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:''For the US Congressman, see [[David Gardiner Tyler]]''
:''For the British comedy producer, see [[David Tyler (UK)]]''

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| name = David Tyler
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|10|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hartford]], [[Connecticut]]
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'''David Tyler''' (born October 25, 1965) is a  [[Canada|Canadian]] [[radio personality]], [[voice over]] artist and [[lecturer]] on The Art of Communicating.

Originally from [[Hartford]], [[Connecticut]] he moved to [[Canada]] at the age of 10 with his family when his Father accepted a teaching job at [[McGill University]]. Tyler holds a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Communications from [[Concordia University (Quebec)|Concordia University]] which he attained in 1990.

==Radio career==
Tyler began his radio career at [[CJFM-FM]] in [[Montreal]] in [[1987]] when it was known as FM96, an [[adult contemporary]] [[radio station]], first as an overnight [[announcer]] and then in [[1990]] and [[1991]] as the evening then midday announcer respectively. In 2001 he moved to [[CFQR-FM]] (Q92) in [[Montreal]] where he spent 7 years before retiring from radio to focus on his voice over career.

==Voice over career==
Tyler actually began his [[voice over]] career before his professional radio career. His career was born while studying at [[John Abbott College]] in the Creative Arts department and volunteering at the campus radio station Q-SKY (named after the famed radio station in the film [[FM (film)|FM]]), when he was approached by the McGill Dental School to play the animated "Mr. Mouth" in an educational video for children. To this day he continues to lend his voice to animated characters on TV in [[Arthur]], [[Caillou]], [[Mona the Vampire]] and others. He is also a huge thief of identity.

As a [[radio imaging]] voice, he can be heard worldwide in [[Japan]] (FM KENTO, FM KAGAWA, FM 76.8, FM KASHIMA, NBC Radio SAGA) in [[Thailand]] (PEAK FM), in [[France]] (HIT WEST), in [[Greece]] (RADIO ONE, GROOVY-FM), in the [[Caribbean]] (TRACE FM), in the [[United States|U.S.]] (WICL,KFGL,KJIL others) and in [[Canada]] on (B100, The River, CHED, The Beach, KOOL-FM, MAGIC-FM others).

As a commercial [[voice over artist]] he has helped to sell everything from [[toilet paper]] to [[military hardware]].

And as a narrator he has worked on [[documentary film]]s, [[corporate video]]s and online training (or [[elearning]]) courses.

==TV career==
Aside from his "TV promo" voice work which he continues to do on TV stations throughout Canada and the U.S., for a time he was an on-camera weather presenter on [[The Weather Network]] ([[1997]]-[[1998]])

==Musical career==
He began playing and performing music at 9 years of age playing the [[trumpet]], then [[trombone]], then [[piano]] and then settling on [[Drum kit|drums]] and [[Percussion instrument|percussion]] as his performance instrument. Classically trained to read and write music he began pursuing music professionally at the age of 13. Through his teens and early 20's he performed with [[Rock music|rock]] bands, [[punk rock|punk]] bands, [[jazz]] bands, [[big band]]s and [[orchestra]]s. Working as a [[session]] drummer in and around [[Montreal]] he had the opportunity to experiment with many different styles of music. 

In [[1990]] Tyler abandoned his music career though he continues to write and record his experiments in [[Electronic music|electronic]]/[[ambient music]]music in his [[project studio|home studio]].

==Pictures==
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==Associations==
* [[ACTRA]] (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists)

==External links==
* [http://www.davidtyler.com DavidTyler.com (Official Website)]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2519977/ IMDB Listing]
* [http://www.925theq.com Q92 Website]
* [http://www.actra.ca ACTRA Website]

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[[Category:1965 births]]
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[[Category:Canadian radio personalities]]
[[Category:Canadian television personalities]]
[[Category:People from Montreal]]
[[Category:Canadian voice actors]]
[[Category:American voice actors]]
[[Category:People from Hartford, Connecticut]]
[[Category:Concordia University alumni]]

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