Originally from Outaouais, he worked in the community environment with neglected individuals, families and children, in particular for Auberges du Coeur in Montréal. He started his career in the field of music as singer-songwriter-composer and producer of special events. After having worked as freelancer on various projects (news conferences, shows, etc.) and, after having sung for a living in the metro, he decided to retrain and launch his career. In 2006, he took a course at École du Showbusiness. Recommended by a teacher, he started an internship at Gong as radio promotion agent before he had even finished his course. Within the company, he is responsible for the commercial radio promotion and also working with the alternative media outlets. Courriel : jason@gongcommunications.qc.ca mailto:jason@gongcommunications.qc.ca?subject=Message%20du%20site%20de%20Gongshapeimage_2_link_0
Our team Richard Lafrance, president and founder Anne Tardif, senior press agent and associate Jason Dupuis, press relations Winner 2006 Winner 2007
He started his career in the field of music working at the record store Sam The Record Man. After 16 years spent promoting for the record company A&M (The Police, Supertramp, Janet Jackson, etc.), Richard left to take up the position of marketing and promotions manager at Musi Art, a brand new Québec label. In particular, he was responsible for promoting Richard Séguin, Marjo, Marie-Denise Pelletier and Murray Head. After two years, he left to start his own company, Gong Communications. Between 1997 and 2003, he taught at L’École du Showbusiness. Also working as radio host, he has been at the helm of the CIBL broadcast Basses Fréquences for over 17 years and the Mix 96 broadcast Rythms Intermational for four years. He has also been writing for the newspaper Voir since 1993. Email : gongcom@gongcommunications.qc.camailto:gongcom@gongcommunications.qc.ca?subject=Message%20du%20site%20de%20Gongshapeimage_17_link_0
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In 1998, fate would have it that Anne met Richard, who quickly detected in her the aptitudes required of a stakeholder in the music and entertainment industry. A solid partnership developed between them; Richard was alone at the helm of Gong at the time. Initially, she was fascinated by radio promotion. In 2000, she took charge of this department and worked with an artist who was not well known at the time, Martin Deschamps, who gave her a taste of the pleasures of the hit list. Later, she took part in the FIJM and Francopholies of 2003 as program assistant to Laurent Saulnier. In 2004, she was drawn to the adventure of Star Académie, which welcomed her with a spot on the management team of productions J. Gong turned to her again in 2005, when Richard offered her a position within the company as senior press agent, realizing that she had what international talents like David Usher and Martha Wainwright, who were recently signed to Gong, were looking for. Anne still occupies the position as press agent, offers consultation services in talent management and interview preparation. Email : anne@gongcommunications.qc.camailto:anne@gongcommunications.qc.ca?subject=Message%20du%20site%20de%20Gongshapeimage_19_link_0