ARTISTS

Damien Schmitt

Damien Schmitt is a complete artist with incredible technique and stunning musicality. Featured drummer on many best seller alblums for famous artists, Damien is also the founder of The Dada Show which is one of the most incredible displays of talent, musicianship and live entertainment one can experience in a live venue.

Damien uses HERCULES mic stands MS120B, MS540B, MS631B, MB400B, MH100B and MH101B; guitar stands GS526B, GS415B and GS602B; and keyboard stand KS400B. “A drummer with a lot of microphones on his drum needs Hercules. A producer who wants to test faster and different microphones needs Hercules. Hercules makes the work easy for all professionals," said Damien.

Born in a family of musicians, Damien first learned playing the drums with his father, Daniel Schmitt. From the age of 4, he practiced as a musician directly on stage. He took an early interest in singing and learned to play several instruments including bass and guitar. At 16 years old he produced, directed and released his first album under the name Yossoma. He sings and plays all the instruments on this record. The genre ranges from funk to hip-hop with some metal influences, a strong jazz presence, as well as jazz fusion.

After this first experience as a professional recording artist and director, he created his band where he was writing music and texts. This band ended up performing at the final of the “Printemps de Bourges” festival in France. The adventure continues and 3 years later he released a second album: Yossoma - FM Francophone Revolution.

After selling thousands of his self-produced records, he moved to Paris and started playing as a live drummer on tour for the most famous French artists like Yannick Noah, Khaled, Gage, Alain Georges Jones, Emma Daumas, Zap Mama, Les Nubians ... He forged a solid reputation in the jazz fusion and played with Dominique Di Piazza, Jean-Marie Ecay. He is featured on a lot of best seller albums with for example Jannick Top & Eric Lelann, Bireli Lagrene, brothers Raymond, Hadrien Feraud. He is also a member of of Jean-Luc Ponty’s band since 2007.

Always looking to develop his personal projects, he moved to Los Angeles and launched the project The Dada Show: his newest most personal project.

Solicited and always ready to travel the world, he discovers the Montréal Drum-Fest in October 2009 and joined Alain Caron’s band on tour for the bassist’s latest album "Septentrion”. He falls in love with the warmth he receives from the people of Quebec and then moved to Montreal to assemble the last pieces his new project: The Dada Show, accompanied by outstanding musicians!

Please visit Damien’s official website at www.damienschmitt.name, and see his latest news at Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheDadaShow and www.facebook.com/DamienSchmittOfficialPage.