Life, Values & Legacy: Our Chat with Maria Davis

We’re looking forward to introducing you to Maria Davis. Check out our conversation below.

Maria, so good to connect and we’re excited to share your story and insights with our audience. There’s a ton to learn from your story, but let’s start with a warm up before we get into the heart of the interview. What’s more important to you—intelligence, energy, or integrity?
Without a doubt, it would be integrity. To me, integrity is everything. It’s the core of who someone is, not what they’ve learned, not how fast they move, but whether or not they show up from the heart.

I value truth being spoken, and honesty from the heart shows a strong moral compass.

Integrity is both feet on the ground, and still being able to soar through the clouds. That’s how I try to live. That’s how I create. Whether I’m composing music, creating aerial cinematography, or just being with the people I love. My goal is to stay grounded in who I am, and let everything I do rise from there.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Maria Davis, and I produce electronic chillout music, with hints of ambient and even a little trance. My music is unique, sometimes genre-splicing to capture a mood, feeling, or even a memory. My studio is based in Arizona, and I draw inspiration not only from the scenic beauty around me, but from my life, friends, and experiences.

Aside from music, I am also a Part 107 Certified UAS Pilot, Emmy Nominated, and a multiple award winning aerial cinematographer. My experience with film and production led me back to my original passion, which was music. My desire to score my own film work began the rise of creating albums and releasing them.

I just completed my newest album, “Relic”, which will release worldwide on August, 29, 2025.

I’ve been called, “multidisciplinary” with my work, but I don’t look at myself like that. Rather, I just follow my heart and what it calls for me to create. When I share my work with the world, and people tell me how much my music helped them, that is what makes everything I create worth every second I put into it.

Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. Who taught you the most about work?
Honestly, it’s been trial, error and instinct. While I’ve had collaborations with other artists over the years who inspired or supported parts of my journey, the core of my work has always come from personal exploration. From feeling my way through sounds, textures, making mistakes, feeling what moves me, and trusting my inner voice to guide me. I’ve spent years in front of my DAW, (Digital Audio Workstation), writing notes that come from my own truth. That’s where the deepest learning has happened. Not from a teacher, but by doing it from scratch.

What’s something you changed your mind about after failing hard?
I thought I had failed on a track called, Imaginarium. It sat in my DAW as fragments, unfinished for well over a year. I had ideas and emotions in it, but I couldn’t figure out how to bring them together. I kept trying and failing, and eventually I just let it sit for almost a year and a half.

I thought it would never be completed, because the music was just not speaking to me.

Then one day I opened that project again, and suddenly everything started clicking. I heard what was missing and the music revealed itself. What I once saw as a failed idea turned out to be something waiting for the right moment. When I distanced myself from the project for such a long time and came back to it, I was able to finally hear it and know what it needed.

Imaginarium is now my highest streamed track, with over six million combined streams across platforms. It taught me that failure isn’t always failure. Sometimes it’s just timing, and sometimes you need to step back to see things from a different point of view.

So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. What would your closest friends say really matters to you?
I don’t know what my closest friends would say, and I won’t put words in their mouth. But I can tell you what I hope they would say.

I would hope they say I have a strong moral compass. That I don’t do anything halfway. Not in my music, relationships, or values. That I’m someone who will listen to another person’s whole story before I ever offer a word, and when I do reply, it’s with a deep understanding of not only the situation, but of the person as well. I’d hope they would say what matters to me is meaning. Real meaning. Whether it’s a melody that carries someone through grief, or a single moment of connection that made a world of difference for them. That I’m fiercely loyal, kind, giving and thoughtful.

Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. Could you give everything your best, even if no one ever praised you for it?
Absolutely, and praise was never the goal.

I create because I have to, because something inside me insists on coming to life. Whether it’s music, film, or a moment of shared feeling with someone I’ve never met, I give it everything I have. I don’t do it for applause, but because someone out there might need it. And if it lands with just one person? It was worth it.

Recognition fades, but connection is eternal. That’s why I do this. The love I pour into what I make, the meaning behind every note, it matters, even if no one ever says a word.

The work itself is its own reward. After finishing something, when I know I’ve said exactly what I needed to say through the music, and someone out there hears it and connects with it, that’s everything. My best comes from my heart, and my heart never asks for recognition.

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