Alan Frew
Encyclopedia
Alan Frew is the lead singer for the Canadian
band
, Glass Tiger
, and has also released two solo
album
s. He has appeared on many television
specials, raises money for various causes and continues to perform around Canada
as a solo artist
, and as the lead singer for Glass Tiger.
Frew has five Canadian Juno Awards, five Canadian Classic Awards and was nominated for a Grammy
. In addition to being a singer-songwriter
he is an actor
and public speaker.
An avid soccer fan, in mid 2008 he recorded a reworked version of "My Town" about Toronto FC
. He is also an avid Rangers F.C.
Fan.
He also wrote the song "Free to Be" which is used by the Toronto Maple Leafs
as their theme song.
Song Writing
In cooperation with his music publisher ole Music Publishing, Alan actively songwrites and collaborates with:
Monty Powell,
Bruce Wallace,
Johnny Reid,
Gerald O'Brien,
Denny Scott, Kenny Scott,
Liz Rodriguez,
Marty Dodson and
Dave Kopatz
to name a few.
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and “I Believe”
In 2008 Frew teamed up with songwriter Stephan Moccio to write "I Believe", the theme song of CTV's Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Three versions of the song “I Believe” were written and recorded; an English language version sung by Montreal jazz singer Nikki Yanofsky, a French language version ("J'imagine") sung by Quebec artist Annie Villeneuve, and an instrumental version by Moccio. On January 26, 2010 an EP titled “I Believe/J’imagine – CTV’s 2010 Winter Games Theme Song” was released on iTunes Canada. The EP contained all three versions of the song. The strings component of the song English language as sung by Nikki Yanofsky involved the orchestral arrangement and conduction of William Ross, at the Fox Studios in Los Angeles. Grammy winning engineer Armin Steiner engineered the recording.
On March 1, 2010 "I Believe", covered by Nikki Yanofsky, had sold over 90,000 digital units in Canada. The same version achieved #1 status on iTunes Canada and Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 in February 2010.
The Action Sandwich and Public Speaking
Alan Frew wrote The Action Sandwich: A Six Step Recipe for Success by Doing What You're Already Doing (ISBN 978-0-9736863-9-5), a 2007 autobiography
with co-writer Sharon Brennan. This book has gone bestseller in Canada.
As a speaker Alan's acutely observational comedy finds humour in the moments of everyday life. Alan travels coast to coast speaking about attaining success on your own terms.
Acting Career
Alan made his stage debut as the crusty patriarch "Pops" in Ross Petty's musical production of "Snow White and the Group of Seven" at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto. On television you can see him on CMT's "Plucked", Showcase Television's "Billable Hours" and in his own show "Road Stories with Alan Frew". Alan was the celebrity "Man on the Street" for Sportsnet and TSN during the FIFA World Cup.
On the big screen Alan can be seen in April Mullen/Tim Doiron’s “Gravy Train” alongside Saturday Night Live alumnus Tim Meadows, released in theatres across Canada and now on Rogers on Demand.
This motion-picture debut saw him playing the role of the town drunk Ewan McCauley. GravyTrain
.
Charity Work
Alan has traveled extensively including performances in Bosnia, the North Pole, Israel, Egypt and Afghanistan (twice) for the Men and Women of the Canadian Armed Forces and their allies. Alan is the celebrity face/performer for the annual “A Rose in My Book” Gala and Golf Tournament to raise funds for Breast Cancer Research.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
, Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band formed in 1983, in Newmarket, Ontario.-Biography:Originally named 'Tokyo', the band produced several hit singles in Canada and placed two songs on Billboard magazine's top 10: "Don't Forget Me " and "Someday," both of which came from their debut album, The Thin...
, and has also released two solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s. He has appeared on many television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
specials, raises money for various causes and continues to perform around Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
as a solo artist
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, and as the lead singer for Glass Tiger.
Frew has five Canadian Juno Awards, five Canadian Classic Awards and was nominated for a Grammy
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
. In addition to being a singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
he is an actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and public speaker.
An avid soccer fan, in mid 2008 he recorded a reworked version of "My Town" about Toronto FC
Toronto FC
Toronto FC is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada....
. He is also an avid Rangers F.C.
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
Fan.
He also wrote the song "Free to Be" which is used by the Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
as their theme song.
