A native of Penzance (Cornwall, UK), David Mark Pearce began playing the guitar in earnest at the age of 15 after first learning to play the drums. His first experience as part of a band came at 18, followed by several more until he left to attend the London College of Music and Media. Upon completion, he received a diploma in Music Technology, and began his career as a much sought after engineer and producer.

His band affiliations include the UK melodic indie band Union Jane and the Cornwall based folk rock group Naked Feet. After leaving this group, and a period of reflection, the opportunity which changed his musical career forever presented itself one day at work in 2002.

When one of his Allen and Heath colleagues, who was a friend of keyboardist Oliver Wakeman, asked Pearce to listen to some of Wakeman’s tunes, he was impressed. He jokingly inquired of whether Wakeman needed a guitarist, to which the answer was a surprising ‘yes.’ After submitting his own work, in addition to several ideas he had for the band, he was hired. The first project that he and Wakeman worked on was the Anam Cara album mix, upon which he also contributed acoustic guitar support.

It was the first of many projects with Oliver and the band; other projects have included: mixing and electric/acoustic guitar support for the CD single 'The View from Here'; mixing Oliver's last commissioned album 'Angels' and the relaxation albums 'Purification by Sound' and ‘Enlightenment and Inspiration’; as well as electric guitar support on the OWB’s latest release, ‘Mother’s Ruin’.

Since his debut with the band at the Oakwood Center in December, 2002, his association with the band has taken many interesting twists and turns, including co-headlining (as part of the OWB) with Erik Norlander and Lana Lane, support work with Arjen Luccassen’s band ‘Stream of Passion’, and also appearing at the prestigious Fordhamfest. Other highlights include an appearance with Oliver at one of the UK Classic Rock Society’s acoustic evenings, where he showed his talent on classical guitar. A big highlight was the 2008 performance and filming of the Coming to Town - Live in Katowice DVD and cd (Metal Mind Productions) at the Wyspianski Theater in Katowice, Poland. Another seminal event for Dave was supporting Steve Howe at Oliver and Lisa Wakeman’s wedding reception. He was also named 2008’s eighth “Best Guitarist’” by Classic Rock Society Magazine in the UK for his work with the band.

Pearce wrote and recorded his own album, 'Pleasure Palace' (unreleased), and “Shelter Me from the Rain” (Pleasure Palace Records). He also works as a live sound engineer. More recently, he has been co-producer, sound engineer and provided guitar support to keyboardist Lisa LaRue on her latest album “Lisa LaRue Project 2K9 World Class” (Fingerwoven Records), set for release in November 2009. He also co-wrote the song “There Are No Words “with LaRue for the project. His own song on the album, “Tell Me Why,” will also be included on his own melodic rock album entitled “Strangeang3ls,” (Pleasure Palace Records), set to be released in spring 2010, and is currently available as a single.