Tim Donahue Profile
2012
2nd appearance at 10th International Harp Guitar Gathering / Texas, USA
HGG10 Concerts / Seminars
Tim Donahue Signature Harp Guitar Seminars / Buffalo State University, USA
2nd Annual KMA Tokyo Guitar Show Host
2011
Harp Guitar compilation album CHRISTMAS PRESENT appearance / Harp Guitar Label, USA
Tim Donahue Signature Harp Guitar Seminars / Buffalo State University, USA
1st Annual KMA Tokyo Guitar Show Host
Tim Donahue's ECLIPSE videos filmed and completed, viewable here.
KMA Tokyo / Guest Instructor of Film Scoring, Jazz Improvisation, Ear Training
Guitar Design/Construction
Great Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Concerts throughout Japan
2010
The Tim Donahue Signature Harp Guitar, the world's first production electric harp guitar
mass-produced and marketed worldwide
2009
Launches ECLIPSE with Akira Yamazaki (Roland V-Drums Endorsee)
Concerts throughout Japan
2008
Compilation album HARP GUITAR DREAMS apprearance / Harp Guitar Label, USA
G-TARANAKI / NEW ZEALAND Guitar Festival Concert appearance featured with Joe Satriani,
Vernon Reid, Glenn Hughes, Uli Jon Roth
G-TARANAKI Tim Donahue fretless guitar/harp guitar clinic
2007
Solo album EARLYWORKS released / BhuddaWax, USA
Guest appearance on Tetsuro Oda solo album MELODIES / Sony JAPAN
NHK-Radio live performance with Aki Nakamura Group / JAPAN
Appearance at HGGIV International Harp Guitar Gathering / USA
Guest Clinician & Instructor / Kunitachi Music Academy, JAPAN
2005
Tim Donahue Rock Empire Concert Clinic tour / HONG KONG, TAIWAN
Compilation Album VILLAGE OF THE UNFRETTED / Unfretted Records, UK
DR. HOOK USA trademark granted
DR. HOOK guitar accessory marketed by Fernandes Guitars / JAPAN
2004
Solo Album MADMEN & SINNERS featuring James LaBrie (DREAM THEATER)
and Mike Mangini (EXTREME)
Labels: EMI (JAPAN) / Frontiers Records (EUROPE) / Rock Empire (ASIA)
VIGIER GUITARS / FRANCE Artist Endorsement,
2001
Solo Album INTO THE LIGHT featuring Kelly Hansen (FOREIGNER)
Nippon Crown Records, JAPAN / Frontiers Records, EUROPE
DR. HOOK guitar accessory USA patent granted
Compilation Album GUITARS FOR FREEDOM appearance with Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page,
Steve Lukather, etc. / Angels On Earth Records, USA
Appearance on compilation album FRETLESS GUITAR MASTERS / USA
1998
FERNANDES GUITARS Artist Endorsement
1997
Solo Album VOICES IN THE WIND featuring Paul Rodgers (QUEEN, BAD COMPANY)
Produced by Eddie Kramer / Nippon Crown Records, JAPAN / SPV Records, EUROPE
FERNANDES GUITARS SUSTAINER promo video featuring Eddie Van Halen, Zakk Wylde
1995
Scored MARKS NO YAMA orchestral movie soundtrack / Shochiku Films
MARKS NO YAMA soundtrack CD released / Nippon Crown Records, JAPAN
1994
Solo Album STILL DREAMING / Nippon Crown Records, JAPAN
1991-1993
TV Commercial Production for HONDA, NISSAN, NIPPON BANK WARIKO, MILD SEVEN,
ROHTO SEIYAKU / JAPAN
1990
Artist Endorsement, Gibson MAX Guitar System / USA
1989
Solo Album BRIEF DEPARTURE recorded for Rittor Music Productions, JAPAN
1986
Solo Album THE FIFTH SEASON / Avalon Records, USA
Nominated in the top 5 jazz albums of the year Jazziz Magazine, USA
Solo videos IMAGEMUSIC & WATCHING A MOVIE air on MTV VH-1 Channel / USA
The world's first production fretless guitar, the Tim Donahue Model fretless guitar licensed
and marketed by Ishibashi Music, JAPAN
Guest appearance on Tommy Snyder solo album COMMERCIAL LIFE / Victor JVC Records
1982
Graduated B.A. Berklee College Of Music, Boston, USA
2nd appearance at 10th International Harp Guitar Gathering / Texas, USA
HGG10 Concerts / Seminars
Tim Donahue Signature Harp Guitar Seminars / Buffalo State University, USA
2nd Annual KMA Tokyo Guitar Show Host
2011
Harp Guitar compilation album CHRISTMAS PRESENT appearance / Harp Guitar Label, USA
Tim Donahue Signature Harp Guitar Seminars / Buffalo State University, USA
1st Annual KMA Tokyo Guitar Show Host
Tim Donahue's ECLIPSE videos filmed and completed, viewable here.
