1. Luke McMaster was born on March 22,1976 and is a Canadian singer, songwriter, recording artist and producer.
22 Facts About Luke McMaster
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Since then, Luke McMaster has worked as a songwriter, producer, solo performing and recording artist living in Toronto, Ontario.
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Luke McMaster has contributed songs to albums that have sold an estimated collective total of seven million units, including the 2006 three-million selling, multi-platinum A Girl Like Me, by Rihanna, the 2006 RIAA gold-certified Nick Lachey album What's Left Of Me, the 2004 Canadian double-platinum album 219 Days by Kalan Porter, the 2005 platinum Rex Goudie albums Under The Lights and Home, by premiere Canadian Idol winner Ryan Malcolm.
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Luke McMaster was born in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada to businesswoman Bev and university professor George Luke McMaster.
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Luke McMaster is the second oldest of four sons, with brothers named Jeff, John and Rob.
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Subsequently, the family returned to Manitoba where George Luke McMaster headed up the School of Maths and Computer Science at Brandon University.
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Luke McMaster learned and developed his skills as a songwriter and lyricist.
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Luke McMaster knew that his family had high expectations for academic achievements for all of their boys so McMaster kept his musical ambitions and interests entirely secret from his family and friends.
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In 1994, Luke McMaster enrolled at Brandon University with a planned major in English Literature.
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Luke McMaster then moved to Winnipeg, registered at the Winnipeg Contemporary Music College and began attending a two-year course.
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In mid-1995, Miller left the band to pursue a career as a pastor and Luke McMaster continued on in music.
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In 1995, during his participation in a Winnipeg Song Writing Workshop, Luke McMaster became acquainted with one of the presenters, Canadian songwriter, producer and artist manager Chris Burke-Gaffney.
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In 2003, Luke McMaster decided to take time off from performing to become a full-time songwriter and producer, writing for artists as well as TV and movies.
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Subsequently, Luke McMaster partnered with "Black Velvet" songwriter Christopher Ward, Wells and Chris Anderson to write material for Nick Carter's solo album.
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In early 2008, Luke McMaster co-wrote "Let's Start From Here" with Vincent Degiorgio and Damhnait Doyle, for American-born, bilingual Taiwanese singer and songwriter Joanna Wang.
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Concurrently from 2005 to 2008, Luke McMaster impressed Schuyler enough to contribute music to her internationally popular Canadian television shows Degrassi: The Next Generation and a further three songs to the 2009 Canadian feature film Degrassi Goes Hollywood.
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In 2010, Luke McMaster collaborated with American singer Marc Jordan in the development of Jordan's latest album, Crucifix in Dreamland.
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Alongside Canadian Bands, The Carpet Frogs and Default, and performers such as Alan Frew and Sam Reid from Glass Tiger, Luke McMaster performed and sang in various concerts and events organized for the troops over a week long period.
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In 2010, Luke McMaster performed at the annual Toronto-based festival in October to commemorate the latest induction of Canadian celebrities into the Canadian Walk of Fame.
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In October 2010, Luke McMaster opened for the American country-indie-folk singer Brandi Carlile at Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music in downtown Toronto, Ontario.
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In turn, Luke McMaster packaged a limited edition Tuscan Skies five-track EP, included the feature song and four select covers, selling them exclusively off stage during the Pavlo dates.
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The idea is being pitched as a documentary TV series, with the Cavaliere and Dozier segments already taped, with Luke McMaster hoping to include two or three more icons before he issues the project later in 2018.