John M Davis
@jdsampo.bsky.social
Musician, composer, garlic grower, and occasional swordsman.
He/him, happily monogamous. Co-host at Time is Right podcast.
Music is the poetry of the air - Richter
johnmdavismusic.com
https://johnmdavis.bandcamp.com/
timeisright.fm
He/him, happily monogamous. Co-host at Time is Right podcast.
Music is the poetry of the air - Richter
johnmdavismusic.com
https://johnmdavis.bandcamp.com/
timeisright.fm
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John M Davis - The Fisher King
Listen to The Fisher King on TIDAL
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Good news! Today the days are a little longer and ‘The Fisher King’ is available for streaming on Tidal, Apple, YouTube Music, and Amazon!
tidal.com/album/487735...
tidal.com/album/487735...
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I'm here to shamelessly plug my partner's bookstagram 😤
She's an avid gothic fiction fan and is reviewing books to begin with! There are big plans and it's going to be a fun journey, but we need to get it off the ground first 👀
If it sounds like your thing, go and follow the_cosy_crypt on Insta 🌻
She's an avid gothic fiction fan and is reviewing books to begin with! There are big plans and it's going to be a fun journey, but we need to get it off the ground first 👀
If it sounds like your thing, go and follow the_cosy_crypt on Insta 🌻
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I'm here to shamelessly plug my partner's bookstagram 😤
She's an avid gothic fiction fan and is reviewing books to begin with! There are big plans and it's going to be a fun journey, but we need to get it off the ground first 👀
If it sounds like your thing, go and follow the_cosy_crypt on Insta 🌻
She's an avid gothic fiction fan and is reviewing books to begin with! There are big plans and it's going to be a fun journey, but we need to get it off the ground first 👀
If it sounds like your thing, go and follow the_cosy_crypt on Insta 🌻
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers
Indigo Girls
Laura Viers
Bonnie Raitt
KD Lang
Susan Tedeschi
Indigo Girls
Laura Viers
Bonnie Raitt
KD Lang
Susan Tedeschi
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Belly
Concrete Blonde
Poe
I mean, Lilith Fair has to count too
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Belly
Concrete Blonde
Poe
I mean, Lilith Fair has to count too
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers
St. Vincent
Tori Amos
Babes in Toyland
The Muffs
L7
St. Vincent
Tori Amos
Babes in Toyland
The Muffs
L7
January 23, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers
Indigo Girls
Laura Viers
Bonnie Raitt
KD Lang
Susan Tedeschi
Indigo Girls
Laura Viers
Bonnie Raitt
KD Lang
Susan Tedeschi
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He's right, you know...
January 23, 2026 at 2:10 PM
He's right, you know...
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Poem I wrote today.
January 23, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Poem I wrote today.
In today’s studio session I arrived at the “I’ll never successfully write a single note of music ever again for as long as I live!” moment.
I’ll try again tomorrow
I’ll try again tomorrow
January 23, 2026 at 9:40 PM
In today’s studio session I arrived at the “I’ll never successfully write a single note of music ever again for as long as I live!” moment.
I’ll try again tomorrow
I’ll try again tomorrow
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Something peaceful and hopeful for #scape day.
Tisha Mark ©2023, Autumn's Arrival, oil on canvas (original has sold)
Limited edition prints available:
tishamark.com/product/autu...
#art #painting #prints #bsnm #TraditionalArt #SciArt
Tisha Mark ©2023, Autumn's Arrival, oil on canvas (original has sold)
Limited edition prints available:
tishamark.com/product/autu...
#art #painting #prints #bsnm #TraditionalArt #SciArt
January 23, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Something peaceful and hopeful for #scape day.
Tisha Mark ©2023, Autumn's Arrival, oil on canvas (original has sold)
Limited edition prints available:
tishamark.com/product/autu...
#art #painting #prints #bsnm #TraditionalArt #SciArt
Tisha Mark ©2023, Autumn's Arrival, oil on canvas (original has sold)
Limited edition prints available:
tishamark.com/product/autu...
