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From Northeast Pennsylvania,
Donny Dee (DeBias), began his musical journey at the early age of five after seeing the
legendary Buddy Rich on a television program. Seeing Buddy play planted the
seeds in him that would eventually bring him to be a powerful force behind the
kit.
Being completely self-taught, Donny possesses amazing rudimental and independent ability on the kit. In his words, "I had to be able to play and read notation as good as the drummers I listened and looked up to ... and that required many painstaking hours of 'seemingly' boring practice routines."
Donny holds an A.A.S degree in broadcast communications specializing in audio and video production and was actively involved until summer 2006 in the Broadcast/Music Recording Department at Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke Pennsylvania. He's also well versed in lighting and video production, live sound production, and recording production.
The repertoire of music Donny has and continues to perform includes funk, rock, jazz-rock, classical rock, alternative rock, progressive rock/metal, R & B, Blues, Top 40, and the list goes on. He continues to perform in many musical situations both live and studio.
Donny has performed with, engineered for, opened shows for, and performed in shows with groups such as Grand-Fun-Alley, Metropolis (Dream Theater Tribute), Veiled Exposure, Haji, Island, Sleeper, Peach, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Who's "TOMMY" , Jay And The Americans, Steppenwolf, Ken Hensley, Leslie West & Mountain, Pat Benatar, Beth Hart, Marty Stuart, Locomotion, Uriah Heep, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Chubby Checker, Classics Four, Diesel, Donny Iris, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons and many more.
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"I think that the simplest thing would be;
Expect the best. And even when people try to shoot holes in you and shoot holes
in what you might be hoping for, don't listen to them. Don't allow that kind of
thought into your head. Just expect the best, and be diligent about getting
there. Because you can."