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AT JUST 15 YEARS OLD SEBASTIEN STARTED HIS JOURNEY IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY BY LEADING AN ALL AGES PROMOTION COMPANY AS THE HEAD OF PROMOTIONS. AFTER DOING THIS FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS SEBASTIEN THEN STARTED WORKING WITH A MAJOR LOCAL RADIO STATION AS A BILINGUAL INTERN WHERE THEY HANDLED LIVE TO AIR INTERVIEWS AND DJ SETS FROM HEAVY HITTERS LIKE TIGA AND ARMIN VAN BUUREN ALL BEFORE ATTENDING THE PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO. HE SOON TOOK TO DJING HIMSELF AND SIMULTANEOUSLY STARTED DEVELOPING EVENTS AND HANDLING BOOKINGS DURING THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC BOOM IN NORTH AMERICA DURING HIS TIME AT UNIVERSITY.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING GRADUATION HE TEAMED UP WITH LONG TIME FRIEND ALEX BEREAS AND THEY STARTED THEIR VERY OWN EVENT PRODUCTION COMPANY IN TORONTO (AVID TORONTO) WHICH LAUNCHED HIM INTO RUNNING A BRAND NEW NIGHT CLUB IN HIS CITY AS THE TALENT BUYER AND GENERAL MANAGER. AFTER A FEW YEARS OF SUCCESS HE THEN TOOK HIS FIRST INTERNSHIP AT AN ARTIST AGENCY AT 26 YEARS OLD WHERE HE LEARNED HOW TO NAVIGATE THE RESPONSIBILITIES, STRESSES AND DEMANDS OF BEING A MAJOR AGENT.

WITH THIS UNDER HIS BELT SEBASTIEN DECIDED TO GO INTO BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF AND IS NOW SITTING ON TOP OF ONE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOUTIQUE AGENCIES IN THE AMERICAS BOTH MANAGING AND BOOKING SOME OF THE BIGGEST AND BEST ACTS IN THE UNDERGROUND SCENE TODAY, AVID ARTIST AGENCY.

IN 2023 SEBASTIEN PARTNERED WITH MUSIC VETERAN HESH DONNERSTAG AND TOGETHER THEY LOOK TO TAKE THE MUSIC AGENCY WORLD AND ARTIST MANAGEMENT GAME TO NEXT THE LEVEL.

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