ABOUT
Hi! I'm Brian, a writer and musician from Peoria, IL. In the annals of this website, you will find the books (Brian J. N. Davis) and music (A Metropolitan Guide) that I have mustered since 2012.
I tried to do the whole "making it" for years. I fell for social media. I chased what it was giving me --nuggets of attention that led to nothing except my addiction for more of it. It left me disappointed, disillusioned, and leery of anything outside of the act of creation itself.
Left in the wake of that experience is an avoidance of social media altogether, a rejection of a world where advertisements and "suggested posts" reign, and an impossible challenge to develop something that stands apart from that world, all the while understanding the hypocritical truth that I am still adding to the noise of a culture that could use many more of us being silent. The best I can do is to do this all in a way that feels like I'm making the world a little better, not a little (or a lot) worse.
And so life around this creative nook is quiet. There are no ads, no suggestions, and no seeing me pop up in your social feeds. I strive to be like a great mountain: Pretty cool, but you need to come to me. I like that about mountains: They are always standing at the ready to welcome you when you arrive at their doorstep. I think we might feel differently if Mt. Everest was going door to door telling you all about how awesome it was, and what sales it currently had going on.
The exception I have allowed is an email list --a missive that I send out when I have something to offer you, like a new book or album, because it's not reasonable to presume everyone has the time to individually check-in on everything they are the least bit interested in. It's maybe a few emails per year, and it's always easily unsubscribe-able.
I hope you find something here worth finding. And I hope you'll tell me if you do.
Contact: brianjndavis at gmail