The Science of Music and the Music of Science: How Music Reveals Our Brain, Our Humanity, and the Cosmos Science and music—scientists and musicians—are inseparable and symbiotic. For over 2,500 years, music has inspired scientific investigation and progress. In return, science has provided musicians with untold numbers of valuable insights into their art and craft, […]

We’re all on this planet for a reason. No matter our faith, philosophy, or fears . . . we are here on this Earth-ship and it is up to each of us to make a “go” of it. SO-O-O . . . What do you STAND FOR? What will you NOT STAND FOR? How will […]

I see a lot of what I call “Talking Heads” throughout social media. The video messages on Facebook and LinkedIn are EVERYWHERE . . . each claiming to have the PERFECT solution to what THEY perceive as my immediate need. It reminds me a lot of the “Carnival Barkers” I encountered as a child at […]

During a networking event last week we were given an “ice breaker” conversation starter of, “What super hero would you like to be and why?” I met plenty of people claiming Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Batman, and Superman . . . but oddly enough, I was the only one who claimed “Tinker Bell.” As a small […]

I spent most of the 1970s in either high school or college. My taste in music ran the gamut from Moody Blues and Queen to Kenny Rogers, Carol King, and Jim Croce. Pretty much the story-tellers of music in the ‘70s. I was not all that surprised when, as I awoke this morning, this song […]

Prior to starting Davis Creative in January of 2004, I worked in corporate financial marketing for over a decade. There is not much I miss from that world . . . especially not the PUFFINS. If you have worked in corporate America, you know what I am referring to. Corporate PUFFINS have similar characteristics as […]

In 2018, Bowker (the US registrar for all ISBN numbers) assigned a record-breaking 1,009,188 ISBNs to independent and self-published books. This number does not even include the books which are published by traditional publishing houses, NOR does it include the ISBNs assigned by Amazon/KDP (formerly CreateSpace). Look Good. Get Noticed. Stand Out in a Crowd. […]

Writing a non-fiction book does not mean people will automatically buy it. WRITING your book is NOT the first place to start the publishing process. You can’t just “build it and they will come”. . . that only happens in the movies. Before you even pick up a pencil or open a WORD doc to […]

Our seven-year-old grandson likes to use the word EPIC, as in, “That birthday party was EPIC”! Why settle for an ordinary party when it can be EPIC?! So, it got me wondering . . . just what exactly does EPIC mean from the perspective of a seven-year-old? Historically, an epic has been seen as a […]

I vividly remember sitting in the back seat of my grandmother’s baby-blue Studebaker as she made a U-turn in the middle of a highway to avoid the smoke and find another safe, clear path to our destination.   Growing up in Oklahoma, it was a common sight to see signs like the one above on […]