Drummer to Grammy artists, Skytinual returns to music after a two-decade hiatus with two new albums on Peace Army Music to be released throughout 2024-2025.
“When I told Lisa Loeb that I was too busy to join her band even as ‘Stay’ was hitting #1 on the charts, that was the turning point” recounts Skytinual. “While crazy in retrospect, I was just getting interest in my music and knew I had to pursue my own path as an artist – wherever it took me.” So begins the unlikely career trajectory of drummer turned artist Dave Bush – a.k.a. Skytinual. After performing with an eclectic roster of artists, issuing his own independent release, and an eventual exodus from the business in the early aughts, Skytinual returns to music with the searing pop polemic Still Love You (At the End of Time) on a fragmented American society against the backdrop of a fraying planet.
Recorded between Nashville, Woodstock NY, Dayton OH, mid-coast Maine, and St Croix USVI, the forthcoming album Yes Yes Let’s Hope features full-fledged productions of new songs tackling themes from love in the time of climate change, the corruption of power, to individual agency in the face of immense shared challenges. In sharp contrast, the album Too Dark The Hour introduces minimalist renditions of intimately personal songs recorded in various states of midlife distress, all captured after midnight in southern Ohio.
By his mid-twenties, Brooklyn-based Skytinual had racked up an impressive rap sheet, performing and/or recording drums with pop super producer Dr. Luke, Grammy-winning songwriter Robert Lee Castleman, Grammy-nominated New Grass artist Tony Trischka, jazz guitar legend Larry Coryell, the Grandfather of Minimalism LaMonte Young, bassist Reggie Workman, keyboardist Larry Goldings, the late Bleeker Street phenom Gordon Gaines, Blue Oyster Cult’s Joe Bouchard, producer Tommy West (Jim Croce), Count Basie bassist Eddie Jones, Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess, and many others. As a longtime house drummer for National Guitar Workshop, Skytinual also performed with a wide range of guitarists including Zak Wylde, Mike Stern, Leni Stern, Gatemouth Brown, John Abercrombie, Tal Farlow, Reeves Gabrels, Vinnie Moore, and bassist Anthony Jackson.
After following his wife to the Midwest, Skytinual built the project studio which now serves as home base for his current music production and recording work. Skytinual continues to work with a wide variety of artists worldwide, including musicians and visual artists from Brazil, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the USA.
