Creighton Doane is a Canadian drummer and songwriter, best known as a longtime member of the rock band

Harem Scarem Harem Scarem is a Canadian hard rock/melodic hard rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Harem Scarem initially (the early 1990s) achieved popularity in their native Canada and Japan. The band was active from 1987 to 2008, and again from 2013 after ...

. The son of music educator

J. Chalmers Doane J. Chalmers Doane (born 1938) is a Canadian educator and musician who spearheaded the use of the ukulele for music instruction in the Canadian school systems. Educator John Chalmers Doane was born in Truro, Nova Scotia in 1938. Doane earned h ...

and the brother of singer-songwriter Melanie Doane, his first significant musical project was as the drummer in The October Game, a local Halifax band fronted by Sarah McLachlan.Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, '' Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995''.

ECW Press ECW Press is a Canadian book publisher located in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded by Jack David and Robert Lecker in 1974 as a Canadian literary magazine named ''Essays on Canadian Writing''. They started publishing trade and scholarly book ...

. . p. 464. In 1989 he had a role in a theatrical production of Michael Hollingsworth and Deanne Taylor's 1989 rock opera adaptation of '' Rigoletto'' for Theatre Passe Muraille. In the early 1990s he was the drummer in country singer-songwriter Terry Kelly's band. He was also a credited songwriting collaborator on many of Kelly's songs, most notably "In My Father's House", which won the East Coast Music Award for Song of the Year, and was nominated for the

Canadian Country Music Award The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The groundwork for the association began on June 3rd, 1973 when a gr ...

for Song of the Year, in 1993. In the mid-1990s he was a frequent collaborator with his sister Melanie, both in songwriting and as the drummer in her touring band. He also independently released a solo album, ''Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear'', in 1998. He subsequently joined Harem Scarem, appearing for the first time on the band's 2001 album '' Ultra Feel''. He released his second solo album, ''Learning More and More About Less and Less'', in 2005. In recent years he has written music for film and television, including songs for ''

The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie ''The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie'' is a 2005 computer-animated musical fantasy film, produced by Nelvana Limited and released by Lions Gate Home Entertainment. Directed by Larry Jacobs and Ron Pitts, and written by Jeffrey Alan Schechter, the fi ...

'' and Melanie's children's television series ''

Ukulele U ''Ukulele U'' is a Canadian children's television series, which premiered in 2022 on CBC Television and CBC Gem. Hosted by singer-songwriter and music educator Melanie Doane, the show is a singalong series in which Doane teaches various songs for ch ...

''. Along with Bob Ezrin, the Doanes received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Song in Television for "Use Your Outside Voice" at the

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in 2023.John R. Kennedy
"Ian LeFeuvre Up For 2 Canadian Screen Awards"
iHeartRadio Canada, February 22, 2023.

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