25 Facts About Daniel DeShaime

Daniel DeShaime was born on Jean-Marie Deschenes; 2 August 1946 and is a Canadian French-language singer.

Daniel DeShaime studied classical studies at a seminary in Gaspe and the Ecole de musique Vincent-d'Indy and at the Conservatoire de musique du Quebec a Quebec.

Daniel DeShaime was known in Prince Edward Island for playing the organ at the famous Pere Galant lobster dinners in St-Ann's and for participating in radio and television shows on Radio-Canada, the French-language national broadcasting network.

Daniel DeShaime participated in a poetry tour organised by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs with Suzanne Paradis, Marie Laberge and Pierre Morency.

Daniel DeShaime performed on stage as a pianist for Edith Butler and Angele Arsenault in French-language communities across Canada, in Europe and the United States and began writing for them and for others like Denis Losier, Donat Lacroix, Calixte Duguay, Raymond Breau, Isabelle Aubret and Gerard Entremont.

Daniel DeShaime was for a time the official arranger for the television show Chanson francophone on Radio-Canada in Moncton.

Daniel DeShaime wrote his first album C'est drole comme la vie in 1983 for the Trafic Music label.

Daniel DeShaime participated in the arrangement and adaptation to French of the lyrics of Daniel Lavoie for the Tension Attention album.

Daniel DeShaime spent many months with Daniel Lavoie in the studio with first Jean-Jacques Bourdeau and later with John Eden, producer of the British version of Der Kommissar.

Daniel DeShaime worked with Belgazou, Louise Forestier, Marie-Claire Seguin, Michel Lalonde, Gerard Entremont, Gaston Mandeville, Marie Carmen and more.

Daniel DeShaime wrote and collaborated on the movies Anne Trister and Night Zoo.

In 1984, he and Daniel DeShaime Lavoie won the Felix award for Best Song of the year for Tension Attention.

Daniel DeShaime gave writing classes and was for many years the artistic director of the International Song Festival of Granby.

Daniel DeShaime composed the music and the theme song for the inauguration of the newly restored Capitole de Quebec in 1992.

Daniel DeShaime gave concerts and classes and acted as the spokesperson of the Rencontres internationales de la chanson au Mont Orford and at the Festival en chansons de Petite-Vallee.

Daniel DeShaime managed his company Ze Publisher in Paris while developing tools for music publishers.

Daniel DeShaime acted as a consultant for the Chambre Syndicale des Editeurs with Societe des auteurs, compositeurs et editeurs de musique and in the royalty management domain for SACEM, SOCAN and other collection societies around the world.

Daniel DeShaime was recognised at the 2000 Gala of SOCAN for Un peu d'innocence and in 2006 for Fouquet's and Roule ta boule with Daniel Lavoie.

In 2008, while in Quebec, Daniel DeShaime gave his first concert in 15 years in the church of Saint-Octave-de-l'Avenir as part of a reunion of the inhabitants of the former village.

Daniel DeShaime announced the creation of the Fondation du Patrimoine de St-Octave-de-l'Avenir to preserve the traditional heritage of Saint-Octave-de-l'Avenir.

Daniel DeShaime was invited in 2013 as a speaker to the annual Conseil de la Culture of Gaspesie and to the Salon du Livre of Sayabec.

Daniel DeShaime produced the song Le 31 de Fevrier in 2013 from lyrics written by Sylvain Riviere and music by Lawrence Lepage, who died in December 2012.

Still in 2013, Calixte Duguay, who was preparing a compilation of his songs, asked Daniel DeShaime to rearrange two of his most popular songs Pierre a Jean-Louis and Les Aboiteaux.

The organisation responsible for the festivities asked Daniel DeShaime to write a song.

Daniel DeShaime wrote Une fleur dans la Vallee and the title became part of the town emblem.