David Andrew Patrick Whiteman is a

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musician and songwriter. Forming the

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in Toronto out of high school, he eventually left the band in 1993 after eight years. Whiteman went on to record ''Fear of Zen'' in 1995 with the band Que Vida! Whiteman fronts the band

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with bassist Julian Brown and drummer Dean Stone.

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subsequently invited Whiteman to collaborate with

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, Justin Peroff and herself—then essentially the core members of

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. The chemistry was successful and Whiteman became one of the band's four members to consistently appear in every tour. Whiteman also collaborated with his wife, singer

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, in the band AroarA, which released the EP ''In the Pines'' in 2013.AroarA
at

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. The EP, based on the poetry of Alice Notley, was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize."Polaris Music Prize announces 2014 long list"
. '' Aux'', 19 June 2014.

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