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AT SEVENTEEN I RAN AWAY TO JOIN A ROCK & ROLL BAND ARMED WITH BOXES OF CASSETTES & ALBUMS FOR LIFE ON THE ROAD & NEVER LOOKED BACK, SINGING & PLAYING THE NORTHLAND,CANADA & USA... EVEN SHANIA CAME TO WATCH ME! NOW ESTABLISHED IN TORONTO I HOPE YOU'LL FOLLOW MY ADVENTURE TO SING MY OWN SONGS,MAKE VIDEOS LIVE MY DREAM ...since 1978
'THE PRIVILEGE OF A LIFETIME IS BEING WHO YOU ARE'... Joseph Campbell
AGAINST THE ODDS I AM STILL HERE WITH A 40 YEAR CAREER IN MUSIC.
NOW THE CREATING BEGINS... DISTILLED FROM YEARS OF EXPERIENCES. HIGHS& LOWS,INS AND OUTS.I PLEDGE A HONEST HARDWORKING APPROACH.
IT STARTS WITH AN IDEA,I SPEND MOST OF THE TIME AT THE PIANO PLAYING & SINGING THE IDEA FOLLOWING & FEELING WHERE THE SONG LEADS ME .
MINIMAL TECH REQUIRED- MY TINY PALM RECORDER ON THE PIANO & VOICE IN THE AIR TO CAPTURE THE MOMENTS. SOMETIMES MY BIGGEST PROBLEM IS HOW TO RECAPTURE THIS SPONTANEOUS SOUND IN THE BIGGER STUDIO SETTING? NO STUDIO IS REQUIRED UNTIL THE SONG IS FINISHED.
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A notable live & studio singer in Toronto, she has opened for such artists as Glen Campbell, Burton Cummings, Three Dog Night, James Brown, Patti Labelle & Dionne Warwick. She came to prominence at 16 in her hometown of Ottawa joining her father Dillon O'Connor - in the singing of the National Anthem for a season of Ottawa Rough Riders home games. As well as winning roles singing /dancing/acting in (Bye bye Birdie, West Side Story & Anne of Green Gables) to list a few. Touring across Canada & the U.S with her band 'Hostage' resulted in her first independent release produced by Hugh Marsh (Bruce Cockburn band) on her own OM records. Bruce joined her on 'Play it by Heart" earning radio airplay that year in Canada & the U.S. Returning after a decade on the road with her band (Shania Twain came to see her perform) arriving in Toronto & winning the SOCAN New Talent Demo Award put her into Orchard Studio( Jane Siberry, Moist ) releasing the 5 song EP ' As I am ' . Quickly establishing a Singing, Songwriting , Arranging & Sessions career in Toronto as well as a thriving lesson studio in the Beaches. Her last collection of original songs under Donna O titled 'Hooked' with special guest Juno Award winning trumpeter John MacLeod is available on itunes .
Notable Sessions & media: celtic rendition of 'Loch Lomand' plus 6+ songs (Irish Roses CD)740,000 youtube Quest Vocal - 'The Planets' kidslove2learn channel -24 million youtube Quest Vocal - 'The Solar System' -A Rock Opera - 3.5 million youtube
'TOTALLY ENDEARING AND CAPTIVATING, SHE DEFIES BOUNDARIES & GENRES... A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH !
Danny Scott (producer, recording artist)
ABOUT DONNA O
AGAINST THE ODDS I AM STILL HERE WITH A 40 YEAR+ CAREER IN MUSIC.
NOW THE CREATING BEGINS... DISTILLED FROM YEARS OF EXPERIENCES. HIGHS& LOWS,INS AND OUTS.I PLEDGE A HONEST HARDWORKING APPROACH.
IT STARTS WITH AN IDEA,I SPEND MOST OF THE TIME AT THE PIANO PLAYING & SINGING THE IDEA FOLLOWING & FEELING WHERE THE SONG LEADS ME .
MINIMAL TECH REQUIRED- MY TINY PALM RECORDER ON THE PIANO & VOICE IN THE AIR TO CAPTURE THE MOMENTS. SOMETIMES MY BIGGEST PROBLEM IS HOW TO RECAPTURE THIS SPONTANEOUS SOUND IN THE BIGGER STUDIO SETTING? NO STUDIO IS REQUIRED UNTIL THE SONG IS FINISHED.
HOOKED 2013-2023
'AND WHEN I FLY IT'S ONLY TO THE MOON'
taken from upcoming Video- to the moon
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Where analog and digital Collide & when I began live playing was everything & studio sessions were a dream !
