Hi I'm Mark. I've been a drummer and musician for about 15 years, and have a diverse mix of live, recording and teaching experience. I'm originally from Worcestershire where I studied music tech and played extensively around the Midlands before moving to Bristol in 2008 to undertake a BA (Hons) in Professional Musicianship. Here I gained valuable industry experience and worked with many songwriters and musicians - developing my instrumental, studio and performance skills, as well as studying music theory, history, culture and business. During my degree and in the following years I've played in many bands and gigged across most of the major venues in Bristol until about 2016 when I moved to Devon. 

To me music is about self-expression and creativity. Playing with feel, great tone and a range of dynamics, from doing simple things well and playing for the song, to being more experimental.

The recordings included here are a selection of tracks from the bands I've been a part of. Some recordings are better than others (some as a youngster), but I'm still immensely proud of the music I've created and am happy to share it! Thanks for listening. 

If you are interested in working together, music projects, session work or lessons, please email me – donnellydrums@hotmail.co.uk

Skill set: Drummer, percussionist (Djembe and Cajon), backing vocals and harmonies. Acoustic guitar player, good knowledge of song writing, structure, pitch etc.

Equipment: Yamaha Stage Custom Birch kit, Dream cymbals, Evans skins. Various textures - Brushes, mallets, hot rods, tambourine, shaker etc.

Favorite styles: Pop, Indy Rock, Acoustic, Folk, Reggae, Funk, Chill/ Electronica, Jazz

https://linktr.ee/Kringo?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=8fccef1c-fc37-48da-afda-43fbcfaecb55

Songwriter-singer, Multi-intrumentalist. This SoundCloud account is a diary of incompleted ideas. — Feel free to get in touch for collaborations or if you have any thoughts for direction for any of these uploads. — 

Bio - Kringo is a British singer/songwriter and live solo musician with a voice and sound that extends over various genres described as a soul indie folker with intricate guitar wizardry and reggae influences. 

Starting off as a drummer in the early noughties it’s clear to see the rhythmically inherent attributes brought forward into his guitar playing. Having jumped genres from Rock to established Hip Hop outfit CaseClosed, Kringo found himself supporting the likes of uncle festa, Goldie Looking Chain, Devlin, and Example to name a few. This allowed the band to travel and explore new musical adventures. 

Since then, Kringo has been a full time solo acoustic, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist working with various producers as well as crafting his own songs and production talents. 

As a passionate busker throughout the years, Kringo has had his fair share of unique encounters one of which came from the streets of Worcester where he was approached by Tom Wisniewski and asked to write and record a song with a message about Brexit which Kringo had only 24hrs to complete. This experience lead Kringo to the realisation that songwriting was truly at the forefront of what he wanted from a musical career. 

Currently writing, and collaborating with other writers and singers to establish his catalogue. Find him on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube under Kringo blue.

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