David Dederer (born October 5, 1964) is an American guitarist and singer. He was a member of the

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

band The Presidents of the United States of America. An alumnus of

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, Washington's The Bush School and

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, he founded The Presidents with fellow Bush School alumnus

Chris Ballew Christopher Ballew (born May 28, 1965) is an American musician best known as the lead singer and bassist of the alternative rock group The Presidents of the United States of America (band), the Presidents of the United States of America. He als ...

. He has also been a member of The Gentlemen and Loaded with

Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...

bassist

Duff McKagan Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan (born February 5, 1964), sometimes credited as Duff "Rose" McKagan, is an American musician. He played bass for twelve years in the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late ...

, also a Seattle native, and Subset, a collaboration between The Presidents and

Sir Mix-a-Lot Anthony L. Ray (born August 12, 1963), better known by his stage name Sir Mix-a-Lot, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his 1992 hit song "Baby Got Back", which peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' ...

. Dederer currently heads programming and editorial at Amazon Music and manages The Presidents' ongoing business interests. Dederer worked for Seattle web/mobile media company Melodeo from 2007 to 2010 as Vice President, Business Development. Melodeo was acquired by Hewlett Packard in June 2010. He previously worked for four years as a public affairs consultant at Seattle firm Pyramid Communications. Prior to The Presidents' success, Dederer taught high school English at

Kent Denver School Kent Denver School is a private, co-educational, non-sectarian college preparatory high school and middle school in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado. It traces its origin back to the 1922 founding of the Kent School for Girls and has existed as a c ...

and The Bush School, did public relations work on environmental issues, and attended graduate school in

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at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

. He has 2 daughters who play in the critically acclaimed Jazz Ensemble 1 at Bellevue High School. Dederer is the older brother of writer

Claire Dederer Claire Dederer (born 1967) is an American writer who regularly contributes essays, reviews and criticism to publications including ''The New York Times''. She has also authored two books, ''Love and Trouble'' and ''Poser'': ''My Life in Twenty-Thre ...

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Dave Dederer on redditThe Melodeo Team
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