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{{Infobox person
| name = David Tyler
|image =David-Tyler-2015.JPG |
|imagesize = 150px |
| birth_name                = David Issa Boullata
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|10|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place               = [[Jerusalem]]
| alma_mater   = [[Concordia University]]
| occupation                = [[Voice Actor]], [[Radio Personality]], [[Lecturer]]
}}
'''David Tyler''' (born October 25, 1965) is a  [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[radio personality]], [[voice over]] artist and [[lecturer]] on The Art of Communicating Ideas.

He immigrated to [[Canada]] with his family via [[Hartford]], [[Connecticut]] at the age of 10 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. David can still be heard on the air in Montreal as an occasional guest announcer on [[CKBE-FM]] "The Beat of Montreal" and does one-on-one coaching with up-and-coming radio stars.

==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.

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, NEXT-FM), in the [[United States|U.S.]] (KKIQ, KOOL 102 Las Vegas, 104-9 The Surf, many 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==
On May 13, 2013 David was hired as the national voice of [[CTV News]] (Canada). His duties include voicing intros and promos for each of the CTV Newscasts across Canada, [[Canada AM]], [[CTV National News]] and the news program [[W5 (TV series)|W5]]. 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)

==Lecturer==
His primary focus as a lecturer is on "The Art of Communicating": helping [[radio station]]s and radio groups connect more effectively with their audiences and helping business leaders learn to use their voice more effectively when [[public speaking|speaking in public]]. He has also begun touring The ULTIMATE Voice Over Guide, Live around Canada and hopes to launch an online version of this lecture for [[voice over]] artists in 2014-2015.

==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 musician|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]] in his [[project studio|home studio]].

==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]
* [http://www.ultimatevoiceoverguide.com ULTIMATE Voice Over Guide, Online!]

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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian radio personalities]]
[[Category:Canadian television personalities]]
[[Category:Male actors from Montreal]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Palestinian descent]]
[[Category:Canadian male voice actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Jerusalem]]
[[Category:Concordia University alumni]]

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