Local the Neighbour

Local the Neighbour is the creative project of David Quested, a Melbourne (Australia) based musician originally from Darwin, Northern Territory. After moving to Melbourne to study jazz drumming at the Victorian College of the Arts, he became obsessed with the form of expression found in the art form. From there David went on to study at the University of California Los Angeles, learning from jazz giants such as Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, John Riley and Clayton Cameron. Since then he has gone on to perform with ARIA winning jazz musicians, and tour internationally as a session musician.
After an early quarter life crisis, David made a ‘jexit’ (jazz exit), realising he wanted to return back to his roots of playing rock music like his favourite childhood bands .

Armed with these experiences and approaches, Local the Neighbour was born in order to explore the world of production and songwriting not as a drummer; the ultimate outlet for David to live out his artistic creative endeavors. With DIY at its core, the music is always self recorded with the help of close friends within his community. Local the Neighbour takes influence from artists like Alex G, Paramore, MJ Lenderman, Hovvdy and Slow Pulp.