Cosmic Career

YOU SAY YOU want to be a successful guitarist in the modern music economy? It’s simple, but not easy. First be a virtuoso, then tour relentlessly, and along the way master social media in all its forms. In other words, be like Daniel Donato.

Donato’s six-string mastery was forged through years of playing four nights a week, four hours a night, in the crucible of Nashville’s Broadway, beginning at age 17. The guitarist then toured America and Europe developing a brand of music he calls “Cosmic Country,” until he was selling out shows in both places. Along the way, he garnered tens of thousands of followers on Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.

All of this has led to a rapid rise for his latest record, the Robben Ford–produced A Young (Cosmic Country Music). “Our record is one of the top-four promoted releases across the entire folk category on Spotify,” he says.