Davie is a graduate of both UCC (1st class honours degree in Music) and of Cork School of Music (1st class honours Masters in Performance). He has extensive experience both nationally and internationally as a touring and recording musician in a range of diverse genres including, pop, jazz, folk, rock, world and traditional music.

Acts that he works with on a regular basis include  Ariel Posen,  Jack O’ Rourke,  Marlene Enright, The Niall McCabe Band, NOTIFY,  Donal Lunny's Atlantic Arc Orchestra,  Cormac McCarthy's Cottage Evolution, Súp, Paul Dunlea, John Blek, Anna Mitchell and Gemma Sugrue.

He has wide-ranging expertise as a recording artist and has worked with many renowned studio producers, including Grammy award winning Jay Joyce (Tragedy/Tragedy Studios, Nashville) & Ciaran Byrne (Cauldron Studios, Dublin), Christian Best (Monique Studios, Cork) and John Fitzgerald (Lettercullum Studios, West Cork). He is also Senior Drum Tutor at the CIT Academy of Popular Music.  Davie endorses Sakae Drums, Protection Racket Cases and Big Fat Snare Drum.