Steve Davis
The Champion’s Code
A reflection on my latest song, “The Champion’s Code,” inspired by Scott Fox and the extraordinary humans at Fitness Habitat SA. There’s something profoundly counterintuitive about voluntarily getting up at 5:09am to have someone systematically break you down. Yet three…
I Taught Her How To Drive Away
I wrote this song for my daughter, AJ’s, 17th birthday. She’s learning to drive. Not the toy car circuits around the lounge room, or the wobbly first laps on her bike down our street. Real driving, with real consequences, and…
Keep Playing
A letter to my daughters about the scripts we inherit and the ones we can choose to rewrite. The Book That Changed Everything Reading “It Didn’t Start With You” hit like a revelation wrapped in scientific validation. The research shows…
The Falling Out (TV Theme)
When political power meets sitcom absurdity The Perfect Character Combination Sometimes reality writes better comedy than fiction ever could. Watching the very public spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk unfold across social media, I couldn’t help but think: this…
Still Here (The Human Song)
My AI tools went down recently. Not for long, just enough to make me realise how much of my workflow had quietly migrated to algorithmic assistance. That moment of mild panic sparked this song, a lament for the courage we’re…
Eyes Up, Heads Up
This song came from revulsion. We’re addicted to dopamine crumbs from junk likes and reactions. We can’t bear alone time anymore, that sacred space where new ideas take root. We’re heading toward a world of average, and most of us…
Murray’s Song
When a horse asks who’s really trapped The Unexpected Philosophy Lesson I’ve never been an animal person. Admired them from a polite distance, sure, but the whole human-animal bond thing seemed like emotional territory better left to people who actually…
Understanding Trump And US Politics Through The Lens Of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis
Baz Luhrmann has triumphed again with some fast-paced, layered cinema, delving into the behind-the-scenes story of the Elvis phenomenon and in doing so has created an allegorical tale that sheds light on Trump and US politics. Elvis, the movie, focusses…
Covid is like a Russia virus
In the heat of battle against Covid-19 on Thursday night, my tired mind likened Covid to a Russia virus, most likely because my thoughts have been saturated by concern for Ukrainians in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s illegal and brutal…
Waking up to mindfulness meditation at the beach
I have dabbled with mindfulness meditation a few times over the years but my latest adventure is showing signs of great promise, with Sam Harris as my guide. These few paragraphs are being writting to mark an awakening moment I…