#art #painting #prints #bsnm #TraditionalArt #SciArt
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life's overnight drive
hard drizzle pelts my windshield
wipers struggle to keep up
but there's a spot of clear
low in my hazy window
and a set of taillights ahead
- red and bright in the gloom -
the driver probably not even realizing
they're helping me find my way home
#vss365 #drizzle #poetry
hard drizzle pelts my windshield
wipers struggle to keep up
but there's a spot of clear
low in my hazy window
and a set of taillights ahead
- red and bright in the gloom -
the driver probably not even realizing
they're helping me find my way home
#vss365 #drizzle #poetry
January 23, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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This week in Other People's Music: synthwave skeleton draped with electro/chiptune muscle; fuzzy polygenre psych weirdness; cyberpunk trance; chill downtempo; & outrageous pop-rap-trap-metal-industrial fusion.
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/23/o...
#musicsky
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/23/o...
#musicsky
OPM: A Unique Situation – Ether Diver
www.etherdiver.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:25 PM
This week in Other People's Music: synthwave skeleton draped with electro/chiptune muscle; fuzzy polygenre psych weirdness; cyberpunk trance; chill downtempo; & outrageous pop-rap-trap-metal-industrial fusion.
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/23/o...
#musicsky
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/23/o...
#musicsky
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Today's bird for #birbfest was simply nuthatch, which I assume means we get to pick our own variety! Here's a white-breasted nuthatch in an iconic nuthatch pose.
From a reference photo by user megachile on inaturalist
#BirbFest2026 #SciArt #Birds
From a reference photo by user megachile on inaturalist
#BirbFest2026 #SciArt #Birds
January 23, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Today's bird for #birbfest was simply nuthatch, which I assume means we get to pick our own variety! Here's a white-breasted nuthatch in an iconic nuthatch pose.
From a reference photo by user megachile on inaturalist
#BirbFest2026 #SciArt #Birds
From a reference photo by user megachile on inaturalist
#BirbFest2026 #SciArt #Birds
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Peter Pan mouths the words to an old, angry song. He knows if he sings the boys will hear the clock in his throat.
Tink shakes like a bell.
From between her long teeth, a #drizzle of spit darkens the bodice of Wendy's dress, day-to-night. An offal desire has thawed in her captive heart.
#vss365
Tink shakes like a bell.
From between her long teeth, a #drizzle of spit darkens the bodice of Wendy's dress, day-to-night. An offal desire has thawed in her captive heart.
#vss365
January 23, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
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John M Davis – The Fisher King
An orchestral work inspired by classical, soundtrack music and, probably, a bit of ambient and related electronic work.
johnmdavis.bandcamp.com/album/the-fi...
@jdsampo.bsky.social
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/16/o...
#Orchestral #FilmScore
An orchestral work inspired by classical, soundtrack music and, probably, a bit of ambient and related electronic work.
johnmdavis.bandcamp.com/album/the-fi...
@jdsampo.bsky.social
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/16/o...
#Orchestral #FilmScore
The Fisher King, by John M Davis
7 track album
johnmdavis.bandcamp.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:04 PM
John M Davis – The Fisher King
An orchestral work inspired by classical, soundtrack music and, probably, a bit of ambient and related electronic work.
johnmdavis.bandcamp.com/album/the-fi...
@jdsampo.bsky.social
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/16/o...
#Orchestral #FilmScore
An orchestral work inspired by classical, soundtrack music and, probably, a bit of ambient and related electronic work.
johnmdavis.bandcamp.com/album/the-fi...
@jdsampo.bsky.social
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/16/o...
#Orchestral #FilmScore
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I make music to keep the Great Old Ones in their timeless slumber.
Some people say that they make music for themselves, ie the music they would like to listen to. I don’t think that’s the right way. But I also don’t think we should make music for other people. I think we should try to make music that music would like, if it was sentient, which it might be.
January 20, 2026 at 8:09 AM
I make music to keep the Great Old Ones in their timeless slumber.
If my music doesn’t make me feel something then I can’t expect it to make anyone else feel something. If I worried about impressing someone I probably wouldn’t impress anybody, especially myself.
Why do you feel the need to attempt to placate and impress your scene at the expense of your own enthusiasm? Why aren’t you making the art you want to make? If you aren’t personally stoked about your shit why would anybody else be? It starts with you. Do what makes you happy right fucking now.
January 20, 2026 at 9:03 PM
If my music doesn’t make me feel something then I can’t expect it to make anyone else feel something. If I worried about impressing someone I probably wouldn’t impress anybody, especially myself.
In today’s studio session… first of all, there was a studio session. Second, I started some new and different music. So that’s something.
January 20, 2026 at 8:54 PM
In today’s studio session… first of all, there was a studio session. Second, I started some new and different music. So that’s something.
