David Haines

David has a very particular talent - the ability to write words and tunes that people of all ages and backgrounds seem to love and enjoy. He also has an obsession with knowledge - also known as science - so how could he not compose science songs? Just as so many songwriters want to share their joy in a love affair or their despair at its loss, he wants to sing from the rooftops (metaphorically - probably!) his joy in the huge burst of knowledge-acquisition currently occurring in our society.

His songs are not “educational songs” in the narrow sense of helping you learn a few facts. They do that, but only incidentally. Much more importantly they celebrate science, communicate his enthusiasm for the endless vistas of knowledge and discovery that science opens up, bring out the humour in science, the weirdness of it,the mystery of it, the wonder, beauty, excitement, its awesomeness.

Lifetime and Powers of Ten are just two expressions of that passion for science. Both are science oratorios which have been performed by large (400+) multi-generational choirs in Devon UK and Massachusetts USA, the most recent performance having taken place on 4 April 2009 at the first Diego Science Festival in California. Click on the names to go to pages on this site devoted to each of them.

Early 2009 saw the launch of Singtastic.com, an online music publisher offering a uniquely wide range of support materials and resources for each song featured.

I had a look at your website and I think it's fantastic! What a wonderful thing you are doing, and the songs are very catchy! I wish more people saw science as inspirational!

Amanda Gefter:
'Opinion' section editor for New Scientist magazine