DAVID MAC DONALD

Before his 24th Birthday David had done the following:
-First US National tour of Cats. * Rum Tug Tugger, the Rock & Roll Cat,
-Acted opposite Robert Downey Jr., Eric Stoltz * James Spader and Broadway star Liz Calloway.
-Co-starred in films for Paramount, * Columbia Pictures , and ABCTV.
-Broadway. Roles of Mick Jaggar,* In "Rock & Roll: The First 5000 Years"
-Produced rap music in Harlem
-Produced "Prep Rap" (Nemperor-CBS Records) * won a Feature Pick in Billboard
-Tom Snyder Show (NBCTV)
-Acted Off-Broadway
-TV ad's for Levis 501 Blues
-Sang Nintendo commercial.
-Played the Tropicana Hotel in Atlantic City.

All this happened before his 24th birthday. However, David fell into the cycle of addiction that traps many New York performers and burned out his voice. He could not talk for three years. He left music and New York and returned to Ottawa. In 1988 he turned his life over to Jesus. He didn't touch an instrument for 10 years. In April 1998, on a retreat he felt moved to pick up a guitar and he began writing songs again. He made a recording on which he played all the instruments. His singing voice came back with clarity and power. CHRI (99.1FM), the Ottawa Christian radio station with over 30,000 listeners, picked it up immediately and have it on their regular play list. He has since performed on CBC radio and Global television's 100 Huntley Street, Millennium New Year's Eve Special and appeared a second time on August 15th, 2000. He will be back on the show for 5 days straight in the new year. Here are some initial reactions by music industry people.
"David MacDonald's production ability is second to none in Canada" - Mark Masri, Music Director, 100 Huntley St.
"The vocal range is amazing, it is unimaginable that he burned out his voice and couldn't talk for three years." -Bob Du Broy, CHRI station manager
"There are only a few songs that strike me as being directly inspired by the Holy Spirit. 'Love at the Centre' is one of those songs . . . it should do very well."
-Steve Carr Producer CHRI, Radio station
"This recording takes the prize for the best I've ever heard from a personal computer."
David Cain, owner of Distortion Recording Studios
"Great song, amazing performance of Why 2K? "
Paul Willoughby, Associate Producer, 100 Huntley Street
"Hard Hitting Lyrics" - Brock Toser, Youth DJ, CHRI Radio.