1. Ian D'Sa is a Canadian guitarist, producer and songwriter best known as a member of the rock band Billy Talent.
22 Facts About Ian D'Sa
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Ian D'Sa's family moved to Canada when he was three years old.
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Ian D'Sa grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, learning guitar at the age of 13.
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Ian D'Sa attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School.
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Ian D'Sa eventually met Benjamin Kowalewicz, Jonathan Gallant and Aaron Solowoniuk in 1993 at a high school talent show.
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Ian D'Sa started a new band with them named Pezz while playing in Soluble Fish.
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Still playing with Pezz, Ian D'Sa went to OCAD and then Sheridan College where he got his degree in classical animation and has worked on the TV shows Angela Anaconda, Birdz, and the film Adventures in 3-D IMAX as a character animator.
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Ian D'Sa co-produced the album Billy Talent II with Gavin Brown.
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Ian D'Sa did art direction and package design on the album.
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Ian D'Sa received co-direction credit for the video "Fallen Leaves", for which the band was awarded Best Video and Best Rock Video at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards.
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Ian D'Sa was nominated for Producer of the Year at the 2017 Juno Awards for his work on the band's fifth album, Afraid of Heights.
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Ian D'Sa produced his first two singles on Die Mannequin's EP Slaughter Daughter, the songs being "Do it or Die" and "Saved by Strangers".
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Ian D'Sa played guitar on Sarah Slean's song "Lucky Me".
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Ian D'Sa makes a brief cameo as a year book photo in the K-OS video for "ELEctrik HeaT - the seekwiLL".
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Ian D'Sa sang guest vocals with Alexisonfire during a few live shows.
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Ian D'Sa is known for making unexpected appearances at other bands' live shows and to guest as vocalist sometimes with Alexisonfire.
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Ian D'Sa joined Sum 41 as a guest guitarist for a one-off performance of their popular encore song "Pain for Pleasure", and performed as a guest in one show with British band Reuben in 2006, while the band supported Billy Talent.
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Ian D'Sa has been involved with Song for Africa since 2007, a project to connect Canada's youth to the AIDS pandemic, playing guitar on the song and in the video and single.
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When playing live shows, Ian D'Sa plays an Olympic White Fender Stratocaster Fat Strat Deluxe with a black pickguard loaded with Seymour Duncan JB Trembucker pickups.
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Ian D'Sa plays a Montego Black Stratocaster Fat Strat Deluxe with a red pickguard loaded with Seymour Duncan JB Trembucker pickups.
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Ian D'Sa has said that "Crispy Chicken" is one of his main recording guitars, and has been used on all six Billy Talent albums along with other guitars such as his '57 Junior, for overdubs.
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Ian D'Sa owns a three colour sunburst stratocaster with a white pick guard, which is shown in the "Devil in a Midnight Mass" music video.