Daniel Victor
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 Daniel Victor of Neverending White Lights.
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| Birth name | Daniel Victor |
| Also known as | Neverending White Lights |
| Born | September 20, 1979 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada  |
| Occupation(s) | Vocalist, Songwriter, Musician, Record producer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Piano, Guitar |
| Label(s) | MapleMusic Canada |
| Associated acts | Neverending White Lights |
| Website | Neverendingwhitelights.com |
Daniel Victor (born September 20, 1979 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian musician who is most famous for his work in the collaboration of Neverending White Lights. His father was born in Italy, and his mother in Argentina. Victor's involvement with music began at a very early age. He studied the piano under the direction of strict nuns at the local conservatory. He later became proficient on instruments such as drums, guitar, bass, and vocals. During his adolescence he performed in various concert bands and orchestras as a jazz drummer, vocalist and pianist. He also performed in the pit orchestra for numerous local musicals and theatre groups during a 10 year period.
In his teens, he worked in his home studio alongside his father, Jack Genaro, producing and recording local artists, and developing talent that would later serve as the background for his upcoming releases. After graduating University of Windsor with a BA in World Views and Communications, he went directly to work on making his first record entitled, Neverending White Lights - Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies[1]. His first collaboration for this album was a song called On Fire, which he wrote alongside Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman. The song made it onto Switchfoot's Columbia debut album The Beautiful Letdown, which was their most popular release to date.
It was during this time that Daniel continued work on the album, which would feature the likes of many different vocalists. He pulled together the lead men from bands such as: 311, Ours, Hum (band), Finger Eleven, Shudder to Think, The Velvet Teen, Our Lady Peace, Age of Electric, The Watchmen, The Black Maria, Creeper Lagoon, Starflyer 59, and many others. Victor wrote nearly all the music, produced, and performed all the instrumentation himself. His originality, creativity, production ideas and strong songwriting solidified the deal for his fellow collaborators.
However, it was a very trying album for him to make, and he struggled with physical illness, insomnia and involuntary trembling during its five-year development, eventually losing nearly 60 pounds (27.3 kg) due to stress. Once completed, it took nearly two more years for Victor to find a way to release it. On September 27, 2005, the album was released through his own record company, Ocean Records Canada. His first single, "The Grace," which featured Canadian singer Dallas Green, went straight up the charts. The music video eventually hit #1 on Much Music and modern rock radio, and a tour soon followed.
Victor is has been producing records for artists such as Dallas Green, Daniel Greaves and Marco DiFelice. He also performs keyboard on the upcoming Ours album which was produced by Rick Rubin. Involved in many other new and interesting projects Victor has a lot to offer in the upcoming years and plans to see to all his ambitious visions.
Daniel Victor can be seen in the videos for "The Grace", featuring Dallas Green, as the man who helped the fallen angel (played by Emm Gryner) back up to heaven, in "Angels and Saints", featuring Chris Gordon, as the same man who wanders around an old house in search of the angel who has now gone missing, and in the final video of the Trilogy "Age of Consent", featuring Nick Hexum, where the man dies to find his angel.
The success of his debut album led to numerous award nominations and wins including "Favourite Single of the Year" (Indie Music Awards) and "Best New Group of the Year" (Radio Music Awards). In April 2007 he was nominated for "New Artist of the Year" at the Juno Awards.
On October 30, 2007, Daniel Victor and Neverending White Lights released their sophomore album, the follow up to Act 1 Titled Act 2: The Blood and the Life Eternal[2].
The first single released off of Act 2, "Always", was sung by Victor himself, and became an instant hit, climbing up the Canadian music charts. The Song was co-written and co-produced by singer songwriter Matthew Sullivan of the band Closet Monkey.
He later followed that with the second single "The World is Darker" featuring Melissa Auf der Maur (of The Smashing Pumpkins, Hole and Auf der Maur).
Daniel Victor took home the Award for "Artist of the Year", and "Best Rock Group" at the 2008 Indie Music Awards.
