People create music for many reasons, and it can take many forms. It can be entertaining, informative, deep, meaningful, fun, or throwaway. But music can also have a second life, doing good in the world beyond its initial sonic relationship with the listener. Joe Davis is well aware of that secondary facet of music.
Firstly, he has created a great song in “Tuna Fish”, a brooding, post-rock instrumental, a track full of resonant guitars and waves of dark cinematics, sounds that skirt the edge of discord but do so in a whole creative way. And as a taste of what to expect from his forthcoming EP of the same name, it certainly does what all good single releases do: it makes you want to know more about the artist and their music.
But beyond the mere entertainment, there is altruism at work, with all proceeds going to the N.O.W. (Nutrition on Weekends) Program of Crawford County, Illinois. This nonprofit initiative helps ensure local kids have enough to eat when school isn’t in session. Given the decline in the amount of care and support for those who need it most, not just in Joe’s US homeland but across the world in general, it is not just a case that such efforts should be supported, they MUST be supported. For many, such programs are all they have.
Perhaps music and creativity will take on a new role, the one that it was always destined to take. Given the platform that an artist often has, shouldn’t they use that to promote good and open a dialogue with those around them, raise awareness, raise money? Shouldn’t the arts fill the void when the powers-that-be, the people we elect to better our lives, fail in their duty? I think so, and so does Joe Davis.
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