Considering I am in love with music in general, my musical influences and inspirations would have to consist of just about everything I heard while growing up in the 70's and 80's, and I am still constantly being inspired! We had a 200 acre ranch in the Texas Hill Country about ten miles north of the beautiful, Bandera, Texas where my mom and dad, sister Karen, and my grandparents Mema and Pepa Davis would spend almost every weekend and school break while we were growing up, though during the week we lived in San Antonio. So I guess it would have been the best of both worlds had I not decided very early on that my heart was completely rooted in the country! My first concert was at age six, when I begged my parents to take me to see Johnny and June Carter Cash and the Statler Brothers...what a way to start! After that, my grandparents bought my sister and I a piano and I began taking lessons and music theory. Not really having a desire to learn piano, even though I loved music, I of course insisted the lessons remain an even trade off with horse riding. Looking back now though, I realize that learning to play the piano taught me so much about the creation and development of music and melodies even though at the time I didn't appreciate it. I wrote my first song when I was ten called "Tomorrow's Another Day" and I've been writing songs and music ever since. My first trip to Nashville was with my sister and my Mema Davis in 1980, and then we made two other trips during the eighties including an incredible and inspiring gift from my mother for my high school graduation to Fan Fair in 1986. In the nineties I became very involved in the Texas music and entertainment scene, and was also very involved, eventually becoming a Life Member, with the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. During those years I was able to work with hundreds of local and major acts that led me to many Nashville connections. I also made several more trips to Nashville and had two song holds, which only fueled the fire in me. But unfortunately, even though I have always loved Nashville and knew I needed to be here to follow up on the success of each trip, I wasn't able to finally move out here until 2002. By then though the industry had gone through many major changes and most of my contacts were either gone or had moved on. And moving out here with our youngest children being only two and four at the time, I wasn't prepared to start my music networking all over again which is what I was going to have to do. I was however still able to get two major demos done, "It's Never Gonna Be Okay" with Darryl Worley's band which has now achieved a co-publishing deal, and "What Daddies Do" with Ronnie Milsap's band, which we are now pitching at this time. I am also now writing with some amazing Nashville songwriters including a song co-written called "Wishful Thinkin'" which we should have up on the songplayer within the next couple of months. I am also so very excited to be working with a writer on a motion picture project which is very, very exciting. So now, here I am after a six year break, even though I've never stopped writing, listening, or researching, and I am finally and completely ready to take on this challenging journey we call the music business! Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon! -D.
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