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Biography

I started playing drums in high school.  I was specializing in arts and was part of the school's brass and reed band and also part of the school's stage band along with Sébastien.  Upon finishing high school, I formed a band with one of my guitarist friend, Benoit Deschamps.  To this day, I still play with that band that started under the name "Monument" but, due to a recent change of staff, has changed moniker for "Self Collapse" for evident reasons (ha ha).  You can go and look at our page at www.myspace.com/selfcollapse 

I started my studies at Joliette's college under the guidance of Ronald Fauché (excellent teacher) then under Martin Marcotte.  Sébastien was at the same college and we both joined a group called Nemesis, group that played instrumental prog.  It was a good band but due to a lack of time and implication of certain members the band stopped playing together.  When I obtained my diploma, I challenged myself to obtain an university degree in interpretation.  At UQAM, I studied under the guidance of Pierre Hébert (excellent coach).  What I loved the most of my university experience was to play along other students for their exams.  I found it very beneficiary because I had to explore different musical worlds; sometimes it was very pleasant, sometimes it was not as thrilling, but overall it was always challenging.

It was while playing alongside Sébastien for his final exam, that I met the friendly guys from Hamadryad.  They called upon me a few days later to play drums for them. 

Beside playing with Hamadryad, I also take part in another band, that was formed in university, alongside Sébastien, under the name of "Restons Calme", which can be translated as "Stay Cool".  We have played a few shows with that band and we look forward to a few more.