Jeff Pearce, David Torn, Patrick O'Hearn, Brian Eno, Steve Roach, David and Dianne Arkenstone, David Nevue, Enya, Clannad, Seamus Egan, Joanie Maden, Arty McGlynn, Liam O'Flynn, Seamus Ennis, The Bothy Band, The Cheiftains, Shaun Davey, Alex DeGrassi, William Ackerman, Pierre Bensusan, Frederick, Delius, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Claude Debussy, Yann Tiersen, Zbigniew Preisner, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin
Sounds Like
Yann Tiersen, Enya, Clannad, Jeff Pearce, Brian Eno, Joanie Madden, Seamus Egan
Doug showed an early interest in music and began composing his own melodies on the piano at age eight. He played and studied many instruments including piano, classical percussion (snare, timpani, marimba), guitar, pedal steel, violin, viola, saxophone, penny whistle, and uilleann pipes. During high school and college, Doug played guitar, keyboards, and saxophone in several rock bands. After college he played lead guitar with The Hollow Men, a band consisting of childhood friends. The band played throughout the Midwest and released two CDs before disbanding.
After leaving the rock band scene, Doug has focused primarily on composing and recording his own music. Interested in many styles, Doug's music includes Celtic/Irish, solo piano, solo acoustic guitar, and ambient guitar and lap steel.
After hearing David Nevue late one night on the Music Choice Soundscapes channel, Doug was inspired to return to composing his own music. Doug is currently finishing a full-length studio CD of original and traditional Celtic music, featuring a new recording of his previously released tune "The Old Stone Bridge," which in 2005 was selected for a McDonald's web site benefitting the Ronald McDonald House. Doug is now composing music for a solo piano CD and working on a second ambient guitar CD.
Using a host of altered tunings, ebow, and various effects, Doug's atmospheric guitar playing has lead him in new directions as he seeks new sounds and textures. He has also begun experimenting with "prepared" guitar, physically altering his instrument to achieve new sounds. While guitarists Alex DeGrassi and William Ackerman first got Doug interested in altered tunings and composing for guitar, it was guitarist Jeff Pearce who opened Doug's ears to a new approach at guitar playing and composing.
No stranger to Celtic music, Doug's love of traditional music began nearly 20 years ago after seeing the Scottish band Ossian. He became friends with members of local Irish band, Scartaglen, and was mentored in traditional music by Kirk Lynch, Roger Landes, and Mike Dugger. Later Doug played penny whistle with Dublin-born Irish singer Eddie Delahunt and he also played on two CDs by the Irish rock band The Elders.
Doug's influences are wide and varied and include David Nevue, Alex DeGrassi, William Ackerman, Brian Eno, Jeff Pearce, Patrick O'Hearn, David and Dianne Arkenstone, The Bothy Band, Enya, Clannad, Seamus Egan, and Joanie Madden. He also enjoys 20th century composers such as Frederick Delius, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Claude Debussy, as well as contemporary film composers Yann Tiersen, Vladimir Cosma, and Zbigniew Preisner.
Doug graduated from Central Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electronics Technology and a minor in music, with an emphasis in theory/composition. He later attended the University of Missouri Kansas City where he studied Computer Science. Doug is currently studying privately with a composition teacher.
Doug now composes and records in his home studio. He has released two independent EP/CDs
(available at CDBaby) and his first full-length studio CD will be released later this year. Doug is affiliated with 300Monks.com (Visionary Music for Moving Images) as a composer. He also writes a monthly guitar lesson at GuitarNoise.com.
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That is cool Doug... well, you inspired me to put my DADCAD tune up on my myspace; even used my JAMMan to record it; my acoustic pickup added a bit of noise but anyway it's the kind of thing I like nowadays... btw, loved hearing your sounds, remember when we took guitar lessons from Steve Cardenas? I've actually kept in touch with him periodically over the years. He is one of the key guys in NYC jazz scene these days. Take care and all the best to you! Dave
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