Darren Stevens

from Victoria BC
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Darren Stevens

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Piano/Keyboards Professional
Vocals Professional
Darren Stevens played keyboards and sang with cover and original bands in Vancouver/Calgary since he was 18 years old but his first performance came at age 6 when he wrote a letter to Rolf Harris asking if he could sing with him on stage at his upcoming Queen Elizabeth Theatre show to which Rolf obliged. His first real gig was with a band called Sistor Cruz which later became known as Dillinger based out of Calgary Alberta, touring the Alberta and eastern BC countryside in 1984. By 1986 Darren returned home to Vancouver and joined Vancouver’s Vicious Rumours (1986 to 1987), playing keyboards including playing occasionally sans-vocalist as The Hawks . By later 1987 he formed the band Modern Romance and as a keyboardist and programmer, Darren hand-created many of the sounds used, and wrote the software used to control their live shows. One of the significant outcomes of working with Modern Romance was that Darren wrote the software UltraMIDI, later known as Slave Driver, to run the show. Then, together with sound engineer Ross Coplick using Darren’s UltraMIDI/Slave Driver software, the group Justus brought his huge synthesizer-based europop sounds to their audiences around the lower mainland and beyond, using unique technology developed for the show. Then in 1989, Darren made a change and applied his knowledge and talent to his most popular group Faith and Desire until 1991. These were the beginnings of a 35-year career writing real-time integration software applications, consulting, and running software companies. Today with his most recent works being in original music and video created with local performers around Victoria, produced under the name Francis Hillier, Darren is founder and CEO of the software company Avato and enjoys life on the Saanich Peninsula boating, flying and making music with friends.
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Justus
Keyboards/Vocals
80s
Emotion X
Keyboards/Vocals
1990 - 1991
Faith and Desire
keyboards/Vocals
1989 - 1991
Modern Romance-Vancouver
Keyboards/Vocals
1987
The Hawks
Keyboards/Vocals
1986 - 1987
Vicious Rumors
Keyboards / Vocals
1986 - 1988
Dillinger
Keyboards/Vocals
1984 - 1985

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