Chris Donato + Musician in Chicago, IL

SEEKING

ABOUT

When I was a young teenager, I'd walk around with a tank top that read, 'Drummers don't die, they lose their skins.' Added to that were gold charm drumsticks on my rope chain. Final touches included jams, Chucks, and a flipped-up Phillies cap.

Drums are my forte; decent at the guitar. Okay at background vocal: timber and tone make me a bass, but can hit a G4 in chest voice.

The tunes on this page hopefully give a taste of how I play across a couple of genres. Shout-out to doctordido [at] hot mail [dot] com

Screen name:

Chris Donato

Member since:

Apr 02 2013

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Committed

Years playing music:

25

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to gig:

1 night a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

All over. Started out hard rock/metal/thrash (Bonham, Ulrich, Lombardo, Benante, etc.); moved on to jazz/funk/rock (Colaiuta, Hakim, Carter, Powell, etc.)—just for the chops—but am most comfortable playing rock / indie and acoustic rock / punk pop / alt rock, etc. Or maybe I'm just lazy.

Instrument experience:

Drums:

Advanced

Acoustic Guitar:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

4 piece Big Beat vintage Ludwig (sparkly silver); brass Pearl piccolo; custom dark K hats; vintage Zildjian ride and crash; Paiste thin crash; doctordido [at] hotmail [dot] com

MUSIC