John Durant Music

"Livin The Life" released to Canadian Radio! Click here to listen to my production with co-writer and recording artist Dale Goodie!

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John at Nashville Zoo

Click here to play "I'm Free", a positive upbeat song written by John Durant and Kathlena Luft!

Welcome to my website!

My name is John Durant, and I'm a songwriter/composer/recording artist (BMI) in Nashville, Tennessee. I created this site to showcase my music, and also to introduce folks to my other creative efforts. I wanted to create a website that would complement my MySpace Music site.

I'm featuring many more songs, and I'm grouping the song styles to suit the listener's musical preference. Please use the Navigator buttons to the left for locating pages that may be of interest to you. The navigator bar is on all of the pages to make it easy for your to move through my website. I've also added some hyperlinks here and there for easy access between pages.

I've been doing a lot of freelance writing and poetry, and many of my articles have been published on the "Helium" website. I write about various subjects, and I've provided article links to the Helium site which can be found by clicking on the "John's Helium Articles" button on the navigator bar to the left.

Click the "John's Poetry" button and you will find the links to my poetry. I've added music and pictures to the poetry pages for a "multimedia-style" presentation. I hope you enjoy it!

My art and photography pages are further down the navigator bar, and feature some of my original oil paintings and reference photos. I've also included some art-related articles, and hope to be writing some how-to articles when I get a little more time.

I post regularly on my blog page, and will try to be available for live chats in my chat room, which is located on the bottom of the blog page. I also want to invite all my visitors to share in the John Durant Forum community, which you can access on this page, the blog page, and a few other pages on this site.

I hope that you find something in this site that touches your heart in some way, and I hope that you'll visit on a regular basis!

Thanks for stopping by!

John

"Drunk Man with Alley Cat"
Original oil painting by John Durant

A drunk man sitting in an alleyway picks up and pets his new found friend, a stray alleycat. In a sense they're both "strays" without anyone to go home to, and no one to love them. Together they find a little comfort and peace in their otherwise cold, cruel world.

"A Sweet Escape"

I rest my aged scarred hands

on the eighty eight

black and white keys

and make my mind

a blank canvas

I tap a few notes

to begin my journey:

life's shackles

fall to the floor

with a heavy metallic clank

I saddle and mount

my spirit horse

and steer her

toward the open gate

onto an endless beach,

through na alpine meadow,

up to the clouds and beyond;

past planets, stars, and galaxies

to far away places

within myself

infinite possibilities

and adventures await me

What a sweet escape...

Click here to see my St George's Island vacation photos! Enjoy!

Note to visitors

Having Trouble Navigating the Site?

I've had some feedback that some visitors have had trouble navigating this site. I'm trying to come up with ideas that will help solve this issue. Here are some tips that I hope will be useful:

1) Navigator Bar - The navigator bar to the left of the page is the easiest way to move around my site. These are included on every page in my website, and some of these navigator bars are across the top of the page instead of the left side. Just click on the button of the desired page and you'll be taken to that page immediately.

2) Links - Some pages include links to other pages in this site (or other sites). These links are usually in the form of a single word, a sentence, or a button. For example, if a link says "Click here to go to my forum", then just place your mouse pointer over that sentence; your mouse pointer will turn into a hand, indicating that this is a link. Just click when when your mouse pointer turns into a hand, and you will be redirected to the page that you want. Remember, you can always click on your "back" button to go to previous pages.

3) Reverse Links - I've included reverse links for easier navigation on some pages, specifically the music and art pages. An example of this would be "Click here to return to John's Music page". If you're on the "Rock" music page, then by clicking on the reverse link you'll be taken back to the "John's Music" page directory. From there you can choose another music page.

I hope these tips helped a little. I'll always be looking for ways to make this site more enjoyable and easier to navigate. Please feel free to email me at johnpdurant@hotmail.com if you have any questions, feedback, or suggestions about this site. Thank you very much for visiting! John