Song Writing
In cooperation with his music publisher ole Music Publishing, Alan actively songwrites and collaborates with:
Monty Powell,
Bruce Wallace,
Johnny Reid,
Gerald O'Brien,
Denny Scott, Kenny Scott,
Liz Rodriguez,
Marty Dodson and
Dave Kopatz
to name a few.
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and “I Believe”
In 2008 Frew teamed up with songwriter Stephan Moccio to write "I Believe", the theme song of CTV's Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Three versions of the song “I Believe” were written and recorded; an English language version sung by Montreal jazz singer Nikki Yanofsky, a French language version ("J'imagine") sung by Quebec artist Annie Villeneuve, and an instrumental version by Moccio. On January 26, 2010 an EP titled “I Believe/J’imagine – CTV’s 2010 Winter Games Theme Song” was released on iTunes Canada. The EP contained all three versions of the song. The strings component of the song English language as sung by Nikki Yanofsky involved the orchestral arrangement and conduction of William Ross, at the Fox Studios in Los Angeles. Grammy winning engineer Armin Steiner engineered the recording.
On March 1, 2010 "I Believe", covered by Nikki Yanofsky, had sold over 90,000 digital units in Canada. The same version achieved #1 status on iTunes Canada and Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 in February 2010.
The Action Sandwich and Public Speaking
Alan Frew wrote The Action Sandwich: A Six Step Recipe for Success by Doing What You're Already Doing (ISBN 978-0-9736863-9-5), a 2007 autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
with co-writer Sharon Brennan. This book has gone bestseller in Canada.
As a speaker Alan's acutely observational comedy finds humour in the moments of everyday life. Alan travels coast to coast speaking about attaining success on your own terms.
Acting Career
Alan made his stage debut as the crusty patriarch "Pops" in Ross Petty's musical production of "Snow White and the Group of Seven" at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto. On television you can see him on CMT's "Plucked", Showcase Television's "Billable Hours" and in his own show "Road Stories with Alan Frew". Alan was the celebrity "Man on the Street" for Sportsnet and TSN during the FIFA World Cup.
On the big screen Alan can be seen in April Mullen/Tim Doiron’s “Gravy Train” alongside Saturday Night Live alumnus Tim Meadows, released in theatres across Canada and now on Rogers on Demand.
This motion-picture debut saw him playing the role of the town drunk Ewan McCauley. GravyTrain
GravyTrain
GravyTrain is a 2010 Canadian comedy film directed by April Mullen who also produced the feature with Tim Doiron under the company name G-Train Productions.-Production:The film's 15-day shoot at Niagara Falls, Ontario used Red One camera technology...
.
Charity Work
Alan has traveled extensively including performances in Bosnia, the North Pole, Israel, Egypt and Afghanistan (twice) for the Men and Women of the Canadian Armed Forces and their allies. Alan is the celebrity face/performer for the annual “A Rose in My Book” Gala and Golf Tournament to raise funds for Breast Cancer Research.
Solo
- Hold On (1994)
- Wonderland (2000)
With Glass Tiger
- The Thin Red LineThe Thin Red Line (album)The Thin Red Line is the debut album by Canadian band Glass Tiger. It was released by Capitol Records .The album is most famous for the single "Don't Forget Me ", which reached #2 on the U.S. singles chart and featured back-up vocals by Bryan Adams. The follow-up single, "Someday", was also...
(1986) - Diamond SunDiamond Sun (album)Diamond Sun is the second album by Canadian band Glass Tiger. It was released by Capitol Records . It went certified Double Platinum in Canada.- Track listing :# "Diamond Sun" – 5:22...
(1988) - Simple MissionSimple MissionSimple Mission is the third album by Canadian band Glass Tiger. It was released by Capitol Records and is the band's only studio album without drummer Michael Hanson who left the group after the Diamond Sun album....
(1991) - Air Time: The Best of Glass TigerAir Time: The Best of Glass TigerAir Time: The Best of Glass Tiger is Glass Tiger's first Greatest Hits album. It contains all of their charting singles, both in their native Canada, and the United States.- Track listing :...
(1993) - No Turning Back: 1995-2005 (2005)
- Glass Tiger: LiveGlass Tiger: Live (album)Glass Tiger: Live is Canadian band Glass Tiger's first Live album. It was record at The Phoenix Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on March 19, 2005...
(2006) - online exclusive from band's official websiteWebsiteA website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
External links
- Alan Frew official site, accessed 26 February 2010