David Usher

David Usher is a Canadian singer songwriter who has sold over 1.3 million records. He has won 5 Junos and has had 11 different songs reach #1 on radio including, The Music in 2007. David is very involved with social media and uses his site Davidusher.com as a place to experiment with social network integration and community development. In his ‘other’ blog, at CloudiD.com, he explores the intersection of art, technology and communications. Through his company CloudiD Media, he is the social media consultant for EMI Music Publishing as well as other music, theatre and dance organizations. David has traveled to Burma for WarChild Canada to film a documentary on children affected by war. He has performed for Fashion Cares and is presently part of the campaign Make Poverty History. In 2007 David was the spokesperson for The Kids Help Phone and he has recently finished a cover version of John Lennon’s Watching the Wheels for Amnesty International.

The first single from David’s new album is due out in July.