Promo Song/New Release: Nearer My God to Thee
Artist: Jake White
Style: Instrumental

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More about Stephen Davis

My first memory of a fascination for music began when I was about 3 years old. I was at my grandmother's house, and walked over to the piano. I was barely tall enough to reach the keys, but I tip-toed up and pulled down a key. I still remember the sound that I heard. It made me want to hear more. Then when I was 6 years old, I attended the Dallas Symphony with my class in school. I was so overwhelmed with the sounds I heard that I decided right then that I wanted to be able to play like that.

Every Sunday when I got home from Church, I would turn on the TV and listen to Symphonies playing. During this time I dreamed of composing my own music. My parents decided to send me to piano lessons because of my interests. I attended a few times, but had trouble reading music, as I suffer from very severe dyslexia, so I decided to mimic my teacher's playing. I could play back anything to her that she played to me. At first she thought that I was reading music, but then discovered that what I was really doing was playing by "ear." She then refused to teach me anymore, because she said that I was like India Ink spilled on white linen. She said that there was no music in me. I was ruined as a musician, and could never now be taught. I went home sadly, thinking that my dream was now gone.

Years passed, and I still listened intently to music, and how it was arranged. I continued to play music by ear, and to compose my own songs. I would play for family and friends, and for myself. About five years ago, I made a decision to no longer play other people's music. I decided to just follow my own feelings, and play only what I compose. Since I still do not read music, I must memorize my pieces until I can record them. Oftentimes I compose music on the spot, and sometimes those are my greatest pieces. I wish now to share my gift with others, since I feel that my inspiration comes from God.

I often spend many hours at one time at my keyboard composing the music that I feel in my heart, and hear in my mind. Sometimes I feel that my life has been like an hourglass. Early in my life, while I was still young and hopeful, as children often are, I dreamed of being a great composer like the ones I studied in school. But I suffered from a learning disorder that made me feel that I could not achieve my dreams. For years I was stuck in the middle of the hourglass, my talents creeping slowly through the stem. Now, with the support and encouragement of those who love me and have faith in me, I feel that I am beginning to achieve those dreams, even as the sand passes through the stem to build up at the bottom.