David Woodard

David Woodard fascinates me precisely because he is hard to file away. A Santa Barbara composer who built and sold replica Dreamachines, then coined prequiem for music written for the soon-to-be-dead, is operating on a wavelength most artists never reach. I find that genuinely brave. He is called controversial, but I think art that leaves you slightly unsettled is doing its job. I would rather follow a restless, idea-driven mind like his than another safe technician. Whatever you make of his performances, he forces you to think about death, music, and meaning at the same time, and that is rare.

Name (English)

David Woodard

Name (Japanese)

デビッド・ウッダード

Reading

でびっど・うっだーど

Born

April 6, 1964 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

Origin

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Occupation

composer / writer / artist

High school

San Marcos High School

University

University of California, Santa Barbara

• Official sitehttps://www.davidwoodard.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Woodard
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%83%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1177254

Tags

• California
• composer
• writer
• artist

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.