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Donovan Raitt
An Irvine, California native, Donovan Raitt started his musical career with the piano at the age of 5. At the age of 11, Donovan fell in love with the electric guitar and started taking private lessons. Unaware of his family's history with the electric guitar (Donovan's cousin is Grammy winning blues guitarist Bonnie Raitt), Donovan's love for the guitar grew as he started to perform regularly in a wide variety of styles. By the age of 18, Donovan had performed in many rock, blues, and top 40 bands and was a featured soloist with the University High school Jazz ensemble, performing at the Anaheim convention center, The Irvine Jazz Festival and Disneyland.
At the age of 18, Donovan started to teach private lessons in a wide variety of styles to aspiring guitarists of all ages. Donovan continues to further his love for teaching by holding teaching studios in the Orange County and Los Angeles areas.
In 2001Donovan was admitted to the USC Studio/Jazz guitar program, and was a recipient of the Paul LaRose memorial scholarship for guitar. Donovan is currently studying jazz and contemporary guitar styles with Steve Trovato, Richard Smith, Frank Potenza, as well as classical and fingerstyle guitar with David Oakes. Since moving to Los Angeles, Donovan has performed with many different groups in the area in many different styles, and continues to develop his abilities as a guitarist, composer, instructor arranger and sideman. Donovan is currently endorsed by Strum-N-Comfort thumb picks, and continues to perform regularly in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas.
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