- David Porteous
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David Porteous is a Canadian singer/songwriter, music producer, and documentary filmmaker from Toronto, Canada.[1][2]
David Porteous has written and recorded 23 music releases,[1] had his first radio play on CBC Radio 2 at the age of 14, wrote music for an HBO pilot, and has released a documentary film entitled War Music.[3][4] According to Sal Treppiedi of The Great Beyond Music Blog "This may be the hardest working musician you have never heard of."[5]
One of David Porteous' biggest projects is War Music, a documentary feature and music release highlighting Porteous' solo journey across Europe as he followed the footsteps of soldiers who fought during World War Two. For 35 days, Porteous visited battlefields and cemeteries, interviewing veterans and survivors that he met along the way. He also carried a guitar and wrote/record music based on his experiences. War Music has been featured in part on CBC News: Sunday.[6] War Music was chosen as the Top Film Pick of the Day by blogTO.[7]Janice Forsyth, host of the BBC's The Movie Café said David Porteous is "not only a talented singer/songwriter, but a talented filmmaker."[1]
In addition to War Music, Porteous is known for releasing unique kinds of music projects. In 2010, Porteous released a music project entitled Twelve Months, whereby he dared himself to write and record an EP a month for an entire year straight, starting on his 25th birthday. The finished project features 70 songs and over 4 hours of material. Fourteen songs were made available for free download on David Porteous' website.[8]
In late 2010 David Porteous was awarded First Place in The National Anthem Song Contest contest hosted by Mongrel Media. The contest was created in conjunction with the release of “Score: A Hockey Musical”. David’s entry, “Go Canada Go” was a song he wrote and recorded in celebration of Canada’s 2010 Olympic Gold Medal Winning Hockey Teams. His song also received praise from Hockey Canada, the official organization for Canada’s professional Hockey Teams.[1]
Porteous has been chosen by NOW magazine as NXNE Critics Pick, has been featured during Canadian Music Week, CMJ Music Marathon in New York, as well as features on the CBC, BBC, The Toronto Star, and Inside Toronto.[1]
In 2007 Porteous was nominated as 1 of 20 out 6000+ applications to become a torchbearer for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[9]
David Porteous' cover of MGMT's "Electric Feel" was chosen as the #3 cover song of 2008 by the well respected Cover Me Songs blog. The website wrote "There’s no way this should work, but it’s fantastic.".[10] SeeWhatYouHear.Com also featured the cover on their website writing "Another unusual cover: here, Canadian songwriter David Porteous make the MGMT hit into something slow and serious, using just a grungey blues guitar sound a la The Black Keys...this works surprisingly well."[11]
Awards and Features
First Prize : National Anthem Song Contest hosted by Mongrel Media
Runner-Up : The Framework Remix Contest 2010
War Music "Top Film Pick Of The Day" BlogTO
Honourable Mention : Billboard Song Contest for the War Music song "Cologne, Germany"
Official Olympic Torchbearer Nominee 2008 : Placed 7th out of 6000+ candidates
New World Thinker : Awarded by Lenovo Computers 2007
NOW Magazine Critic's Pick 2004
Special guest performer for the HBC Run For Canada, CMJ Music Marathon, Canadian Music Week, NXNE, War Child Canada, Nike Run.To, and Toronto Sick Kids Hospital Fundraiser
Maryon Drysdale Award in Toronto for Best Song 2001 [12]
Discography
- Ellingham Hall (2011)
- War Music (2010)
- Go Canada Go - Single (2010)
- The Black Hills (2010)
- Twelve Months (2010)
- Aberdeen E.P. (2008)
- Willowdale E.P. (2008)
- St. Charles E.P. (2008)
- Finding Peace On Isabella (2008)
- Without Any Warming E.P. (2007)
- Parliament (2007)
- No News E.P. (2006)
- Live In Toronto (2006)
- My Fallen Company (2005)
- Missing April (2004)
- Afternoon E.P. (2004)
- From the Walls (2003)
- Battalion (2002)
- Life After Digital E.P. (2001)
- The Mind's Eye (2001)
- My Travel E.P. (2001)
- Portrait-Robot E.P. (2000)
- The Kafka Networking (2000)
- Vota Idiota (1999)
References
- ^ a b c d e f [1] David Porteous EPK
- ^ a b [2] David Porteous Official Website
- ^ [3] War Music
- ^ [4] Inside Toronto War Music Feature
- ^ [5] The Great Beyond Feature
- ^ [6] CBC Sunday
- ^ [7] blogTO
- ^ [8] Twelve Months Homepage
- ^ [9] The Canadian Press
- ^ [10] Cover Me Songs]
- ^ [11] SeeWhatYouHear.Com
- ^ [12] EPK Awards/Features
Categories:- Canadian singer-songwriters
- Living people
- Canadian documentary filmmakers
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