Shasta Sunset Dinner Train owner, Jeff Forbis says "Doug's original comedy, Murder On The Rails is one of the best things we've ever done on the train". Passengers enjoy fine dining as they ride through spectacular mountain scenery and experience a hilarious comedy show aboard a vintage rail car.
Friends and family shows include performances for members of the Hearst family.
Rick Dickulous plays latin jazz for Doug's original play, Murder On The Rails.
Doug founded, directed and produced the Mt Shasta Performing Arts Festival, a series of events presented live and videotaped for cablecast on MCTV-15 by John Cumming and Silcon Sorcery.
Breathe - Relaxation Music
Doug's soothing instrumental musical performances and recordings brought a calm to listeners to the Unitarian Church in Manhattan. More than 200 people were served in the "soup kitchen" while Doug played a prayer for his audience. Breathe, the CD, is a favorite for massage therapists to accompany a treatment. Also great listening in bath, massage, or while reading or dining. Especially good to calm down kids. Music for the mind and the soul. 21 easy instruments play together. 45 minute. click here to purchase the Breathe CD.
Drummer
Click here to watch a clip of Doug playing drums on What'd I Say
Doug's musical influence by Portland musical great, Mel Brown, taught Doug his lifelong lesson of tasteful playing while he was a student at Mt. Hood Community College
The Godfather of Portland jazz Mel Brown performs regularly at Jimmy Mak's in Portland.
Recent Performances
While in New York, Doug sat in on drums on both sides of Central Park, first at Cleopatra's Needle and at a birthday party for Nancy Lee at Pig Heaven. Doug's smooth jazz chops rocked the Blue Sky Room as he backed Kiki Ebsen and Kenny Edwards. Doug lit a fire under sax protege, Ted Taforo, a young star recognized by Downbeat Magazine for his compositions and musicality. Thanks go out to Arnie Breyer for generously providing his classic Rogers drum kit to the Taforo family of music giants.
In 1998, President Tim York of Mapping Solutions, Inc. hired Doug to help launch his engineering firm into a new channel: Public Safety. Doug's first step was bold, to promote the company mission in a focused statement: "We Map the World". Next, to solve the overwhelming amount of interest in their products and services by Fire Departments all over the globe, Doug strengthened the company's ability to manage it's key relationships by integrating ACT! software. Now, almost ten years later, the company has hired Doug again to help save the lives of firefighters and the people they serve around the world, from Santa Ana to Amsterdam. Mapping Solutions, Inc. is literally "mapping the world" with every GIS/Mapping Solution they install, one map at a time.
Print
When the Tulelake Community Partnership hired Doug to help revitalize their ailing local economy, we designed a brochure and website to promote the unique characteristics of this California community. Tulelake is well known as the "Horseradish Capital of the World" it is also boasts America's premier gateways for bird watchers and nature enthusiasts. Doug's brochures and websites offered a call for response to tourists to the area and welcomed visitors to attend community events, enjoy nature and get involved with the Chamber of Commerce.
Branding
Doug helped Shasta Visions to realize it's vision of becoming the best "peace products" company to still make it's products here in America. Shasta Visions produces and distributes "The Most Beautiful Planets on Earth".
Multimedia Production
Doug produces choreography lessons for John Jacobson. The instructional video clips are distributed internationally on vhs, dvds and downloadable files for exclusive worldwide distribution through McGraw-Hill and Hal Leonard. John's downloadable video clips are best-in-class instructional aids offered on-line at the elementary music magazine, Music Express, designed for teachers and students. It has the distinction of being a 2005 Parents' Choice®. John teaches his dance routines to America's premier young dancers as they prepare for the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. Doug provided the work pro bono for America Sings.
John Cumming is brilliant. I would be nothing without his love. Follow John on twitter
