Ian was born in the suburb of Southall, London. He is of Goan background. His family moved to Canada when he was three years old. He grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, learning guitar at the age of 13. He attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School. In 1991, he formed a band named Dragonflower with some fellow schoolmates. After Dragonflower broke up, he formed another band named Soluble Fish and recorded a five-song demo entitled Nugget Sauces. He eventually met Benjamin Kowalewicz, Jonathan Gallant and Aaron Solowoniuk in 1993 at a high school talent show. He started a new band with them named Pezz (later to become Billy Talent) while also playing in Soluble Fish. Both bands played shows together until Soluble Fish broke up in 1996. Still playing with Pezz, D'Sa went to OCAD and then Sheridan College where he got his degree in classical animation and has worked on the TV shows Angela Anaconda, Birdz, and the film Adventures in 3-D IMAX as a character animator. Pezz changed their name to Billy Talent a few years later in 1998.[1]
Billy Talent
In 1998, Pezz changed their name to Billy Talent after the fictional character in Michael Turner's Hard Core Logo book. D'Sa co-produced the album Billy Talent II with Gavin Brown. He also did art direction and package design on the album. He received co-direction credit for the video "Fallen Leaves", for which the band was awarded Best Video and Best Rock Video at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards. Released in September 2012, the fourth album of the band, Dead Silence, was produced entirely by D'Sa. He was nominated for Producer of the Year at the 2017 Juno Awards for his work on the band's fifth album, Afraid of Heights.
D'Sa produced his first two singles on Die Mannequin's EP Slaughter Daughter, the songs being "Do it or Die" and "Saved by Strangers". He played guitar on Sarah Slean's song "Lucky Me". He makes a cameo in The Operation M.D.'s single "Sayonara" as a doctor pushing Stevo in a wheelchair. He also makes a brief cameo as a year book photo in the K-OS video for "ELEctrik HeaT - the seekwiLL". He also sang guest vocals with Alexisonfire during a few live shows.
D'Sa is known for making unexpected appearances at other bands' live shows and to guest as vocalist sometimes with Alexisonfire. He joined Sum 41 as a guest guitarist for a one-off performance of their popular encore song "Pain for Pleasure", and also performed as a guest in one show with British band Reuben in 2006, while the band supported Billy Talent. He produced the first single, "Buried at Sea", from The Operation M.D.'s second studio album Birds + Bee Stings, which was released on 29 June 2010.
D'Sa has been involved with Song for Africa since 2007, a project to connect Canada's youth to the AIDS pandemic, playing guitar on the song and in the video and single. In July 2007, he travelled to Kenya for 10 days to be part of the Song for Africa documentary film. D'Sa also wrote and recorded the song "Land of a Thousand Hills" for the benefit album Song for Africa – Rwanda: Rises Up!, in which he sings lead vocals and plays guitar with punk rock band Noble Blood. In November 2012, he contributed a guitar solo to the song "Toast to Freedom", recorded by Anti-Flag for Amnesty International as a benefit single. He played solo in the video for the song.
D'Sa and fellow Billy Talent bandmate Ben Kowalewicz appeared in the music video for Emigrate's song "1234", whom Kowalewicz provided co-lead vocals for.
Musical equipment
When playing live shows, D'Sa plays an Olympic White Fender Stratocaster Fat Strat Deluxe with a black pickguard loaded with Seymour Duncan JB Trembucker pickups. He also plays a Montego Black Stratocaster Fat Strat Deluxe with a red pickguard loaded with Seymour Duncan JB Trembucker pickups. When recording in the studio, his favourite guitars are a '52 Fender Telecaster Reissue (nicknamed "Crispy Chicken"), a '72 Fender Telecaster Deluxe (nicknamed "Rooster"), a '57 Gibson Les Paul Junior and several other vintage guitars.
