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Born on august 19th 1980 in Quebec city, Olivier grew up in a
musical environment witch brought him to
 take
piano and cello lessons at a very young age. He started to
play drums at 12 and never stoped!!
In the past years, he played with many bands and solo artists
in the province of Quebec, Canada. He also worked on cruise
ships in Europe. These experiences also brought him to play
different musical styles such as rock, pop, funk, latin, r&b,
world beat and more.
Olivier holder of a D.E.C. diploma in classical music
performance from CEGEP de Ste-Foy (1999-2001) and he completed
a bachelor in music performance at UQAM university in
Montreal, in april 2006. During these years, Olivier had the
privilege to learn from great Canadian musicians such as
Pierre Hebert, Luc Boivin, Sylvain Bolduc, Pierre Belisle,
Andrι Lambert, Martin Egan, Rene Roux and Serge Lapointe.
Olivier is now touring with the equestrian show CAVALIA. The
show is scheduled to travel all over Europe for the next year
or so.
Oliviers cymbal setup consists of :
18, 19 and 20 crash cymbals (cusom brilliant finish)
14 hi-hat (extreme series)
21 ride cymbal (extreme series)
8 and 10 splash cymbals (custom mat finish)
18 chinese cymbal (vintage series)
links :
www.myspace.com/olivierhamel
www.cavalia.net
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