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Olivier Hamel

About Me

I'm a passionate, devoted drummer. I'm here to meet people from around the globe and who knows, get to play music with you someday!!
I grew up in a musical environment witch brought me to learn piano at the age of 7. I started to play drums at 12 and never stoped!! In the past years, I've played with many bands and solo artists in the province of Quebec, Canada. I toured for 7 months with a great artist named Nico Lelièvre. I also worked on cruise ships in Europe. These experiences also brought me to play different musical styles like rock, pop, funk, latin, r&b, jazz, world beat and more.
I'm holder of a D.E.C. diploma in classical music performance from CEGEP de Ste-Foy (1999-2001) and I completed my bachelor in music performance from UQAM university in april 2006. During these years, I had the privilege to learn from great musicians such as Pierre Hebert, Luc Boivin, Sylvain Bolduc, Pierre Belisle, André Lambert, Martin Egan, Rene Roux and Serge Lapointe.
I'm currently on tour with the equestrian show "Cavalia" (www.cavalia.net) as a drummer/percussionist. It's a great gig that involves both great listening and precise playing abilities. I have performed over 500 shows in Canada, USA, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Spain and Portugal.
I'm proudly sponsored by Soultone cymbals since May 2007.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/10/2006
Band Members:
Influences: DRUMMERS: Josh Freese, Abe Laboriel jr, Jeff Burrows, Pierre Hébert, Bernard Purdie, Chad Smith, Stuart Copeland, Keith Moon, Chad Wackerman, Adam Deitch, Jamal Thomas, Steve Gadd, John Bonham, Nick Mason, Matt Chamberlain...

STYLES: Rock, Pop, Funk, Latin, Jazz...

BANDS: Muse, A Perfect Circle, James Brown, Frank Zappa, The Tea Party, The Beatles, Jamiroquai, Prince, Pink Floyd, Tool, Maceo, The Police, The Who, John Scofield Band, Led Zeppelin, many more...
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

New Music!!!

I just updated the "audio section" of my profile !!!Here are the musicians who played on the 4 cover songs I added:Drums: Olivier Hamel (of course!!!)Bass: Pierre-Olivier Rioux (myspace.com/porioux)G...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:58:00 GMT

R.I.P. Mr Brown...

One of my Idols died today... James Brown was the greatest. He inspired many generations.Thank you for all those great tunes and we will remember you for ever...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:52:00 GMT

Las Vegas, Prince & friends...

I've been in Las Vegas for 5 weeks now and there's too much to see here! I saw so many shows of any kind ( Concerts, comedy, Cirque du Soleil, Musical reviews....) and the entertainment quality is ver...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:39:00 GMT