LONG SABBATICAL

After a prolific few years of music composition Nick Davis is taking a long sabbatical and has no plans to write or compose any time soon. This web site will remain active and his music will remain available for purchase.

WINNER - BROADJAM SOUNDTRACK CONTEST

Nick was as the winner of the 2006 Broadjam soundtrack contest. Broadjam is a major US music web site that hosts an online community of over 60,000 bands and musicians worldwide.

FINALIST - MUSICOZ AWARDS

Nick was a top 5 finalist in the 2006 Musicoz Awards - Australia's biggest awards for unsigned and independent artists. The Fallen, the final track from Nicks' 2006 album Candescence, was selected for the classical music category.

'CANDESCENCE'

The release of Candescence marks the end of a journey that began in 2003 with Nick's album Eclipse. After a 6 year hiatus from playing or composing music, Eclipse was Nick's attempt to explore musical directions beyond the realm of the New Age and World music styles that defined his 1997 album Tears of the Moon. The result was an eclectic mix of musical styles that defied a genre. The critics liked it, but it sat in no mans land on the musical landscape.

Tales of a Summer Past, released in February 2005, was a decisive step in a direction that Candescence has taken to the next stage. What began as a tentative exploration of classical crossover music with Eclipse has now become a definitive and articulate statement.

Nick Davis has arrived as a neo classical composer. He has created an album of orchestral music that tugs at the heart. It is romantic and passionate. The charming chamber music quality that characterised many of the compositions on Tales of a Summer Past is still prevalent, however Nick has delved more deeply into complex orchestral arrangements and developed musical ideas and concepts to a far greater degree. This has certainly not been at the expense of the music's accessibility.

Candescence will appeal to a broad spectrum of music lovers who enjoy high quality instrumental music.

REVIEWS

Click on the link below to read what the critics have to say about Nick's albums. There are now a number of reviews of his latest CD Candescence.
Reviews

DOWNLOAD SAMPLES

MP3 samples of all tracks from Candescence, Tales of a Summer Past, Eclipse and Tears of the Moon are available for download. The samples range from 300 kb to 1.2 mb in size and up to 90 seconds in duration.
MP3 samples

CD's AVAILABLE FROM 'CD BABY'

in addition to payment through Paypal and the secure site server, two of Nick's CDs can be purchased from CD Baby.
Order details and payment options

MP3s AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

MP3s of all tracks from 'Candescence' and 'Tales of a Summer Past' are available for download at itunes. The lnks are as follows - Candescence and Tales of a Summer Past.

Nick's songs/tracks from his CDs are available for individual sale at a host of other MP3 music sites including cdbaby, Soundclick and Stage FM . To find out which tracks can be purchased as MP3 files go to the MP3 Samples page.

HOW CANDESCENCE WAS RECORDED

Nick is one of a small but growing band of composers who create orchestral music using digitally sampled sound libraries. All tracks on Candescence were recorded using the East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra sample library (gold edition) and the East West PMI Bösendorfer 290 piano library. Acoustic violin was recorded on one of the tracks. Nick produced, engineered and mixed the album in his own studio. Enhancement mastering was completed at Bonsai Recording Studio (Australia).

WESLEY CLASSICS SUPPORT

Candescence is proudly sponsored by Wesley Classics. Thanks to Amanda Gray for her fantastic support.