John M Davis

The Composer in the Cellar

News

  • On Cross Pollination

    I’m getting into this topic via this pollination metaphor for no better reason than we have bumble bees living under our back porch. Unlike honey bees we don’t have to worry about them building a giant, wax, metropolis in our walls and generally speaking, they’re disinclined to sting. We coexist peacefully plus bees are cool… Read more

  • “Tape” is Rolling

    I didn’t give myself a lot of time after I released ‘Night Tides’ to dive right back into composing. ‘Night Tides’ was a catharsis, an expunging of a tremendous amount of pent up emotion and grief. It was an album I had to make. I’m back now with intention, writing new material after several weeks… Read more

  • The Value of Scaffolding

    I have a real problem with the blank page. I would never make it as a writer. That empty expanse of void waiting for words… I feel that here but I’m not a writer so I just blather and I don’t worry too much about it. Music, my “thing”, is a different story. When I… Read more

  • Night Tides is in the Can

    ‘Night Tides’ is done and off to the distributor. The official release date is 3/21/2025 on the streaming services. The full album will be available for free on YouTube and for purchase on BandCamp the day before. The idea for Night Tides came about half-way through the process of making it. We artists like to… Read more

  • New Music Soon!

    That old chestnut… Except this time it’s true. tl/dr: my next album, ‘Night Tides’ will be coming out in early March. I’ve finally finished mixing and mastering, two tasks I enjoy although they are probably the least developed of my skills. Regardless, during this process I’ve had time to reflect on how long a journey… Read more

  • What’s he doing down there, anyway?

    The joys of experimentation Been a minute… After the release of my last EP, ‘Fata Morgana’ (streaming everywhere, hint hint), I literally went underground and started work on the next thing. Problem is, I had no clue what the next thing would be. Enter my February experimentation phase.  I used to attempt February Album Writing… Read more