Doug Voice

DOUG VOICE IS A WINNIPEG MUSICIAN WHO TOOK 7 YEARS OF CLASSICAL PIANO AND THEORY AS A CHILD . HE STARTED PLAYING IN BANDS AS A TEENAGER . THE FIRST BAND HE WAS IN WAS CALLED ?THE JAGGED EDGE ?. HE CONTINUED TO PLAY IN MANY BANDS IN WINNIPEG FINALLY JOINING ?CRAWFORD?, A WINNIPEG BASED BAND WHO TRAVELLED TO TORONTO. WHILE IN TORONTO DOUG JOINED A RECORDING GROUP CALLED ?WANKA? AND WAS ON A NATIONALLY RELEASED ALBUM RECORDED BY PRODUCER TERRY BROWN CALLED ?THE ORANGE ALBUM?.

AFTER 2 ? YEARS OF PERFORMING IN TORONTO. DOUG RETURNED HOME TO FORM HIS OWN GROUPS PLAYING ON THE WINNIPEG CIRCUIT. DOUG STARTED RECORDING HIS OWN SONGS IN WINNIPEG AND HAD SOME MILD SUCCESS WITH A SINGLE CALLED ?BADSHOE?

WHILE TAKING THE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COURSE AT RED RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE , DOUG WAS A MANAGER /D.J AT THE RADIO STATION ON CAMPUS AND RECALLS THE MANY CD'S THAT ARRIVED EACH DAY IN THE MAIL FOR THE STATION TO PLAY .
IN 1997 DOUG TOOK A RECORDING ENGINEER COURSE AT SUNSHINE STUDIOS IN WINNPEG AND RECEIVED A HIGH MARK OF 95 %
IN 1999 DOUG RECORDED AND PRODUCED 7 OF HIS SONGS ON A CD CALLED ?WAIT? IN BEDSIDE STUDIOS IN WINNIPEG. THE SINGLE RELEASE WAS CALLED ?PLAY COUNTRY ? AND RECEIVED SOME AIRPLAY IN PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE. THE CD IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE WINNIPEG PUBLIC LIBRARY.

GAINING EXPERIENCE, IN 2004, DOUG RECORDED AND PRODUCED 15 OF HIS ORIGINAL SONGS ON A CD CALLED ?GOODBYE CARRIAGE ROAD?. ?EMILY? IS THE MOST DOWNLOADED SONG SO FAR..
THIS CD IS ? AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET.
IN OCT. 2007 DOUG VOICE RELEASED ?I'VE COME A LONG WAY ? A 18 SONG ORIGINAL RECORDING ON A WEBSITE CALLED CDBABY . SONGS DOWNLOADED SO FAR ARE ?CHAINED?, ?SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL?, ?CRAZY BOUT YOU ? and ?GUNFIGHTER?
IN FEBRUARY 2009 . HE RELEASED A CD CALLED ?SINGER SOMGWRITER THAT INCLUDES 18 ORIGINAL SONGS WRITTEN AND RECORDED AT DOUG VOICE STUDIOS. THE POPULAR SONGS SO FAR ARE ?KATHY'S SHOPPING SONG?, ?VERONICA? and ?AND THE WAR GOES ON ?
AS A SONGWRITER, DOUG HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF S.A.C. [ THE SONGWRITER'S ASSOCIATION OF CANADA ], AS WELL AS A PAST MEMBER OF N.S.A.I. [ NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL]
AS A MUSICIAN, DOUG IS A MEMBER OF LOCAL 190 [MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION ] , A MEMBER OF S.O.C.A.N. [SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS AND AUTHORS ] and A MEMBER OF MANITOBA MUSIC.