David Maxim Micic
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| Born | May 5, 1990 Dubrovnik, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
| Website | youtube.com/user/maviddicic |
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David Maxim Micic is a Serbian multi-instrumentalist, focusing on guitar and piano.[1][2][3] Other than pursuing his solo career, he is also member of Sordid Pink, a band previously known as Destiny Potato.[4]
David Maxim Micic studied composition at Berklee College of Music. He has released seven albums and EPs, including Who Bit the Moon, released in March 2017. David Maxim Micic plays Kiesel Guitars as of 2020,[5] after leaving Wood Guerilla Guitars in late 2019.[6] He had a number of signature guitars with Wood Guerilla, of which, his 'rustic pink' FAB SP1 model was sold for €2000 and all money was donated to Team Trees. He toured North America in 2017. He has made music videos for the songs "Someone Else's Hat" and "687 Days".
Personal Life[edit]
David Maxim Micic was born May 5th, 1990 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, then part of SFR Yugoslavia. He then moved at a young age to Belgrade, Serbia[4]
Micic started learning guitar private lessons from Serbian musician Petar Jelić when he was 15 years old, and introduced to Joe Satriani's music, which is when he decided that he would become a guitar player. [4] He then continued his studies at Berklee College of Music, where he studied music composition.[4]
Career[edit]
2010 - Present : David Maxim Micic (Solo Career)
As of 2022, David Maxim Micic has released seven albums, with four of those are within the Bilo series (Bilo, Bilo 2.0, Bilo III, Bilo IV). Micic mentioned that the term "Bilo" is an old Serbo-Croatian word, meaning heartbeat or a pulse.[4]
2010 - Present : Destiny Potato / Sordid Pink
Destiny Potato is a project started in 2010 by David Maxim Micic and his high-school friend, Aleksandra Djelmash. The member has varied throughout the years, including Aleksandra Radosavljevic who is a runner up at the first season of Serbian-Montenegrin and Macedonian Idol. In 2012, the band signed with Century Media Records, and released their first full length album "LUN" in 2014.
In 2018, the remaining member of the band, which are Micic and Djelmash, stated that they are changing the name from Destiny Potato to Sordid Pink, which Micic said "It's a long story, but long story short, we feel like changing the name".[7] The band released an album titled "Sordid Pink" in 2020.
Musical Styles[edit]
In 2011, David Maxim Micic stated that his musical background is Rock, Metal, Fusion, and his influences include Oz Noy, John Petrucci, Greg Howe, Erkan Oğur, Allan Holdsworth, Devin Townsend, Meshuggah, Fredrik Thordendal, Tesseract, Bulb / Misha Mansoor (of Periphery), Hybrid, BT, Tiësto, Infected Mushroom.[4] He describe his music as combination of Pop, Electro, Ambient, Atmospheric, Eastern European Folk, Jazz Rock, Progressive metal with Djent riffs and polyrhythmic stuff.[4]
Discography[edit]
David Maxim Micic
- 2011 - Bilo
- 2012 - Bilo 2.0
- 2013 - Bilo III
- 2015 - EGO
- 2015 - ECO
- 2016 - The Stock Challenge | Vol.1
- 2017 - Who Bit the Moon
- 2022 - Bilo IV
Sordid Pink / Destiny Potato
- 2014 - LUN (released under the name "Destiny Potato")
- 2020 - Sordid Pink (released under the name "Sordid Pink")
Guest appearances[edit]
- Soul Cycle - Soul Cycle II (2012)[8]
- Intervals - In Time (2012)
- Jakub Zytecki – Wishful Lotus Proof (2015)
- Sithu Aye – Set Course For Andromeda (2016)
- Aleksandra Djelmash - Crossroads (2016)
- Richard Henshall – The Cocoon (2019)
- Sloba - Spy Story (2019)
Equipment[edit]
- Macbook Pro 17"
- Kiesel Vader V6
- Strandberg Boden
- Ernie Ball Music Man JP6
- Vimana Mamoth
- Fender Stratocaster
- Wood Guerrilla bass guitar
- ROLI BLOCKS
- ROLI Seaboard RISE 49 MIDI Controller
- Arturia Keylab
- Fractal AxeFx II
- Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 (3rd gen)
- MXR Sugar Drive
- Neural DSP
- Mooer Audio
- Arturia
- Toontrack
- XLN Audio
References[edit]
- ↑ "Who Bit the Moon, by David Maxim Micic". Bandcamp.
- ↑ "David Maxim Micic". Discogs.
- ↑ ""Whatever you have, just try and create with it" – an interview with David Maxim Micic". Nuskull Magazin.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Guitar Messenger – Artist Spotlight: DAVID MAXIM MICIC". Guitar Messenger. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
- ↑ Kiesel Guitars / David Maxim Micic. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Goodbye Wood Guerilla / Charity Sale. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ WDC Interview - SORDID PINK @ Euroblast 2018, retrieved 2023-01-13
- ↑ "Soul Cycle II, by Soul Cycle".
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