{"id":26394,"date":"2025-03-07T09:40:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/?p=26394"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:31:22","slug":"the-resilient-tim-donley-on-playing-in-a-band-of-veterans-singing-with-roger-waters-and-the-healing-power-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/the-resilient-tim-donley-on-playing-in-a-band-of-veterans-singing-with-roger-waters-and-the-healing-power-of-music\/","title":{"rendered":"The Resilient: Tim Donley on Playing in a Band of Veterans, Singing with Roger Waters, and the Healing Power of Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-inside-the-resilient-how-music-helps-veterans-heal-and-connect-after-life-changing-injuries\">Inside The Resilient: How Music Helps Veterans Heal and Connect After Life-Changing Injuries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Retired Marine Corporal Tim Donley knows hardship\u2014it\u2019s shaped his life in ways most can\u2019t imagine. But rather than dwell on it, he finds strength in gratitude and music, both of which have carried him through his darkest moments.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you look for things to be sad about, you can find them,\u201d says Donley. \u201cBut if you start to look for your blessings, for things to be grateful for, all of a sudden they start adding up really fast.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That resilience is more than just a mindset\u2014it\u2019s also the name of his band. After surviving devastating combat injuries, Donley turned to music as part of his recovery, eventually forming The Resilient, a group that includes fellow injured veterans. The band has given him an outlet to transform struggle into song. Check out \u201cFreedom\u2019s Cost\u201d below for just a sample of this transformative power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Resilient - Freedom&#039;s Cost [Quarantine Music Video]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sGM2Yv3RWR0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><br \/><strong><em>\u201cIs it worth the violence? Is it worth the loss? Every death is labeled as freedom\u2019s cost.\u201d The Resilient confront the weight of war in their powerful anthem, \u201cFreedom\u2019s Cost.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While much of Donley\u2019s vocal training has come through experience, he recently honed his skills further through Berklee Online\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/courses\/voice-technique-101?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;tum_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-article-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Voice Technique 101<\/a> <\/em>course, helping him refine the voice that\u2019s carried him this far.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s been a long road to recovery for Donley. In 2012, he was on patrol in Afghanistan with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines based out of Camp Lejeune, NC, when an improvised explosive device gravely injured him. The blast resulted in the loss of both legs above the knee and severe damage to his right arm. He spent two years in recovery at Walter Reed Military Hospital, where music became an essential part of his rehabilitation.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout Donley\u2019s recovery, Semper Fi &amp; America\u2019s Fund provided immediate and ongoing support to him and his family. Recognizing his passion for music, The Fund connected him with Berklee Online, facilitating his enrollment in <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/courses\/voice-technique-101?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;tum_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-article-link\" target=\"_blank\">Voice Technique 101<\/a><\/em> to aid his rehabilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tim_donley_the_resilient_article_image_2025_2.jpg\" alt=\"Tim and Kelly Donley are pictured at their wedding. Kelly is wearing a white dress and Tim is wearing a Marine uniform.\" class=\"wp-image-26389\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cSometimes you\u2019ve just got to be told, \u2018No, you are strong. You can take it.\u2019 And all of a sudden you just needed that little push, that little encouragement, that little something. We had plenty of people like that, and I have an amazing family, and we figured, \u2018Why can\u2019t we be that reminder for some people?\u2019\u201d \u200bTim Donley, pictured here with his wife, Kelly, whom he met during her visit to Walter Reed Military Hospital, where her brother\u2014a fellow Marine\u2014was also recuperating from combat injuries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While at the hospital, Donley joined MusiCorps, a program connecting musicians with injured veterans. There, he met guitarist and Army infantryman Nathan Kalwicki, who had lost a leg to gunfire, also in Afghanistan in 2012. The two soon befriended professional musician and guitar teacher Greg Loman.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got guys who have nothing else to do, and so they end up playing for four, six, eight hours a day,\u201d says Donley, \u201cand if you can\u2019t sleep, you just play through the night.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three began playing music together regularly, with Donley reluctantly stepping into the role of vocalist. \u201cThe vast majority of us weren\u2019t comfortable being stared at,\u201d he admits. But after nine months of jamming and bonding, they were thrust into the spotlight in a way they never expected. Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters, who was dedicated to performing with injured veterans, invited them to take the stage at a fundraiser in New York City.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was great because it gave everybody something to kind of obsess over, to work towards to have this goal,\u201d he says, \u201cand with absolutely no qualifications of our own for being onstage there with him, beyond the fact that we were injured, and we love music, and it was part of how we were getting by.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donley is being too humble in his assessment of his own talent. After all, he impressed Roger Waters so much with his background vocals that Waters offered him a lead role, giving him the main vocal duties on \u201cWide River to Cross,\u201d a song by Buddy and Julie Miller that Levon Helm of The Band made popular.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donley dutifully accepted the challenge, but knew he might struggle to remember the opening lyrics, so as a last resort, he wrote them down and tucked them in his pocket. But he hoped he wouldn\u2019t need them\u2014his Army Captain friend was supposed to whisper the first line to Donley as he wheeled him to the mic at the front of the stage.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donley recounts the moment: \u201cHe leans, down and goes, \u2018I don\u2019t remember what I was supposed to say to you,\u2019 and I\u2019m like, \u2018I don\u2019t remember what I\u2019m supposed to say, either!\u2019 And now we\u2019re up here, and everybody\u2019s looking at me, and I can\u2019t just pull a piece of paper out of my pocket and look at it.