FAVORITES: Jason Harwell, Paul Reeves, Jon Black, The Goodfight, Natalie Moon, Vigilantes of Love, Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, Cloud Cult, Blind Melon, Wilco, David Gray, Feist, & Otis Redding to name a few.
INTO DANGER/OUT OF RESCUE
At an age when most men are settling down, David Herndon is just getting started. At 29, with a wife, 2 small children, a family dog, and a full time job David decided to become a full-time Independent Musician.
"Faith is never really faith unless you act on it. My whole purpose in music is to encourage other people to seek God and follow Him no matter what, no matter where it takes you. I can't really tell others to do that if I'm not willing to do it myself."
Into Danger/Out of Rescue released January 29th on Rebuilt Records. An appropriate title to coincide with his lifestyle change. To keep with David's atypical-ness, he decided to write a book to accompany the EP.
"To me, music is just another avenue to transport a message. The last thing I want to do is put more 'noise' out there. I wanted to give a piece of art - something unique and something that makes you slow down and think about things. This project is more about challenging people than it is about simple entertainment."
David's changes were not finished yet. In addition to releasing a new CD and book, David decided to do something original in the online world. In addition to having his website, MySpace, blog (and other standard online communities), David started a site called The Writer's Closet. Each month David writes and records a brand new song and then makes it available for free download... forever.
"I think many times musicians approach the business looking for what they can get out of it. I see it as a way to give. I have felt such joy and freedom in the decisions I have made, and I want share that with other people. Faith is a journey and it is lived one day at a time, one step at a time. There's no way that one EP is going to sum that up. It is a story that gets added to over and over again."
Whatever anxieties David might have had are surely by the wayside now. He has shared the stage with the likes of Bebo Norman, Mac Powell (of Third Day), and underground sensation Micah Dalton. In the past 4 months he has played over 30 venues. His online growth coincides with over 25,000 visits collectively to his websites, with over 4,000 plays and downloads. David was the Indie Artist of the Week in Moue Magazine and a featured artist on AboutChristianMusic.com and on IndieHeaven.com.
So whether you're watching him, reading him, or listening to him, you're bound to get something different from David Herndon.
