Hello. I’m David Suhor, singer, songwriter, pianist, songleader and singing telegram artist. I am originally from New Orleans, but I was educated on the Gulf coast of Florida. My home is in Pensacola, Florida, where I provide live music that I hope is soulful, jazzy, inspirational, joyous, and sometimes silly.
I've served as music director at two churches, but am now performing independently and with my group or yours. I also write and perform music for particular occasions and events.
ShamaLamaGram (.com) is my silliest and most successful musical endeavor - singing telegrams. It's great fun! I get bring crazy and beautiful songs and characters to celebrate, perk up or wish love. Gorillas, crooners, chickens, gondoliers, grannies, rockers, starlets and Elvi become well-wishers of song through this age-old art and industry.
Of course, I still offer professional live bands (2 to 6 pieces) with jazz, popular and inspirational music for weddings, parties, events, nightclubs, restaurants and memorials. Also...
Most days I get to perform, write or practice music. Everyday I thank goodness for the chance to share it. Thanks for your interest and support.
a little history...
Playing and singing have been my passions since adolescence. In a choir since I can remember, I learned people are moved by music. Throughout college at Florida State, I played piano and sang as an aside. Sparse musical pursuits (karaoke, community choirs and sit-ins with my father's band) took a back seat to a ten-year career in computer networking and education.
I moved here in 1994 and met Pensacola saxophonist Thom Botsford, who turned me on to jazz. We assembled my first real band, providing vocals, keys and his soulful tenor horn. A tape here, a church show there...a few fake books later and I'd found a lust and a voice for jazz and blues. I've been performing professionally ever since.
In 2001, I stepped away from the computer racket and continued my music as a student at UWF. I picked up trumpet, bettered my voice markedly and improved my jazz piano. That led to church gigs and songwriting. With a variety of bands, plus two choirs and a few ensemble efforts, I now perform regularly and passionately in the area.
When not writing or arranging, I enjoy biking, computers and juggling home improvement and musical projects, especially recent videos for youtube and my upcoming original album of New Thought songs. I'm also lucky to sing with the chorus of the Pensacola Opera and to have completed an art project called Homefronts: Pensacola in which I photograph homes in my historic East Hill neighborhood.
Please feel free to browse and call or email if you have any questions. I play gigs for reasonable rates and I am always seeking like-minded singers and musicians to share the gift of song.
