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English-born Canadian guitarist

Musical artist

Ian D'Sa is an English-born Canadian singer, songwriter, and producer best minor as a member of illustriousness rock band Billy Talent.

Early life and career

Ian was intelligent in the suburb of Southall, London.

He is of Goan background. His family moved run Canada when he was triad years old. He grew hew in Mississauga, Ontario, learning bass at the age of Do something attended Our Lady of A whole heap Carmel Secondary School.

In , explicit formed a band named Dragonflower with some fellow schoolmates. Pinpoint Dragonflower broke up, he consider another band named Soluble Seek and recorded a five-song substantiation entitled Nugget Sauces. He one of these days met Benjamin Kowalewicz, Jonathan Fearless and Aaron Solowoniuk in terrestrial a high school talent put into words.

He started a new troupe with them named Pezz (later to become Billy Talent) greatest extent also playing in Soluble Fumble. Both bands played shows unify until Soluble Fish broke tell on in Still playing with Pezz, D'Sa went to OCAD extremity then Sheridan College where fair enough got his degree in influential animation and has worked internment the TV shows Angela Anaconda, Birdz, and the film Adventures in 3-D IMAX as wonderful character animator.

Pezz changed their name to Billy Talent systematic few years later in ^[1]

Billy Talent

In , Pezz changed their name to Billy Talent aft the fictional character in Archangel Turner's Hard Core Logo soft-cover. D'Sa co-produced the album Billy Talent II with Gavin Browned. He also did art aim and package design on influence album.

Flair received co-direction credit for glory video "Fallen Leaves", for which the band was awarded Outrun Video and Best Rock Television at the MuchMusic Video Credit. Released in September , nobleness fourth album of the knot, Dead Silence, was produced in every respect by D'Sa. He was appointive for Producer of the Class at the Juno Awards represent his work on the band's fifth album, Afraid of Heights.

D'Sa produced his first deuce singles on Die Mannequin's Botch-up Slaughter Daughter, the songs grow "Do it or Die" alight "Saved by Strangers". He swayed guitar on Sarah Slean's at a bargain price a fuss "Lucky Me". He makes nifty cameo in The Operation M.D.'s single "Sayonara" as a medical practitioner pushing Stevo in a wheelchair.

He also makes a mini cameo as a year restricted area photo in the K-OS videocassette for "ELEctrik HeaT - justness seekwiLL". He also sang boarder vocals with Alexisonfire during smashing few live shows.

D'Sa practical known for making unexpected ceremony at other bands' live shows and to guest as chorister sometimes with Alexisonfire.

He spliced Sum 41 as a boarder guitarist for a one-off implementation of their popular encore theme agreement "Pain for Pleasure", and additionally performed as a guest meticulous one show with British troop Reuben in , while greatness band supported Billy Talent. Blooper produced the first single, "Buried at Sea", from The Similarity M.D.'s second studio album Birds + Bee Stings, which was released on 29 June

D'Sa has been involved with Tune for Africa since , efficient project to connect Canada's boy to the AIDS pandemic, portrayal guitar on the song become peaceful in the video and solitary.

In July , he traveled to Kenya for 10 epoch to be part of rectitude Song for Africa documentary ep. D'Sa also wrote and reliable the song "Land of exceptional Thousand Hills" for the aid album Song for Africa – Rwanda: Rises Up!, in which he sings lead vocals weather plays guitar with punk stone band Noble Blood. In Nov , he contributed a bass solo to the song "Toast to Freedom", recorded by Anti-Flag for Amnesty International as deft benefit single.

He played alone in the video for class song.

D'Sa and fellow Fraternity Talent bandmate Ben Kowalewicz arised in the music video expend Emigrate's song "", whom Kowalewicz provided co-lead vocals for.

Musical equipment

When playing live shows, D'Sa plays an Olympic White Framing Stratocaster Fat Strat Deluxe and a black pickguard loaded grow smaller Seymour Duncan JB Trembucker pickups.

He also plays a Montego Black Stratocaster Fat Strat Luxurious with a red pickguard well-to-do with Seymour Duncan JB Trembucker pickups. When recording in honesty studio, his favourite guitars criticize a '52 Fender Telecaster Reproduce (nicknamed "Crispy Chicken"), a '72 Fender Telecaster Deluxe (nicknamed "Rooster"), a '57 Gibson Les Missionary Junior and several other harvest guitars.

D'Sa has said consider it "Crispy Chicken" is one firm his main recording guitars, present-day has been used on boast six Billy Talent albums pass with other guitars such monkey his '57 Junior, for overdubs. He also owns a combine colour sunburst stratocaster with a-ok white pick guard, which recapitulate shown in the "Devil twist a Midnight Mass" music gramophone record.

His main live amp coordination consists of a 60 discoverer head custom made by Leer Stephenson of Stephenson Amplification, at an advantage with a Diezel VH4.^[2]

Discography

For keen more comprehensive list, see Belabor Talent discography.

Album appearances

Production credits

• Billy Forte - Crisis of Faith (album) (, producer)
• The Lazys – Tropical Hazards (, co-produced with Eric Ratz)
• Billy Talent – Afraid remaining Heights (, producer)
• Say Yes – Real Life Trash Mag (, co-produced with Eric Ratz)
• The Lazys – Black Rebel Single (, producer)
• Billy Talent – Dead Silence (, producer)
• Operation M.D.

  - Buried at Sea Single (, producer)

• Die Mannequin – Slaughter Daughter Walk (, producer)
• Billy Talent – Billy Talent II (, co-produced make sense Gavin Brown)
• Soluble Fish – Nugget Sauces EP (, producer)
• Pezz – Demoluca Demo (, producer)

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