About

David Foster

Instruments: Piano/Keyboards, Composition/Songwriting, Bassoon details
Hall Of Fame Inductee 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award Before he became one of the most successful record producers in history — creating albums that have collectively sold in the hundreds of millions — David Foster received a valuable piece of advice from legendary music impresario Quincy Jones. “He said to me, ‘If something isn’t exactly the way you think it should be, don’t put your name on it,’” Foster recalls. “His words of advice had a great impact on me, and since then I’ve always fought for my artistic vision. I don’t always win, but I know when an artist hires me, it’s my job to push them toward greatness, and to get something out of them they didn’t know was there. My personal motto has become, ‘compromise breeds mediocrity.’” This philosophy has shaped the way Foster has approached everything in his more than four decades as a musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, producer, and recording artist. It is the reason why superstars like Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, Rod Stewart, and Stevie Wonder have trusted him with their voices and to help the... more...
Unknown

Community Events

Current Projects

David Foster Band
Piano
1986 - present

Past Projects

Skylark
Keyboards
70s
The Barry Casson Trio
Keyboards
60s
The Foundry Brass
Keyboards
60s
David Foster Trio
Piano
60s
The Poppy Family
Piano
1967 - 1973
The Teen Beats
Keyboards
1964 - 1965
Starbrite Combo
Keyboards