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just as the song was about to start, Roger Waters abruptly stopped the band\u2014his bass wasn\u2019t working. While the crew scrambled to fix the technical problem, Donley discreetly pulled out his paper, scanned the lyrics, and when the music resumed, he delivered. And then some!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roger Waters &amp; Vets - Wide river to cross\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/smzzOPSDV1E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says getting through such an intense onstage moment made him feel like he could accomplish anything, because nothing could ever feel quite as nerve-wracking again. He even shared the ordeal with Waters, who shrugged it off, saying, \u201cScrew it. Who cares?\u201d That sentiment stuck with Donley, reinforcing the idea that, in the grand scheme of things, a forgotten lyric or a vocal slip isn\u2019t the end of the world.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was something Donley would hear echoed later in his Berklee Online course with his instructor, <a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/instructors\/cassandre-mckinley?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;tum_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-article-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Cass McKinley<\/a>: \u201cShe said, \u2018It\u2019s just one song, you know, whether you mess up or your voice breaks, or you forget the words or whatever. But at the end of the day, you\u2019re not the center of everything. The world doesn\u2019t come to a screeching halt.\u2019\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The philosophy works both ways, his instructor explained: Even if you nail a performance, you don\u2019t suddenly become a worldwide sensation. It all requires work, which is precisely what brought Donley to Berklee Online.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJust like any other skill or any other discipline, if you put your mind to it, you work it out,\u201d he says. \u201cI realized I could spend hours working on something and at times feels like I\u2019m just banging my head against the wall, trying to figure something out, but with a half-hour of instruction and somebody listening to you and being like, \u2018Do this a little different there,\u2019 or \u2018This is what you\u2019re doing here,\u2019 and just a couple pointers, then all of the pieces fall into place, and it replaces hours of struggle on your own.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><br><strong>&nbsp;\u201cIt really was just massively beneficial in a lot of ways about how I thought about the way I sing, and especially so with the wheelchair: I sing sitting down, and it\u2019s tougher, but you\u2019ve got to make up for it, and they definitely gave me some tricks and the mindset of how to go about the techniques. It just made everything so much easier.\u201d <\/strong><\/p><cite><br><strong>\u2014 Retired Marine Corporal Tim Donley on Berklee Online\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/courses\/voice-technique-101?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;tum_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-article-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Voice Technique 101 (opens in a new tab)\">Voice Technique 101<\/a> <\/em>course<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His bandmates\u2014which also include drummer Juan \u201cDom\u201d Dominguez and bassist Erik Kalwicki (Nathan\u2019s brother)\u2014noticed the results before Donley even mentioned he was taking the course.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe guys in the band have all made comments, like, \u2018Obviously, you\u2019ve opened up more. You\u2019ve figured out some of the range, and you\u2019re hitting some of those notes you used to struggle for. You\u2019re a stronger singer!\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cOne of the guys didn\u2019t even know I was taking the course, and he was like, \u2018You know, man, I don\u2019t know what it is, but you\u2019re doing good lately. You\u2019re doing great!\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Thanks, man.\u2019\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Donley, it wasn\u2019t just about improving technique\u2014it was about reclaiming something deeper. Music had become more than a creative outlet; it was a way to process what he and his bandmates had been through. \u201cFor us, we had pushed all that so far away,\u201d he says. \u201cYou know, it\u2019s about the mission, it doesn\u2019t matter what you see, doesn\u2019t matter what happens. You deal with it. You push that crap down and you move on, and you do what you need to do. We were all just little boxed-up emotions. And just numb.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through music, those emotions had a place to go. \u201cIt really did make it possible to reconnect with feeling and with your own heart, your own loss, and because you\u2019re feeling, you can deal with it.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s something he\u2019s seen in the audiences The Resilient play for\u2014veterans, families of the fallen, and people carrying their own grief. \u201cMusic and that process, I think, is really what helped bring a lot of guys through. And helped them heal in a lot of ways.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been given unique life circumstances, and we want to use that for something,\u201d says Donley. \u201cAnd so some of our writing is about the struggle, just that pit inside, when everything feels like it\u2019s just going to be darkness forever, and you\u2019re just circling that drain. And when you\u2019re there, it doesn\u2019t feel like there\u2019s an end to it. And sometimes all it took was somebody saying, \u2018It\u2019s gonna be okay. There will be an end to it.\u2019 Life gets hard, but it always gets better. There\u2019s always so much possibility.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefund.org\" target=\"_blank\">Semper Fi &amp; America\u2019s Fund<\/a> cares for our Nation\u2019s critically wounded, ill, and injured service members, veterans, and military families. Started in 2004 by military spouses, it supports all branches of the US Armed Forces and has provided grants, programs, and services, to more than 33,000 service members, veterans, and military families. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#EFF1F3; text-align:left; vertical-align: middle; padding:20px 47px;\">\n  <p>\n    The appearance of US Department of Defense (DoD) or military-themed visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.\n    For more on how we support service members, veterans, and their families, please visit\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online.berklee.edu\/military<\/a>.\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After sustaining severe injuries during his service, retired Marine Corporal Tim Donley found solace in music. He formed a band with fellow veterans, transforming shared challenges into powerful performances. 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