Post snow storm cloud breaks
January 20, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Post snow storm cloud breaks
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New Music Monday! This Other People's Music offers a wild rap-pop-psych hybrid, a moving orchestral work, a hypnotic pop confection, a protest anthem, & sophisticated synthwave.
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/16/o...
#Musicsky
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/16/o...
#Musicsky
OPM: Weird and On Film – Ether Diver
www.etherdiver.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:36 PM
New Music Monday! This Other People's Music offers a wild rap-pop-psych hybrid, a moving orchestral work, a hypnotic pop confection, a protest anthem, & sophisticated synthwave.
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/16/o...
#Musicsky
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/16/o...
#Musicsky
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I think I finally found the exit
January 19, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I think I finally found the exit
This whole thread is worth a read.
“Keep making your art. Your ability to create is a superpower envied by billionaires. It’s something unique to you no tech can replicate.”
“Keep making your art. Your ability to create is a superpower envied by billionaires. It’s something unique to you no tech can replicate.”
One tiny comfort I experience as a creator right now:
Some of the richest people on the planet have poured billions into a plagiarism machine because they are so utterly desperate to be us
But no machine learning program can give them our skills, our vision, or our heart
And they hate that
Some of the richest people on the planet have poured billions into a plagiarism machine because they are so utterly desperate to be us
But no machine learning program can give them our skills, our vision, or our heart
And they hate that
January 19, 2026 at 3:23 AM
This whole thread is worth a read.
“Keep making your art. Your ability to create is a superpower envied by billionaires. It’s something unique to you no tech can replicate.”
“Keep making your art. Your ability to create is a superpower envied by billionaires. It’s something unique to you no tech can replicate.”
This 👇👇👇👇👇
Fellow artists, trust your instincts. Make the thing you're worried only you will understand. That is where truth lies and often leads to deep audience connection.
January 19, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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In case you missed it:
Three simple ways to get your music out, offered by people that CARE about your music getting heard!
Three simple ways to get your music out, offered by people that CARE about your music getting heard!
Hey you! Yes, you! 🫵
You're into this whole "making music" thing? You're a solo artist or you're in a band? Then this is for you!
It's not much and will not launch you into super-stardom, but here are three simple things you can do to get your music heard; all of it for free, no obligations!
🧵 1/4
You're into this whole "making music" thing? You're a solo artist or you're in a band? Then this is for you!
It's not much and will not launch you into super-stardom, but here are three simple things you can do to get your music heard; all of it for free, no obligations!
🧵 1/4
a man wearing headphones and glasses looks at a computer monitor
Alt: A bearded man with glasses is sitting in front of a computer, has headphones on, smiles and is moving to music he is listening to.
media.tenor.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:24 PM
In case you missed it:
Three simple ways to get your music out, offered by people that CARE about your music getting heard!
Three simple ways to get your music out, offered by people that CARE about your music getting heard!
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Some of you have asked, and I'm excited to share that I'm starting to offer some limited edition fine art prints of some of my oil paintings! Each is hand signed and numbered by me.
These 3 are from my Marshlands series, available now in my shop:
tishamark.com/product-cate...
#art #prints #bsnm
These 3 are from my Marshlands series, available now in my shop:
tishamark.com/product-cate...
#art #prints #bsnm
January 17, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Some of you have asked, and I'm excited to share that I'm starting to offer some limited edition fine art prints of some of my oil paintings! Each is hand signed and numbered by me.
These 3 are from my Marshlands series, available now in my shop:
tishamark.com/product-cate...
#art #prints #bsnm
These 3 are from my Marshlands series, available now in my shop:
tishamark.com/product-cate...
#art #prints #bsnm
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This weekend, take a little time to discover some new music. This week's Other People's Music offers some great choices! Th weirdest hip hop you'll ever hear! An emotive orchestral score! Raw protest music! Next-level synthwave! Luscious hypnagogic pop!
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/16/o...
#musicsky
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/16/o...
#musicsky
OPM: Weird and On Film – Ether Diver
www.etherdiver.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
This weekend, take a little time to discover some new music. This week's Other People's Music offers some great choices! Th weirdest hip hop you'll ever hear! An emotive orchestral score! Raw protest music! Next-level synthwave! Luscious hypnagogic pop!
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/16/o...
#musicsky
www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/16/o...
#musicsky