Fred St-Gelais
| Fred St-Gelais | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Frederic St-Gelais |
| Born |
September 2, 1974 Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada |
| Origin | Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | pop, top 40, rock, blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, conductor, producer, arranger, composer, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass, keyboard, vocals, drums |
| Years active | 1980s – present |
| Labels | Sony BMG, Musicor, Maple Music, Orange Record Label |
| Associated acts | Marie-Mai, David Usher, Roch Voisine, Randy Bachman, Ryan Malcolm, Melissa O'Neil, Rex Goudie, Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Andrée Watters, Alain Dumas, Les Mecs Comiques, Annie Villeneuve, Lindsay Robins, Crampe en masse, Réal Béland, Martine St-Clair and Hépatite B |
| Website | Official Fred St-Gelais Website |
Fred St-Gelais (born Frederic St-Gelais on September 2, 1974 in Chibougamau, Quebec) is a Canadian songwriter, television music composer, record producer and multi-instrumentalist, currently living in Montreal, Quebec.
Fred St-Gelais has been immersed in the music industry since he was a teenager. After studying music for several years, both privately where he grew up in the Saguenay/Lac-St-Jean region of the Quebec province, and at the Lionel-Groulx College in the Montreal region, he began his career playing guitar, bass and keyboards, as well as singing in clubs around Quebec in the late 1980s and early 1990s with various local Top 40, rock and blues acts. He decided to build his own studio, where he could work on and fine-tune his production, arranging, and songwriting skills. During this time, he also produced independent albums with local artists, such as Damien Tremblay. During the same time frame, St-Gelais began to receive more and more calls from various jingle and production music producers requesting his services as a studio musician, vocalist and programmer.
St-Gelais moved to Montreal in February 1999. Since then, he has worked with Marie-Mai, Celine Dion, David Usher, Roch Voisine, Randy Bachman, Melissa O'Neil, Rex Goudie, the Canadian Idol television series, Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Andrée Watters, Alain Dumas, Les Mecs Comiques, Annie Villeneuve, Lindsay Robins, Crampe en masse, Réal Béland, and the band Hépatite B, in which he is also the lead singer and guitarist.
In addition to his work with Canadian Idol, St-Gelais has composed music for the following TV shows:
Ramdam,Kif-Kif, the interstitial program R-Force, Fan Club, Star Academie, Stan et ses Stars, Instant Star,Le club des doigts croisés, Sam Chicotte, and Degrassi: The Next Generation (Season 7, Episode 7 "We Got the Beat").
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