Donnie Alan
Granger, IN, United States of America
(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
http://www.reverbnation.com/#!/label/soniccreations

Joined May 27, 2008
Active

About Me

My talents include:

• Arrangement
• Composing (er, Kompozing!)
• Editing
• Guitar, Rhythm
• Keyboard, Synthesizer
• Mandolin
• MIDI
• Mixing
• Producing
• Sound Effects
• Vocals, Backup

For those who know me, my real name is Donald...but I use Donnie Alan as kind of a 'none-de-plume' for music.  Music has always been a huge part of my life.  I had piano lessons as early as age 5, and later some accordian (which I never play anymore).  At 14 I got my first acoustic guitar and taught myself to play that.  I've had a lot of music theory over the years, so have a good understanding of how music is structured and composed.  In the 80's I got my first synth, and I've been hooked on synths ever since.  I love creating my own sounds. 

Mainly I like to compose and arrange my own stuff, produce, mix and do re-mixes.  I enjoy working with synths and acoustic guitar.  I also do a bit of mandolin, bandurria and dulcimer (both lap and hammered). 

I've spent a lot of time studying mix engineering techniques, espeically with Pro Tools, and am always happy to help with a mix as time allows.  I have a solid background in acoustics and audiology and taught speech science and the physics of sound as a graduate assistant in graduate school.  I've also been using synths and audio equipment for over 3 decades.

Stylistically, I lean to folk, "New Age" and classical, trance, and once in a while, something in the Rock genre, not that I'm ADHD or anything.  Not into Jazz much, but Blues are okay.  Rap and Hip-hop not my thing.

I love the collaborative process here on Kompoz and look forward to working with all the mega-talented people that frequently come here!