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

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 for Radio-Canada

Télévision de Radio-Canada

Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...

 (CBC) Television, Dominique has also produced several albums; some of these he has promoted for airplay on several radio station

Radio station

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s across Canada whilst others had been nominated for awards at the Canadian Country Music Awards

Country Music Association Awards

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 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

Canada-United States relations

Relations between Canada and the United States have spanned more than two centuries. This includes a shared British colonial heritage, warfare during the 1770s and 1812, and the eventual development of one of the most successful international relationships in the modern world...

, 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

Vince Neil

Vincent Neil Wharton is an American vocalist and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.-Early life:Neil was born in Hollywood, California to Odie and Shirley Wharton...

 (Mötley Crüe), The Misfits, Anthrax, Voivod, Marky Ramone

Marky Ramone

Marky Ramone is an American musician. He is best known for being the drummer for the Ramones, but has also played in other notable bands like Dust, Wayne County and the Backstreet Boys, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, and the Misfits.Although he is not the original drummer , Marky is the only living...

, Skid Row

Skid row

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 and others.

Since then, Dominique Blais devotes his time to teaching classes within the "Music Business Administration" program at Montreal's Trebas Institute

Trebas Institute

Trebas Institute is a private, bilingual, post-secondary college specializing in the recording arts with campuses in Montreal, and Toronto.- Faculty :...

 and SODRAC (Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers in Canada) where he has worked for many departments, namely Recruitment and Member Services as well as Audio Licensing (Independent labels) and Audiovisual Licensing (Videocopy Distribution).

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

1996 : La Boîte à Chansons, Compilation (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

1997 : Toile de vie, Beatoven (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

1997 : Noir et blanc*, Beatoven (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

1997 : La quarte des quatres, Radio-Canada (Moncton, N.-B., Canada)

1997 : Harper's March, Harper's March (Hollywood, CA, USA)

1998 : Rue St-Denis, Daniel Simard (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

1978 : Vendredi 4hrs, Etienne Deschènes (Edmundston, N.-B., Canada)

1978 : J’aime mieux être pauvre*, Guy Pharand (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

1978 : Promise You Forever*, Dan Nash (Calgary, AB, Canada)

1978 : L’As de Vegas*, Jean-Pierre Fortin (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

1978 : Lever haut la main, Beatoven (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

1978 : People and Places*, Max Bennett

Max Bennett (ice hockey)

Max "Maxie" Bennett was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played in one National Hockey League game for the Montreal Canadiens during the 1935–36 NHL season.-External links:...

 (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

1978 : La Voie*, Patrick Marty (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

1999 : On n’est pas sorti de l'Auberge, Dragon Rouge (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

1999 : Caroline*, Phil David Francis

David Francis

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 (Toronto, On, Canada)

1999 : More Purple Than Black*, Phil Lewis

Phil Lewis

Phil Lewis is an English vocalist for the American glam metal band named L.A. Guns, He was born on January 9, 1957 in London, England.Prior to joining L.A. Guns Lewis also worked with Girl , New Torpedos, and Tormé. While temporarily out of L.A...

 (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

1999 : Small People, Short Story, Little Crime*, Existence (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

1999 : Wild Flowers*, Harper's March (Hollywood, CA, USA)

1999 : A Man Like That*, Dan Nash (Calgary, AB, Canada)

2000 : Little Luck, Messenger Boy (Hollywood, CA, USA)

2001 : Into a Fire, Dan Nash (Calgary, AB, Canada)

2001 : La planète humaine, Denis Schingh (Toronto, ON, Canada)

2001 : Au Yable le Brandy!*, Baqqhus (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

2002 : Obscene Cuisine*, Vaginal Croutons (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

2002 : La Samba du millénaire*, La Compagnie Créole (Paris, France)

2003 : À l’idée de m’changer, Sans Détour (Québec, Qc, Canada)

2004 : Motown, Toute une génération vol.1 (Toronto, On, Canada)

2004 : Motown, Toute une génération vol.2 (Toronto, On, Canada)

2004 : Motown, Toute une génération vol.3 (Toronto, On, Canada)

2004 : Big Star*, Patrick Marty (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

2004 : Karaoke en folie, Hommage à la Bolduc (Toronto, On, Canada)

2004 : Fitness Groove, Shadow Boxing

Shadowboxing

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 (Toronto, On, Canada)

2004 : Fitness Groove, Step Mania (Toronto, On, Canada)

2004 : Fitness Groove, Cardio Mania (Toronto, On, Canada)

Concert Production and Touring

1988 : Beatoven, David Scott

David Scott

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, 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

Morbid Angel

Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked one Morbid Angel album in its “Top 40 greatest death metal albums”, with their 1989 debut Altars of Madness appearing at number 1...

, Punk Rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 Drive In (St.Albans, VT - USA), La Compagnie Créole, Super Party Rétro (Gilles Girard et les Classels, César et les Romains, Guy Harvey et les Gendarmes), 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 (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

2005 : Salon de la musique de Montréal (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

2006 : Salon de la musique indépendente (Québec, Qc, Canada)

2006 : Ta musique, ton milieu (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

2007 : Ta musique, ton milieu (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

Television appearances

1997 : Les Amuses Gueules (Jean-Pierre Coallier) – TVA (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

1997 : La vie en Mauricie – TVA (Trois-Rivières, Qc, Canada)

1998 : Au bouts des doigts (13 episodes) – TVRN (Montreal, Qc, Canada)

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

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

 (Natasha St-Pier) (Moncton, N.-B., Canada)

Publications

2005 : Le Valseur de Bois, Lauré Lussier – Author, published by Dominique Blais (Les Éditions LittérArt)

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

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

André Ducharme

André Ducharme is a Québécois author, comedian and humorist. He was part of the Rock et Belles Oreilles group from 1981 to 1995. He was credited as André G. Ducharme in RBO; "G. Ducharme" has the same sound in French as "J'ai du charme," which means "I have charm" or "I am charming."-References:...

 (Muzikbiz Workshops)

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

Elisabetta Fantone

Elisabetta Fantone is a Canadian artist, model, author, singer and actress.Elisabetta is best known for her appearances on Quebec's 2006 reality television series Loft Story. She has also appeared in short films and wrote an autobiography entitled Journal Intime d'une lofteuse. Her first single...

(Muzikbiz Workshops)