David Kennedy

My name is David Kennedy. I’m Irish going back on my dad’s side, and my mother is from Japan. I am born and raised in the plains of Ohio. I’ve had the fortunate pleasure of being out of place almost anywhere I go. A feeling I’ve learned that we all share, in our own little ways.

Over the years, life has seldom ceased to captivate me in one form or another. I have lived my life with a kind of zeal that often takes my interests deeper than they are wide. The longest-standing of which certainly being language and music; two recurring themes in my life’s greatest work to date.

I’ve been called a modern-day renaissance man—an attractive title admittedly, and one that I’ve taken a liking to myself.

Of most interest to you, I am a composer, musical artist, author, and software developer.

If I am to be of any service to you, it will probably involve one of the above.

My adventures have taken me from my humble beginnings in the American Midwest, to the stage at Carnegie Hall. From the izakaya of Japan, to the mountains of Montenegro. I spend my days exploring the intersection of my skills and my interests. A frontier that’s constantly expanding.

I build things.

I make things.

At the heart of it all: I was born to create.

And that’s what I do. Here you will find the latest of my art, in whatever form that may be. And it’s my hope that my art may reach you in some small, meaningful way.

Because as I say, my life’s work can be articulated as follows: to offer beauty back into a broken world.

Thank you for letting me be a part of your world today.

— David Kennedy