Dominique Blais


Guitar teacher for various public and private educational establishments for over a decade, Dominique Blais was also involved in more than fifty recording projects in Montreal, Toronto, Moncton, Edmundston, New York and Los Angeles.
In addition to have worked at Steve Vai's personal home studio in Hollywood and been guitar player for Radio-Canada Television, Dominique has also produced several albums; some of these he has promoted for airplay on several radio stations across Canada whilst others had been nominated for awards at the Canadian Country Music Awards and the East Coast Music Awards.
Until 2003, while Vice-President of The Show Must Go On Productions, a concert promotion company based in Canada and USA, he organized and promoted many concerts and special events and toured with North American and European artists, both in Canada and in the USA. He promoted concerts for many artists such as Motorhead, Vince Neil, The Misfits, Anthrax, Voivod, Marky Ramone, Skid Row and others.
Since then, Dominique Blais devotes his time to teaching classes within the "Music Business Administration" program at Montreal's Trebas Institute and SODRAC where he has worked for many departments, namely Recruitment and Member Services as well as Audio Licensing and Audiovisual Licensing.

Discography (''Guitar, Production and/or Radio Promotion only*'')

1996 : La Boîte à Chansons, Compilation

1997 : Toile de vie, Beatoven

1997 : Noir et blanc*, Beatoven

1997 : La quarte des quatres, Radio-Canada

1997 : Harper's March, Harper's March

1998 : Rue St-Denis, Daniel Simard

1978 : Vendredi 4hrs, Etienne Deschènes

1978 : J’aime mieux être pauvre*, Guy Pharand

1978 : Promise You Forever*, Dan Nash

1978 : L’As de Vegas*, Jean-Pierre Fortin

1978 : Lever haut la main, Beatoven

1978 : People and Places*, Max Bennett

1978 : La Voie*, Patrick Marty

1999 : On n’est pas sorti de l'Auberge, Dragon Rouge

1999 : Caroline*, Phil David Francis

1999 : More Purple Than Black*, Phil Lewis

1999 : Small People, Short Story, Little Crime*, Existence

1999 : Wild Flowers*, Harper's March

1999 : A Man Like That*, Dan Nash

2000 : Little Luck, Messenger Boy

2001 : Into a Fire, Dan Nash

2001 : La planète humaine, Denis Schingh

2001 : Au Yable le Brandy!*, Baqqhus

2002 : Obscene Cuisine*, Vaginal Croutons

2002 : La Samba du millénaire*, La Compagnie Créole

2003 : À l’idée de m’changer, Sans Détour

2004 : Motown, Toute une génération vol.1

2004 : Motown, Toute une génération vol.2

2004 : Motown, Toute une génération vol.3

2004 : Big Star*, Patrick Marty

2004 : Karaoke en folie, Hommage à la Bolduc

2004 : Fitness Groove, Shadow Boxing

2004 : Fitness Groove, Step Mania

2004 : Fitness Groove, Cardio Mania

Concert Production and Touring

1988 : Beatoven, David Scott, Lucio Ditoro

1997 : Beatoven, Etienne Deschenes, Natasha St-Pier

1998 : Etienne Deschenes, Messenger Boy

2000 : Jim Zeller, Les Frères à Ch’val

2001 : Steve Hill, Bob Walsh

2002 : Anthrax, Motorhead, Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil, Morbid Angel, Punk Rock Drive In, La Compagnie Créole, Super Party Rétro, Killer Dwarfs, Bald Vulture, Unfistrife, Helix

2003 : Misfits, Motorhead, Voivod, Skid Row, La Compagnie Créole, Focus, Existence, Hamadryad

2004 : Broken Pictures

Conferences & Workshops

2004 : Bazar Alternatif de Montréal - SOPREF

2005 : Salon de la musique de Montréal

2006 : Salon de la musique indépendente

2006 : Ta musique, ton milieu

2007 : Ta musique, ton milieu

Television appearances

1997 : Les Amuses Gueules – TVA

1997 : La vie en Mauricie – TVA

1998 : Au bouts des doigts – TVRN

1999 : Musique-o-trip – Société Radio-Canada

Publications

2005 : Le Valseur de Bois, Lauré Lussier – Author, published by Dominique Blais

2008 : Les métiers de l’industrie de la musique, vol.1 – Daniel Desnoyers

2008 : Les métiers de l’industrie de la musique, vol.2 – André Ducharme

2008 : Les métiers de l’industrie de la musique, vol.3 – Elisabetta Fantone