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James Donahue, Owner
James is a Master of Music with a degree in Production from Berklee College of Music, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, composer, arranger, recording engineer, mixer, and producer from Portland, ME. He has spent the majority of his career based out of New England and NYC, where he also worked as a promoter, personal & tour manager, agent, studio manager, and publicist. Some of his activities have been featured in the New York Times, Village Voice, Downbeat, NPR, Wall Street Journal, Gawker, and Time Out.
As an International Relations undergrad at Brown, James also studied theory, transcription & analysis, and improvisation with Ed Tomassi and Dave Zinno; helped design music curricula; composed and traveled with big band; and played in rock, jazz, merengue, salsa, soul, hip hop, R&B, and electronic groups.
He has been blessed to shared the stage and/or studio with some amazing world-class talents, like: Wynton Marsalis & Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Herbie Hancock, Joe Lovano, Ryan Zoidis (Soulive, Lettuce), Bob Mintzer, Johnny Dankworth & Cleo Laine, Stu Mahan (Eric Krasno, Lettuce, London Souls), Dave Harrington (Darkside/ARMS), Adam Agati (Ludacris, Marcus Miller, Cory Henry / Funk Apostles), Brady Watt (Talib Kweli, DJ Premier), Daru Jones (Talib Kweli, Jack White), Bryan Ladd, Chris Gagne (Sean Jones, George Garzone), Nick Falk (Hiss Golden Messenger, The Wood Brothers, Molly Tuttle, Dori Freeman), Jeff Prystowksy (Low Anthem), Burniss Travis (Q Tip, Robert Glasper, Cory Henry), Lyle Divinsky (The Motet), Carlos de Leon (Tito Puentes, Machito Grillo), Louis Cato (Snarky Puppy, Jon Batiste/Late Show), Louis Fouché (Jon Batiste/Late Show, Eddie Palmieri), to name a few...