Meet the Band - Brian Asselin Music

	It seems like I am living a double life as a musician. For most of my music career I have been a jazz saxophonist recording and touring over the past 15 years. I have toured in over 10 countries with various bands including: The Legendary Funk Brothers, Mary Wilson (The Supremes), The Temptations, The JW-Jones Blues Band, The Jivewires, Impressions in Jazz Orchestra, the Holly Larocque and Mark Ferguson Big Band, Groovebug, and Organix. As a songwriter, my career has hopefully just begun. In 2009, I wrote a song (with Eric Disero) entitled You Have Made A Difference, which has over 210,000 views of youtube. Since then both Eric and I have been busy in the studio composing and recording enough material to release an upcoming album. Thanks so much for listening.
	Jeff Asselin was born in Ottawa, Ontario on July 9, 1978. His musical training began on piano at the age of 11, but soon after he developed a huge interest in drumming. He began playing drums in high school, taking lessons with Ottawa drummers, Larry Graves and Peter Beaudoin. Jeff also began performing with the Confederation Jazz Connection (his high school jazz band), The Ottawa Youth Orchestra (a University of Ottawa orchestra) and the Nepean All-City Jazz Band, and has played nationally with both groups at various band competitions, particularly Musicfest Canada. He was awarded the Zildjian Best Young Drummer Award at Musicfest Canada in Vancouver in 1999, which included a scholarship to Humber College. Since high school he has been a much-in demand drummer performing an uncountable amount of club dates around the Ottawa area, Ontario, Quebec, as well as nationally and internationally. He has also performed on live television and radio shows all over the world playing many different styles of music. Over the years Jeff has also built a strong and diverse discography. His studio experience includes albums by Daddy Cool and the Groove Bug (Daddy Cool and the Groove Bug – Independent), The Groovebug (Revolution – Independent), Glen Pereica (One Voice – Independent), The Josée Deschênes Group (Shine – Independent), the Joshua Morin Band (Self-titled - Independent), JW Jones Blues Band (Blue Listed - Northern Blues, Midnight Memphis Sun - Northern Blues), Ana Muira (Mercury Rising - Independent), Harpoon (Food, Water, Compass - Boulder Records), Brian Asselin (You Have Made A Difference - Independent), Blissett (to be released - Independent), Search Engine (to be released - Independent), Charlie Sohmer (to be released - Independent). In 2004 Jeff was offered an endorsement through Coast music for Sonor drums and a Vic Firth Endorsement in 2007.
	I was fortunate enough to discover my love for music at a young age. My love for an old Pentax ME Super 35mm SLR camera shortly followed suit, and so began the obsession with music and photography that has since enveloped my life. I grew up in Kelowna, British Columbia, with aspirations to further my musical career in a large city, inevitably becoming a rock star and realizing the wildest of fantasies. Instead, I moved to Ottawa for university at Carleton, where I studied music and graduated in 2009. Jazz piano has been my one unchanging love since my early teens; Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Horace Silver, and Vince Guaraldi being some of my most profound influences. I began playing jazz at a cricket club in Sri Lanka oddly enough. Since then, the musical adventure that ensued has awarded me the opportunity to play with a large and ever growing number of fantastic musicians. Rock music has influenced me in many shapes and forms. I have always been fascinated with slick production techniques and the mysterious nuances that make a hit radio song. On the opposite side of the spectrum, human qualities and imperfections lend a recording a certain character that is often lost these days. Similarly to my early jazz encounters, I began recording with my MIDI keyboard during my three year stay in Sri Lanka (1999-2002). One song led to another, and by 2004 I had been introduced to the world of microphones and audio recording. Since then, my expensive lust for gear has rendered me devoid of all rational thought with regard to buying anything other than audio equipment. My faithful, uncelebrated camera has been at my side through thick and thin, though it has never seen the spotlight.
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