fall 2020 - Law Rocks was canceled so we did a "Zoom" concert whereby we all recorded separately to the same backing track and had it put together for a holiday party.  Here are the performances: I'm a Believer, Animal and The One that Got Away.

Fall 2019 - The Objections won Judge's Choice and Fundraising in the Law Rocks' November 7, 2019 show. Thank you to all who attended or made a contribution. For this concert, I used an M-Audio keyboard controller to play the iPad. iPad apps used for sounds were SampleTank and Magellan, which were connected to each other via AudioBus. Here is a snippet from YouTube.

Fall 2018 - I again played with the Objections for Law Rocks 2018. We won Judge's Choice for best band. This time I played the Nord Stage 2 along with the B3. The concert occurred on November 8, 2018, same place, Gramercy Theater. Click for YouTube Video of 2018 show.

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Fall 2017 - I played synth in The Objections as part of a "Battle of the Bands" at Law Rocks NYC on November 2, 2017 at the Gramercy Theater in New York, NY. I played a Hammond B3 Organ and a synth playing sounds on an iPad. Click for YouTube video of 2017 show.

david at law rocks 2017 

2011: Read my interview on the Colorado/New Wave Punk Rock website about The Nails and The Ravers.
The memories go way back!

I have an older single on CD Baby, Amazon.com and iTunes (and possibly other download sites) called Oh Yeah.

It's streaming of course, and only US 69¢ download on both CD Baby and iTunes. C'mon and make it viral. Thanks!

Dave in 7th Grade?

Dave "Bucktooth" Kaufman 1966 or 1967

Permanently ... In Serious need of redesiging!
  • Check out songs by the Motives, a band I played way back in 1999. Check out their page and enjoy.
  • The Nails' remastered Mood Swing and Dangerous Dreams CDs are available at The Nails web store, All of The Nails' recordings (including Hotel for Women, CD is out of print) are streaming practically everywhere and can be downloaded if desired.
  • 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 arguably the two most well-known Nails' songs: our influential cult hit 88 Lines about 44 Women and Home of the Brave, both of which continue to get airplay many years after its release. 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! (Nepotism alert: George was working at the sound design company and invited me to play on them.)

These pages are dedicated to the following:
George Kaufman (brother) 1950-2009
Paula Kaufman (mother) 1926-2004
Edwin Kaufman (father)  1925-2019
Alexander Kaufman (grandfather) 1903-2003

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. It's hard to believe I am the only one alive now ...

Thanks for visiting!

Official Nails' Information | Hear My Songs | 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.