D'Sa has said that "Crispy Chicken" is one of his main recording guitars, and has been used on all six Billy Talent albums along with other guitars such as his '57 Junior, for overdubs. He also owns a three colour sunburst stratocaster with a white pick guard, which is shown in the "Devil in a Midnight Mass" music video. His main live amp setup consists of a 60 watt head custom made by Mark Stephenson of Stephenson Amplification, along with a Diezel VH4.[2]
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Ian D Sa news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message Ian D Sa is a Canadian guitarist and producer best known as a member of the rock band Billy Talent Ian D SaD Sa performing in 2017Background informationBornSouthall London EnglandOriginMississauga Ontario CanadaGenresPost hardcore alternative rock punk rockOccupation s Musician producer songwriterInstrument s Guitar vocals keyboardsYears active1993 presentLabelsAtlantic Warner Music Canada Spinefarm Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Billy Talent 3 Musical equipment 4 Discography 5 Production credits 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and career EditIan was born in the suburb of Southall London He is of Goan background His family moved to Canada when he was three years old He grew up in Mississauga Ontario learning guitar at the age of 13 He attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School In 1991 he formed a band named Dragonflower with some fellow schoolmates After Dragonflower broke up he formed another band named Soluble Fish and recorded a five song demo entitled Nugget Sauces He eventually met Benjamin Kowalewicz Jonathan Gallant and Aaron Solowoniuk in 1993 at a high school talent show He started a new band with them named Pezz later to become Billy Talent while also playing in Soluble Fish Both bands played shows together until Soluble Fish broke up in 1996 Still playing with Pezz D Sa went to OCAD and then Sheridan College where he got his degree in classical animation and has worked on the TV shows Angela Anaconda Birdz and the film Adventures in 3 D IMAX as a character animator Pezz changed their name to Billy Talent a few years later in 1998 1 Billy Talent EditIn 1998 Pezz changed their name to Billy Talent after the fictional character in Michael Turner s Hard Core Logo book D Sa co produced the album Billy Talent II with Gavin Brown He also did art direction and package design on the album He received co direction credit for the video Fallen Leaves for which the band was awarded Best Video and Best Rock Video at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards Released in September 2012 the fourth album of the band Dead Silence was produced entirely by D Sa He was nominated for Producer of the Year at the 2017 Juno Awards for his work on the band s fifth album Afraid of Heights D Sa produced his first two singles on Die Mannequin s EP Slaughter Daughter the songs being Do it or Die and Saved by Strangers He played guitar on Sarah Slean s song Lucky Me He makes a cameo in The Operation M D s single Sayonara as a doctor pushing Stevo in a wheelchair He also makes a brief cameo as a year book photo in the K OS video for ELEctrik HeaT the seekwiLL He also sang guest vocals with Alexisonfire during a few live shows D Sa is known for making unexpected appearances at other bands live shows and to guest as vocalist sometimes with Alexisonfire He joined Sum 41 as a guest guitarist for a one off performance of their popular encore song Pain for Pleasure and also performed as a guest in one show with British band Reuben in 2006 while the band supported Billy Talent He produced the first single Buried at Sea from The Operation M D s second studio album Birds Bee Stings which was released on 29 June 2010 D Sa has been involved with Song for Africa since 2007 a project to connect Canada s youth to the AIDS pandemic playing guitar on the song and in the video and single In July 2007 he travelled to Kenya for 10 days to be part of the Song for Africa documentary film D Sa also wrote and recorded the song Land of a Thousand Hills for the benefit album Song for Africa Rwanda Rises Up in which he sings lead vocals and plays guitar with punk rock band Noble Blood In November 2012 he contributed a guitar solo to the song Toast to Freedom recorded by Anti Flag for Amnesty International as a benefit single He played solo in the video for the song D Sa and fellow Billy Talent bandmate Ben Kowalewicz appeared in the music video for Emigrate s song 1234 whom Kowalewicz provided co lead vocals for Musical equipment EditWhen playing live shows D Sa plays an Olympic White Fender Stratocaster Fat Strat Deluxe with a black pickguard loaded with Seymour Duncan JB Trembucker pickups He also plays a Montego Black Stratocaster Fat Strat Deluxe with a red pickguard loaded with Seymour Duncan JB Trembucker pickups When recording in the studio his favourite guitars are a 52 Fender Telecaster Reissue nicknamed Crispy Chicken a 72 Fender Telecaster Deluxe nicknamed Rooster a 57 Gibson Les Paul Junior and several other vintage guitars D Sa has said that Crispy Chicken is one of his main recording guitars and has been used on all six Billy Talent albums along with other guitars such as his 57 Junior for overdubs He also owns a three colour sunburst stratocaster with a white pick guard which is shown in the Devil in a Midnight Mass music video His main live amp setup consists of a 60 watt head custom made by Mark Stephenson of Stephenson Amplification along with a Diezel VH4 2 Discography EditFor a more comprehensive list see Billy Talent discography Album appearancesPezz Demoluca demo 1994 Soluble Fish Nugget Sauces EP 1995 Pezz Dudebox EP 1996 Pezz Watoosh LP 1998 Billy Talent Try Honesty 2001 Billy Talent Billy Talent 2003 Billy Talent Billy Talent II 2006 Billy Talent Billy Talent III 2009 Billy Talent Dead Silence 2012 Billy Talent Hits 2014 Billy Talent Kingdom of Zod 2014 Billy Talent Afraid of Heights 2016 Billy Talent Crisis of Faith album 2022 Production credits EditBilly Talent Crisis of Faith album 2022 producer The Lazys Tropical Hazards 2018 co produced with Eric Ratz Billy Talent Afraid of Heights 2016 producer Say Yes Real Life Trash Mag 2015 co produced with Eric Ratz The Lazys Black Rebel Single 2015 producer Billy Talent Dead Silence 2012 producer Operation M D Buried at Sea Single 2010 producer Die Mannequin Slaughter Daughter EP 2007 producer Billy Talent Billy Talent II 2006 co produced with Gavin Brown Soluble Fish Nugget Sauces EP 1995 producer Pezz Demoluca Demo 1994 producer References Edit The Ongoing History of New Music Before They Were Famous original broadcast date 13 November 2005 on CFNY YouTube accessed 17 September 2014 External links EditSong for Africa Official website Billy Talent at MySpace Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ian D 27Sa amp oldid 1075850427, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
