In the mid 2000's, David's name gained widespread recognition due in part to the proliferation of his music on Pandora Radio. David's work as both independent artist and entrepreneur led to feature articles, interviews and mentions in BusinessWeek (now Bloomberg), The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone and numerous other blogs and publications. Shortly thereafter, he founded Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio, the first internet radio broadcast to feature solo piano music exclusively. By 2001, the income from David's music-business ventures enabled him to quit his "day job" at Symantec Corporation.
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Updated regularly over the next ten years, How to Promote became the authoritative work (and even college textbook) of its day on the topic of online music marketing. To document his processes, in 1997, David wrote and published the first edition of his book, How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the Internet. By his late twenties, his creative efforts were focused almost entirely on music, and he was releasing a new album of compositions every couple of years.Īn early adopter of digital media, David found success selling his CDs online while growing a mailing list of buyers and fans. This eventually led to his first album of piano works, The Tower, written as a soundtrack for one of his short stories. Captivated and inspired, David began to compose "song poems" of his own at the piano. David had never heard anything like it… "solo piano" that was neither classical nor jazz.
That began to change his freshman year of college when his roommate introduced him to the piano music of George Winston. During his teenage years, he pursued creative writing - especially poetry - as his preferred vehicle for artistic expression. David’s music can be heard virtually anywhere you listen to music, including Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, Amazon Music, YouTube, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Music Choice and Pandora Radio.ĭavid is a self-taught pianist. David's music has surpassed 1.6 Billion spins on Pandora Radio, a remarkable feat for an independent artist. His latest album, 2019's In the Soft Light of Grace, went to #1 on both the and iTunes music sales charts for his genre and entered the top 5 on Billboard's album charts. David has released seventeen albums of his original piano works and arrangements, including two "Piano Album of the Year" winners Overcome (2005) and Winding Down (2015). David Nevue is an internationally recognized pianist, composer, recording artist and "icon of the genre" (to quote Jamey Osborne of Audiosyncracy at the 2015 ZMR Music Awards).