David Messier

David Messier is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, artist, record producer and the owner of Same Sky Productions, Inc.

After nearly a decade of work in the industry and producing music for others, Messier released his first solo album “Waiting for Eldridge” on Fable Records in February 2016 to critical acclaim. Austin Mayor Steve Adler declared June 8, 2017, as “David Messier Day” in recognition of his musical accomplishments and contributions to the local industry. In May 2018, David was awarded the prestigious “Austin Under 40 Award” in the “Arts and Entertainment” category and released his follow up solo album, “Time Bomb,” later that fall to national recognition.

I have been honored to work with David for almost over half a decade on countless projects from album art direction to music video storyboarding. David has been an incredible creative partner with a fantastic eye for innovative conceptual design and creative marketing. During our time as collaborators, David and I have developed album identity design and marketing campaigns for both of his solo projects “Waiting for Eldridge” and “Timebomb.”

I was thrilled to work on this wonderful project with David back in 2019. After the success of “Waiting for Eldridge” back in 2015, we got the band back together for a sophomore release of “Timebomb”. After many long talks about art direction, concepts, and marketing strategies, we came up with a comic book-style design for the album. David’s love of pulp fiction, dramatic lighting, and surreal art style worked perfectly for a colorful but complicated album.

Austin Chronicle Review - 2019

“Messier sharpens his wide-ranging directions on sophomore LP Time Bomb without losing any adventurousness. Wielding a clever lyrical sense and hook-laden love for unexpected pop exploration, the album fuses dark and brooding, threatening to blow in its tightly wound arrangements. "I Want You to Move Me" swings toward Dire Straits, and New Wave fascinations abound, while the title track slowly breaks into epic, swelling movements. Smart and fascinatingly crafted.”