Education
Later on, Robitaille attended Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo to study classical music
Later on, Robitaille attended Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo to study classical music
Robitaille started his music career at a young age, when he started playing the piano when he was eight years old, and later in his childhood he learned to play such instruments as the trumpet, guitar and violin. In 2004, Robitaille, a young poetic musician, played at the Festival de la chanson de Granby (Granby Song Festival) in Granby, Quebec in which he was a finalist. Robitaille performs the vocals, guitar and piano for all of his songs.
In 2006, Robitaille released his first full-length album titled L"homme qui me ressemble (The Manitoba Who Looks Like Maine).
The title is a reference to the duality of being a performer having to take on a persona, which is a large part of Damien"s acting On September 8, 2009, he launched his album Homme Autonome.
He is released under Audiogram.
Halfway through his university career he was a finalist in Ontario People’s, a Franco-Ontarian competition, in which he won a scholarship to attend a one-year program at "L"Ecole Nationale de la Chanson" in Granby, Quebec. This festival, as well as the Francouvertes festival in Montreal, Quebec where he won first prize, helped Robitaille become a successful musician in Quebec.
While at Laurier, he was a member of the rock band The Mezameeze (made to sound like "Mes Amis" in French, meaning "My Friends").
