John Doan

Guitarist John Doan is really a master from the Renaissance lute, in addition to classical and modern electric guitar styles. His personal device, however, may be the 20-string harp/electric guitar, originally popular by the end from the 19th hundred years in European countries and America. Doan started playing acoustic guitar at age group of 11 when he resided in Venice, California. Provided the establishing, his preferred music after that was browse music. He later on became thinking about classical acoustic guitar and earned a qualification in music overall performance from Cal Condition Northridge. After shifting to Oregon, Doan gained his master’s in musical education from European Oregon Condition and served within the faculty there. He analyzed the renaissance and baroque lute in holland, and learning this device ready him for learning the harp/acoustic guitar. The device Doan plays offers six regular fretted acoustic guitar strings, six unfretted bass strings, and eight unfretted high strings with genuine tones and lengthy sustains. Given the favorite revival of Celtic music, it’s amazing that few additional artists took in the expressive device. Doan has used many folk and nation legends, including Burl Ives, Larry Carlton, and Chet Atkins. He produced his own make of folk-fusion on his 1st recording on Narada, entitled Departures (1988). He offers starred in two PBS music special offers where he utilized old-time tools (A Christmas to keep in mind with John Doan along with a Victorian Xmas with John Doan), and it has released two albums with Hearts of Space: Wrapped in Xmas: Visions of Xmas Recent and Eire: Isle from the Saints, A Celtic Odyssey. His Remembrance: Melodies from a Overlooked Era is within the Tapestry Productions label. Doan lives in Oregon along with his wife; he’s an associate teacher of music at Williamette University or college in Salem.