KMA Tokyo / Guest Instructor of Film Scoring, Jazz Improvisation, Ear Training
Guitar Design/Construction
Great Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Concerts throughout Japan
2010
The Tim Donahue Signature Harp Guitar, the world's first production electric harp guitar
mass-produced and marketed worldwide
2009
Launches ECLIPSE with Akira Yamazaki (Roland V-Drums Endorsee)
Concerts throughout Japan
2008
Compilation album HARP GUITAR DREAMS apprearance / Harp Guitar Label, USA
G-TARANAKI / NEW ZEALAND Guitar Festival Concert appearance featured with Joe Satriani,
Vernon Reid, Glenn Hughes, Uli Jon Roth
G-TARANAKI Tim Donahue fretless guitar/harp guitar clinic
2007
Solo album EARLYWORKS released / BhuddaWax, USA
Guest appearance on Tetsuro Oda solo album MELODIES / Sony JAPAN
NHK-Radio live performance with Aki Nakamura Group / JAPAN
Appearance at HGGIV International Harp Guitar Gathering / USA
Guest Clinician & Instructor / Kunitachi Music Academy, JAPAN
2005
Tim Donahue Rock Empire Concert Clinic tour / HONG KONG, TAIWAN
Compilation Album VILLAGE OF THE UNFRETTED / Unfretted Records, UK
DR. HOOK USA trademark granted
DR. HOOK guitar accessory marketed by Fernandes Guitars / JAPAN
2004
Solo Album MADMEN & SINNERS featuring James LaBrie (DREAM THEATER)
and Mike Mangini (EXTREME)
Labels: EMI (JAPAN) / Frontiers Records (EUROPE) / Rock Empire (ASIA)
VIGIER GUITARS / FRANCE Artist Endorsement,
2001
Solo Album INTO THE LIGHT featuring Kelly Hansen (FOREIGNER)
Nippon Crown Records, JAPAN / Frontiers Records, EUROPE
DR. HOOK guitar accessory USA patent granted
Compilation Album GUITARS FOR FREEDOM appearance with Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page,
Steve Lukather, etc. / Angels On Earth Records, USA
Appearance on compilation album FRETLESS GUITAR MASTERS / USA
1998
FERNANDES GUITARS Artist Endorsement
1997
Solo Album VOICES IN THE WIND featuring Paul Rodgers (QUEEN, BAD COMPANY)
Produced by Eddie Kramer / Nippon Crown Records, JAPAN / SPV Records, EUROPE
FERNANDES GUITARS SUSTAINER promo video featuring Eddie Van Halen, Zakk Wylde
1995
Scored MARKS NO YAMA orchestral movie soundtrack / Shochiku Films
MARKS NO YAMA soundtrack CD released / Nippon Crown Records, JAPAN
1994
Solo Album STILL DREAMING / Nippon Crown Records, JAPAN
1991-1993
TV Commercial Production for HONDA, NISSAN, NIPPON BANK WARIKO, MILD SEVEN,
ROHTO SEIYAKU / JAPAN
1990
Artist Endorsement, Gibson MAX Guitar System / USA
1989
Solo Album BRIEF DEPARTURE recorded for Rittor Music Productions, JAPAN
1986
Solo Album THE FIFTH SEASON / Avalon Records, USA
Nominated in the top 5 jazz albums of the year Jazziz Magazine, USA
Solo videos IMAGEMUSIC & WATCHING A MOVIE air on MTV VH-1 Channel / USA
The world's first production fretless guitar, the Tim Donahue Model fretless guitar licensed
and marketed by Ishibashi Music, JAPAN
Guest appearance on Tommy Snyder solo album COMMERCIAL LIFE / Victor JVC Records
1982
Graduated B.A. Berklee College Of Music, Boston, USA
