ABOUT
Norm Couture • Growing up in a small town between Ottawa and Montréal, Norm got started on drums at the tender age of eleven with the help of cousin and lifelong friend Bobby Lalonde. Weekends were always filled with parties, weddings and dances for the family band. At age fifteen, his dad passed away,the music was about the only thing that could keep him going. Drumming became serious and with his passion and determination, Norm went on to study and perfect his talent co-founding The Bobby Lalonde Band . Success followed with numerous radio hits, national and international tours. In 1993 Norm moved on to co-manage and promote the rock group Sens-Unique featuring Véronic Dicaire who was then just starting out at age 15 and who is now signed to Warner Canada.In 1995 the big break came when he signed Nancy Denault to his own label " RNT Records". His management skills and studio experience produced the CanCon top 6 album for 1997 "Matters of the Heart" with two top 20 hits on RPM, nominations for Best New Female Artist and Best video for the hit single "West Of Everything" . The Canadian Country Music Association also nominated Norm in the back-up category since he was drummer on so many TV shows as well as CCMA awards shows.Norm now enjoys studio work and plays with many groups including Disco Inferno, Saturday Night Fever, Nelson Colt, JukeBox Revival, Lise Dazé, Bobby Lalonde Band and has recently joined the world renowned Québec Celtic Fusion Group CHAKIDOR that will take him to Europe and Asia later this year. Professional drummer for national and provincial talent contests with Much Music, Radio Canada Téle: Hommage a Donald Poliquin,SRC-téle : avec Swing, Jean-Francois Brau, Polyester, Michel Lalonde de Garolou, Robert Paquette
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Les vendredis de la chansons francophone de Radio-Canada avec le groupe Chakidor. TVO, ROGERS Communications local shows TV series "Spirit of the Country" (CTV)", Bonne Humeur"(TVA) "Outlaws and Heroes"(Much Music) as well as many successfully established artists: Ronny Prophet Show, Wayne Rostad, Tommy Hunter, Donna and LeRoy Anderson, Carrol Baker, Lisa Brokop, Patricia Conroy, Chris Cummings, Dick Dameron, Joel Sonnier, Lacey J. Dalton, Colleen Peterson, Kelita Haverland, Gary Fjellgaard, Gail Gavan, Charlie Major, Shirley Myers, Anita Perras, David Freizel, Box Car Willie, Michel Wright, Tracey Brown, Laura Vinson, Lucille Starr, Renée Martel, Denis Côté, Marie King, Suzanne Pinnel, Columbia Records Australian celebrity Anne McCue, Nancy Denault Melodium and many more.
- Screen name:
- Grooveregulator
- Member since:
- Dec 21 2017
- Active within 24 hours
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 35
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 6-7 nights a week
- Most available:
- Mornings
Instrument experience:
- Drums:
- Expert