Alessia Cara

Let me think.

I know when I interviewed Alessia Cara, I think it was she that said it.

I think it was either Anderson Pack or John Mayer that she might have said was in her phone, which I thought was pretty cool.

I have...

Well, he and I had been in touch from a Beach Boys tribute show that he was the MD on that I played on.

So he reached out when we had Alessia Cara on because he produced that record.

Oh, that's right.

And so a couple of those songs he wrote or one of them, I can't remember.

So for him to even be able to make it out of that and all those other artists that they had on Young Money just goes to show you the level of talent that he had, you know what I mean? And shout out to Wayne and everybody else that, you know, gave him a shot because again, people were not just handing out opportunities to Canadians left, right, and center.

You know what I mean? It's different now because I think between Drake and myself and Tory and Nav and Bieber and Alessia Cara and the list goes on and on and on.

Nelly Furtado and whoever else.

I think people know the level of talent.

Toronto, uh, sporadically had that, but we've never had, I think in my opinion, the infrastructure that we needed to really be able to foster the MCs and the singers the way that we need to.

And that's why a lot of us, Glenn Lewis, myself, Melanie Fiona, Drake, Alessia Cara, go down the list.

Like we all signed US deals.

You know what I'm saying? Cause we never really had the support that I think that we really needed to.

You got the Bare Naked Ladies.

You got Biebs.

You got Alessia Cara.

Like there's so many of them.

Tal brings together creative design, programming, and a deep understanding of every role within a lighting team.

from touring the world as one of the youngest members of a crew to designing and programming major productions, including Alessia Cara's Love and Hyperbole World Tour, CMA Fest, and...

the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tal has become a career, has built a career around constantly learning and making the next show better.

His motto says it perfectly, don't do the same thing twice if you can make the next thing better.

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Right.

So, I mean, even, even on my shows, like great example is I have, I work with a Canadian artist, Alessia Cara.

I'm her lighting designer and director.

I do have two girls, so I do watch Disney films a lot.

But Alessia Cara is a lovely singer.

And yeah, Moana's talking about pushing boundaries.

Yes.

Calvin Harris.

Alessia Cara.

Gesaffelstein.

You're listening to my boys Roz and Mocha.

Calvin Harris.

Alessia Cara.

Ed Sheeran.

You're listening to my boys Roz and Mocha.

I like it so much, I can't even remember what it is.

Alessia Cara.

Clara? Alessia Clara.

I will remember what it is, and I'll sing it at the end.