Tony Cannata

Tony Cannata is a Musician, Composer, Songwriter and Engineer from Montreal, Canada. His variety of musical styles have allowed him to incorporate many genres of music into his productions such as Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, R&B, Folk, Dance and Blues. He has drawn inspiration and influence from many artists, musicians, bands and producers from the 1950's until today. Tony grew up in Montreal, and then briefly moved to Ottawa for a few years during his youth. Always having a passion for the arts, he studied Taekwondo for 3 years with Internationally renowned 9th dan Grandmaster Tae E. Lee. Growing up, he also dreamed of being an actor. He studied Drama in high school, took up acting classes and participated in several work shops with casting directors such as Josa Maule and Tracy "Twinkie'' Byrd. He also studied acting with award winning actor Vinny Guastafero in Los Angeles, California. As time passed Tony became more and more focused on music. Having taught himself to play a variety of instruments such as drums, piano and guitar since he was a young boy, he joined his first band while in high school in which he played the drums and participated in several high school talent shows. At the age of 16, he was in the band "Higher to Fall" as a guitarist, and that's when he discovered his love and passion for writing music. The band played venues all over the city of Montreal for over 5 years and released a self titled studio album. While in the studio recording the album, he discovered another thing he loved, which was sound engineering.