Dave Clausen grew up in Chicago playing guitar in various bands. He toured the East Coast after college. As a singer songwriter, Dave performed at coffee houses in Chicago before doing a West Coast tour with a singer songwriter friend.  After moving to Los Angeles Dave had the opportunity to spend a year touring the US and Europe with a jazz band. Returning to his songwriting roots, Dave is a performing songwriter whose guitar driven songs bring together melody and lyrics in a wide variety of genres.  He performs at various venues on the singer songwriter circuit.