1980
Designs & builds 6-string fretless guitar #1. Enrolls at Berklee College of Music, Boston Mass. USA. 1982
Graduated B.S. from Berklee College of Music. 1983
Designs and builds fretless electric guitars #2 & #3. Numerous live performances throughout Japan. 1984
Designs and builds fretless electric harp guitar #1 1985
Signed to Avalon Records, USA. Designs & builds fretless electric guitar #4. Designs and builds fretless electric harp guitar #2. Designs & builds fretless electric solidbody mandolin. 1986
Released solo album THE FIFTH SEASON, Avalon Records (Nominated in the top 5 jazz albums of 1986, JAZZIZ MAGAZINE). Collaborates on album COMMERCIAL LIFE, Invitation / JVC Records. TIM DONAHUE MODEL 6 string fretless guitar produced & marketed in Japan. Tim Donahue solo fretless harp guitar promotion videos WATCHING A MOVIE and IMAGEMUSIC nationally aired in USA (medium rotation) on VH-1. 1987
Signed with The Robert Fitzpatrick Corp. artist management, USA. Live performances throughout Southern California. Numerous fretless harp guitar clinics at GIT, Hollywood. 1989
Recorded solo album BRIEF DEPARTURE for Rittor Music Productions. 1990
Gibson Guitars artist endorsement for MAX MIDI GUITAR SYSTEM. 1990 - 1993
Scored numerous TV programs & commercials; numerous live performances in Japan. 1994
Signed to Nippon Crown Records. Released solo album STILL DREAMING, Nippon Crown Records. Solo fretless harp guitar performance High-Definition TV broadcast for NHK-TV, Japan. 1995
Scored major movie soundtrack MARKS MOUNTAIN, Shochiku Productions. MARKS MOUNTAIN CD soundtrack released, Nippon Crown Records.
1996
Recorded solo album VOICES IN THE WIND with vocalist Paul Rodgers, production by Jimi Hendrix/Led Zepplin producer Eddie Kramer, Nippon Crown Records. Roland VG-8 GUITAR SYSTEM artist endorsement. 1997
Solo album VOICES IN THE WIND released worldwide, SPV / Magnetic Air - Records Germany. Fernandes Guitars artist endorsement. 1999
Receives U.S. patent for DR. HOOK guitar strap pin device. 2000
Solo album INTO THE LIGHT licensed / released Nippon Crown Records. INTO THE LIGHT licensed / released Frontiers Records, Now & Then Productions, Europe. Hafler Corp. artist endorsement 2001
INTO THE LIGHT released in USA. UNION 4 compilation CD released worldwide. Vigier Guitars artist endorsement. Solo album MADMEN AND SINNERS currently in production. 2002
Work continues on MADMEN AND SINNERS. James LaBrie (Dream Theater) announced as the projects vocalist. Mike Mangini (Steve Vai, Extreme) announced as the albums drummer. 2003
Work continues on MADMEN AND SINNERS. 2004
MADMEN & SINNERS is released in April (Japan) and May (Europe), press reviews have been superb.
