Ryan "Boonville" Davis

Acoustic guitar songs, with a positive and engaging stage presence. No corny/cheesey antics, just well rehearsed music from many different genres, both covers or originals.

I’ve been a musician for a long time now; twenty one years to be exact. Some of it has been fun and easy, and some of it has been trial and tribulation. Some of it I wouldn’t trade for the world, and some things I wish I could take back everyday. But, when all is said and done, it’s who I am, who I was, and who I will always be. Music takes up my entire being.
Although it was a decision inspired by a plethora of influences, I still have to give 99 percent of the credit to my parents. There was constantly music playing in my household during my childhood, my family discussed bands with a fervor comparable to a political debate, and it was my mother who first talked me into playing piano at the age of 10.
I don’t particularly remember the exact moment that I decided to pursue music as a profession, but I do remember an overwhelming feeling of purpose the minute my hands first came to rest on that keyboard. I also remember being a terrible piano player. It was for that very reason, upon joining the middle school wind ensemble 2 years later, I was banished from the piano to the concert bass drum. I was crushed, my dreams of being the next Mozart went hissing out the cracked band room window like steam from pipe in an Arnold Shwartzenegger movie. I almost quit music then and there.
Well, it took some convincing, but I decided to give it a few weeks, and THEN I’d throw that fluffy mallet to the ground in defiance of my captors! But somewhere in those following days, everything took an unexpected and very sharp left turn: I became obsessed.
I guess I still play the concert bass drum to this day, but now it’s with my foot, and I’ve added more drums and cymbals than I care to tell my bank account about. Nowadays I’ve played in more bands than can be counted on both hands. I’ve recorded and produced whole albums, lead my own band, and toured the entire country multiple times. I can play guitar, (and fairly well if I do say so myself). I’ve learned how to sing. I’ve taught myself to use DAWs. Hell, I’ve even played bass on a few recordings!
I don’t have a clue how I would feel about my life if I hadn’t become a musician, but rest assured, I would have very hard time expressing those feelings to you.
-Ryan