Hi, I am David Mash, a passionate musician, dedicated educator, and an inquisitive futurist. I am a composer, producer, guitarist, and electronic musician. I work closely with my long-time friend Peter Bell at Bar of 2 Productions, where we produce Peter’s and my music as well as that of other artists whose music we love.
Since 1983, I have been using the play on my name “Mash” plus the suffix “ine” to make “Mashine Music,” connoting the fact that I make music with electronic instruments, which are too often referred to as machines. I released seven albums as Mashine Music: Decades, Chapters, Seasons, Radioactive, Mashinations, Woodmere, and The Lost Book of David Mash.
In 2020 I launched a new persona “Stefan,” which is my middle name, as a vehicle for releasing electronic, minimalist, meditative music. Since 2020, I have released five albums under the Stefan name: Meditations, Variations on Themes by Zobkiw, Variations II, Psalms for the Inuk, and, with Joe Zobkiw, Summit2.
I am now combining all my music under my own name, and you’ll find it all here! There are links to streaming services at the bottom of the page, as well as to information on all my prior music releases. You can also get to the music and my blog posts via the menus at the top!
I’m so excited about a new album I will release in early 2025, and will be releasing new music videos in advance of the album! Watch this space for more information soon!
I dedicated over 40 years of my life working at Berklee College of Music, teaching guitar, core music, jazz composition, arranging, and eventually leading Berklee into the exciting world of music technology. In 1984, I had the honor of founding the Music Synthesis department, which is now known as the Electronic Production and Design major. As I broadened my role and impact at the college, I became Senior Vice President for Innovation, Strategy, and Technology, which was my title when I retired in 2017.
Since retiring in 2017, I have been making the music I love to hear, working with the musical instrument industry to help build the creative tools that will expand our options for making new music in new ways, and to give back to the community through board service and volunteer work.
Today, I am honored to serve as a director for Berklee City Music, as President of the Bob Moog Foundation Board, and as Chair of the Board for the Alan R. Pearlman (ARP) Foundation.