THE MERE ACT OF SURVIVING ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS IS THE FOUNDATION FROM WHICH A TRUE ARTIST BUILDS HIS CRAFT. MULTI-TALENTED VETERAN, BRYAN "BL" LAMONTAGNE, IS NO EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE. TO UNDERSTAND WHERE BL IS RIGHT NOW IS JUST HALF THE EQUATION. THE OTHER HALF LIES IN WHERE HE CAME FROM: THIS SEASONED ARTIST POSSESSES A UNIQUE HISTORY.

IN HIS EARLY ADOLESCENT YEARS, BL WAS A WELL-ROUNDED STUDENT ATHLETE BUT WAS KNOWN FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL TALENT PLAYING CLASSICAL TRUMPET. SOLOING WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA, BL WAS STAMPED A PRODIGY AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 11. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AN ARRAY OF MUSICAL OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED THEMSELVES FOR THIS ARTIST. THE MOST ACCREDITED, BEING A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC.

JUST WHEN HE THOUGHT ALL OF HIS HARD WORK AND EFFORT WAS ABOUT TO PAY OFF, HIS WORLD CAME CRASHING DOWN. IT WAS THEN, BL TURNED TO THE ONE THING HE STRIVED TO STAY AWAY FROM, THE STREETS.

AT THE MOST VULNERABLE POINT IN BL'S LIFE, HE WAS EXPOSED TO THE HARSH REALIZATION OF THE GHETTO. GROWING UP IN A ROUGH URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, BL GOT MIXED UP WTH THE WRONG CROWD. IT WASN'T LONG AFTER THAT BL WITNESSED HIS FRIEND'S DEATH. AT THAT TIME HE WAS FACED WITH A CROSS-ROAD, IT TOOK EVERYTHING BL HAD LEFT INSIDE OF HIM TO RE-CONNECT WITH HIS DEEP ROOTED LOVE AND PASSION FOR MUSIC. FUELED BY SUDDEN DEATH OF HIS FRIEND, BL MOTIVATED HIMSELF TO BEGIN TURNING HIS LIFE AROUND.

BL STARTED DELVING INTO NUMEROUS MUSICAL VENTURES WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO FIND HIS MOST FINE TUNED INSTRUMENT, HIS VOICE. AFTER STUDYING A SHORT TIME WITH WORLD RENOWNED VOCAL COACH MARK BAXTER, HE KNEW HE FOUND MORE THAN JUST A HOBBY. AFTER COMING IN 1ST PLACE OUT OF 42,000 CONTESTANTS WORLDWIDE IN THE USA WORLD SHOWCASE IN 2003, BL DISCOVERED HIS LIVELIHOOD.

HIS FIRST MAJOR OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE DOOR STEP OF SUPER PRODUCER ADRUAN "DROP" SANTALLA, A WELL KNOWN HIP HOP GURU OUT OF MIAMI, THAT INCLUDES WORKS WITH "THE TERROR SQUAD", "PITBULL", "FAT JOE", AND "BOYZ 2 MEN" JUST TO NAME A FEW. TAKING A LEAP OF FAITH, BL REACHED OUT TO DROP. INSPIRED BY BL'S WORK ETHIC AND MUSICAL CREATIVITY, DROP DECIDED TO TAKE HIM UNDER HIS WING. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE BL WAS IN THE STUDIO CREATING HIS SINGLE THAT HAS YET TO BE RELEASED. THE SINGLE ENTITLED "TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT" FEATURES MULTI-PLATINUM WINNING HIP-HOP ARTIST FAT JOE.

SINCE THEN, THE FLOOD GATES OPENED FOR BL TO START SONG-WRITING AND SINGING HOOKS FOR GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ARTISTS AND PRODUCERS: AKON, VINNY IDOL, EMINEM, JADAKISS, SHEEK LOUCH, STYLES P, T.O.K., RED HOTT, ELEPHANT MAN, DJ SHOTGUN, KATRA BEATS, MATTY TRUMP, SPLIT 2ND ENTERTAINMENT, SANTILLI, ALEX FATT, MIGHTY MYSTIC, LADY SAW, BUJU BANTON AND ANTHONY B.

LIKE THE BEST ARTISTS, BL'S MUSIC HAS AN ETERNAL SOUND THAT APPEALS TO FANS OF ALL AGES. HIS PERSONAL APPEAL AND ABILITY TO TOUCH AN AUDIENCE IS A PART OF HIS WHOLE PACKAGE: A PACKAGE THAT INCLUDES, MOST IMPORTANTLY, HIS DISTINCTIVE VOCALS AND ABILITY TO MAKE HIS SONGS CONNECT WITH OTHER ARTISTS HE WRITES FOR. HIS GRIND IS FINALLY STARTING TO PAY OFF.