What brought you to Los Angeles? If you were born here and then moved away, why and what brought you back?
I came to LA for UCLA and never really left. Studied economics undergrad, went into audit at Deloitte here in LA, then came back to UCLA for my master's in quantitative economics. Somewhere in between I started co-founding startups and building things, and Santa Monica became home. The creative energy here — the music, the art, the people building stuff — is what keeps me.
What's something people wouldn't know about you at first glance?
I've won two Grammy Awards. I sang with the Pacific Boychoir Academy growing up, and we won twice. I also produce electronic music as Enharmonic — my EP "The Angels" came out in January. And I've led 20-person festival art installation builds at Burning Man, Desert Hearts, and Listen (Superbloom) — designing and constructing a 20-foot interactive geometric tree installation called Gratitude Grove.
How do you spend your time?
Building things — that's the honest answer. I co-founded two startups over the last six years, and now I'm working on my own consulting practice helping businesses build custom tech platforms. Outside of work, I produce music & installation art, practice kickboxing, and spend a lot of time around West LA with my partner Courtney.
What's your safe place?
The studio — whether that's my desk building a platform or my setup making music. When I'm deep in a build, everything else quiets down. If you've seen me working at my desk at MUD\WTR, you'll get it.
What's your go-to drink at MUD\WTR?
I have to go with the OG. Keep it real.
Anything else you'd like to share with us or the people?
I feel the best things get built when you stop drawing lines between "creative" and "technical." The same instincts that go into making a song or designing an art installation go into building a product or solving an operational problem. That's how I try to work, and MUD\WTR feels like a place that gets it and is incredibly supportive.
Instagram?
[@_oh_david](https://instagram.com/_oh_david)
