Saint-Arnaud

Article by Anh Khoi Do
Le Journal de Cornwall
17 Octobre 2012

Philippe Saint-Arnaud is a music enthusiast. When he reaches 18, he will participate in Star Academy, in a Quebec reality show where aspiring singers compete. However, the young man wants to assert itself as a singer of the Franco-Ontarian musical talent. With his curiosity, he unleashed a reality show that will allow it possibly live his musical dream.

For five weeks we can see le TFO, a Franco-Ontarian television channel as part of Jam show. This follows last seven candidates aspiring to be part of the Franco-Ontarian musical talent.

"I saw a poster of the show at school Heritage, remembers the young 15 year old man. I told myself that I would try my luck and I had nothing to lose. "A month after sending his application Jam producers call him. They want more videos from Philippe Saint-Arnaud to know him better. He grants the wishes of the producers and its application is approved.

The winner of this show can win a $ 1,500 prize and obtain the musical instrument of his dreams. If he wins, his choice will be on an electric guitar. It is further necessary that Philippe Saint-Arnaud wins the majority of votes on the weekly challenges of the Jam site after the broadcast of the program.

At the time of writing, he won a challenge. These challenges were to film a short video in which participants must show their acting talent and of course as singer. Above all, the seven Jam candidates will have to perform on stage in the next FrancoFolies of Montreal.

A discovered passion
Anyone who hears the story of his life will know that Mr. St. Arnaud has the music in his guts. At age 11, he learned to play the guitar after hearing the song Hey there, Delilah, the Plain White T's group.

A year later, he composed his French friend, Nicolas, a follower of the battery, his first song. "This composition was a school project," he says. At first, the teacher wanted us to write the lyrics of a song. To enhance the project, my friend Nicolas and I decided to sing it in front of the class. "

At that time, he lived in Trenton. It formed a group called Haze with his friend. Then he moved to Cornwall. "I had no one with whom composed
a song,'' he said . It is a that moment is started writing " more serious "of his own.

"Singing in French in the Ontario context allows me to distinguish myself, says this fan of Quebec groups, Les trois accords and Kain. Many young people of my generation want to fight for the French language. "

Of course, if he decides to bifurcate professionally, Mr. St. Arnaud would like to work in the television industry behind the camera.