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John David Boswell, also known under his Internet moniker Melodysheep (stylized in all lowercase), is an American musician and filmmaker known for his remixes and animations posted on his YouTube channel. His creations were mostly associated with science, dominantly astronomy. He first gained popularity by creating a web series/album Symphony of Science, a remix of quotes from renowned scientists such as Carl Sagan. He then gained more popularity by making Timelapse of the Future, a short animation about the future of the Earth and the universe.

Life and career
John David Boswell was born in the state of Idaho. He then moved to Spokane, Washington, and grew up there. He attended Gonzaga Preparatory School, a private Catholic high school, where he became a part of a school metal band, however found himself into piano and music production more than live performance. He then went to the Western Washington University in Bellingham in 2004 and graduated in 2008 with a degree in economics. He also said that his interest to science started to blue at this point. At the same time, he watched Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which will later be an inspiration for his first viral video.

He said he started doing "odd jobs," including making videos on YouTube, a platform still three years old at the time. He named his channel Melodysheep from Melody Sheep, a character in Family Guy from the episode "Road to Europe." His first video was a self duet using a piano and an accordion. He viewed The Gregory Brothers, two YouTubers known for pitch-correction, as his inspiration into making "A Glorious Dawn," a music video using scientists' voices and pitch-correcting it, which is the first part of Symphony of Science, the later-created web series/album. The video went viral within a week, and it became the first song to be played in outer space, using a golden vinyl record similar to of the Voyager Golden Record, flown by the label of the single, Third Man Records, in which it took a "4-year effort."