 Daniel Belair is an experienced self-taught musician. He plays guitar, piano, bass and drums, among other instruments, and sings lead and all background vocals on all his recordings. Be Different was his debut album back in 1998. As well as playing all the instruments after doing all the arrangements, he was the sound engineer - a passion he discovered in the mid 90s. The album’s breakthrough single was The Idiot of Love, which led to a music video directed by Maxime Giroux and produced by Daniel, widely aired on MuchMusic and its sister station, Quebec’s MusiquePlus. The single was also in rotation on several Ontario radio stations and a number of U.S. rock stations.
Daniel then launched into a field he enjoys as much as music: visual effects. Ten years in, he has covered the production spectrum, from TV ads to TV series and Game Cinematic hits to movies on the big screen. Here are just a few: Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D (Walden Media), Final Destination, Shorts (Robert Rodrigues), Fungus the Boogeyman (BBC), Meteor and The Mighty Monster Trucks, National Geographic, Oreal and more. Working as Technical Director and Pipeline Developer on Autodesk Softimage and Maya, Daniel is also fluent in Python, JScript and Mel programming languages.
Nothing if not curious, Daniel is also passionate about every aspect of Web design. It probably won’t come as a surprise that he developed this website. And in his spare time? Daniel likes guitar making. He’s presently building his own guitar, which you’ll hear in future productions
Zarbie Studio is the result of these passions and expertise. Set up as a philosophically original and multidisciplinary company, it is home to a recording and a graphic design studio. Meticulous and deeply involved, Daniel understands both the visual and musical artistic aspects behind each project.
Daniel Bélair
Owner
t.: 514.969.4604
danielbelair@zarbiestudio.com |
A graduate in Graphic Design from Laval University and then HEC Montreal (Quebec’s premier business school, Hautes Etudes Commerciales), Melanie started her own graphic design agency, McKay Couture, in 2002. Building on more than a dozen years in the graphic arts field, she is beautifully balanced on the cutting edge of new trends. She has worked on a wide range of projects for such international ventures as TV5, Bombardier, Weight Watchers, Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm, Les productions JKP, GO films, Flou – a high-end bed designer headquarted in Italy, Foliot Furniture – an industry leader in environmental manufacturing as well as its hotel/dorm/institutional category, as well as for Quebec’s chichen grower’s association, Les Eleveurs de volaille du Quebec, and several Quebec municipalities, including Boucherville, Longueuil, Ville LaSalle and Ville Mont-Royal.
Melanie teamed up with Zarbie Studio as Art Director to share her artistic vision and passion for design. She brings her eclectic expertise gained over more than a decade to help develop the best visual communication for each project.
Melanie Couture
Art Director
T. 514.969-4604
melaniecouture@zarbiestudio.com |
