He linked up with local blues musician Steve Arvey and moved to Florida at the age of 19.
The group began playing local competitions and festivals and after their appearances on national television, they received invitations to headline major music festivals in Lithuania and Poland. Not only the music was captivating and enchanting, they were singing in this amazing language, and they lived in this distant part of the world that I've only seen on television." ĭuring school he formed his first band, "David Smash and the Smash Band", which was later shortened to simply "David Smash Band". That CD with those songs was like having an invitation letter to Hogwarts. 2, a compilation of blues songs from artist such as John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, BB King, Etta James, and Memphis Slim. He was heavily inspired by a blues CD that his father bought in Germany, entitled Blues Giants Vol. Career ĭøvydas started playing guitar at the age of thirteen in Lithuania, learning the drums, bass, piano, xylophone and harmonica shortly after. Later, he studied classical guitar at Naujalis Music Gymnasium, and in 2010, he transferred to Kaunas Juozas Gruodis Music Conservatory. Døvydas began playing guitar at the age 13, and after taking private lessons from older guitar-playing friends, he enrolled at the Kaunas Children Music School.
His father is a painter, and his mother stayed at home to raise him. ĭovydas Maščinskas was born in Kaunas, the second-largest city of Lithuania. While at the International Blues Challenge he jammed with many musicians including the mountain dulcimer player Bing Futch. The David Smash Band competed at the International Blues Challenge 2016, and made it to the semi-finals, something not achieved before by any Lithuanian-born person. ĭøvydas has headlined major music festivals in Lithuania and Poland "Visagino Country 2010", "Bliuzo Naktys 2010", " Wegorzewo 2011", and "Most Rockowy 2010". He has appeared on national television in Lithuania, such as Lithuania's Got Talent 2009, Ring of Young Talents 2010, Lithuania's Pick for Eurovision 2011, and he was also featured in a book about Lithuanian rock music titled Lietuvos Roko Istorija – written by the national-award-winning Lithuanian author Mindaugas Paleckis. He was born and raised in Lithuania, and moved to the United States in 2012. Døvydas has forged a successful career as an innovative soloist. Døvydas (or DOVYDAS aka Revelstar Stellonaut, and previously known as David Smash born September 5, 1992) is a Lithuanian-born musician, composer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.