David Porteous

Who is David Porteous?

David Porteous is a Canadian singer/songwriter, music producer, and documentary filmmaker from Toronto, Canada.

Porteous has written and recorded 29 music releases, had his first radio play on CBC Radio 2 at the age of 14, wrote music for an HBO pilot, and has released a documentary film entitled War Music. According to Sal Treppiedi of The Great Beyond Music Blog "This may be the hardest working musician you have never heard of."

Porteous has been chosen by NOW magazine as NXNE Critics Pick, has been featured during Canadian Music Week, CMJ Music Marathon in New York, had features on the CBC, BBC, The Toronto Star, and Inside Toronto., and was nominated as 1 of 20 out of 6000+ applications to become a torchbearer for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. David Porteous was awarded First Place in The National Anthem Song Contest hosted by Mongrel Media. The contest was created in conjunction with the release of “Score: A Hockey Musical”. David’s entry, “Go Canada Go” was a song he wrote and recorded in celebration of Canada’s 2010 Olympic Gold Medal Winning Hockey Teams.