Check out this portrait of Chuck that has been taken on May 21st at the C2MTL conference that Chuck attended as one of the panelists:

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The organisers of C2MTL uploaded a brand new video that let’s you catch a glimpse of the first two days of this business conference in Montreal that Chuck was a part of on May 21st. You can check out what the conference was like and even spot Chuck for a second or two at mark 0:35:

Chuck can also be spotted in the following video at mark 1:25:

Here we have two more pictures (by Herby.tv) of Chuck from his appearance at the C2MTL conference in Montreal yesterday, where he took part in “The Beat Goes On” panel. Chuck was accompanied there by his father, André Comeau, who can also be seen posing at one of the photos with Chuck. Check them out:

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Simple Plan’s drummer Chuck Comeau attended this year’s edition of C2MTL, an annual media and business conference in Montreal, where he was a part of the panel entitled “The Beat Goes On”, hosted by Mitch Joel. The discussion was mostly revolving around the music industry and its business side. Bellow you can check out a couple of direct quotes from Chuck from this conference:

“The future of music – whatever it holds – should ensure real focus on the fans.”

“We are working hard to make Simple Plan the most accessible band in the world throughout social media.”

“People are now so passionate about music – it becomes an accessible source of identity construction.”

And while I’m sure we’ll be getting a handful of much better pictures (and hopefully also videos) in the upcoming days, here you can check out some of the first pictures from Chuck’s appearance at this conference:

Later today, Chuck Comeau from Simple Plan is expected to take part in the C2MTL conference and talk about the business side of music at “The Beat Goes On” panel. In preparations for this appearance, Chuck has been interviewed by La Presse on his thoughts on brands and their affects on the music industry.

You can either read the full article in French on LaPresse.com or read Chuck’s translated quotes below:

“I always thought that one day, the big brands like Coca-Cola would become the suppliers of music, that they would sign the artists themselves. It will be a war of content, and then – these brands still need to be cool, to be on the edge. When we started 12 years ago, it was like a crime to make a product placement in your music video. Today, it is common, it is even weird not to have them. Is it possible to go even further? I always said that one day we would have an album presented by Coke.” [Chuck on brands]

“The music industry is a good example of resilience. When it produces great changes, as it was the case in recent years, you have no choice but to be creative. People in the industry have complained for several years, but now they roll up their sleeves and find new ideas to stay relevant. Nevertheless, the music has never been so present in people’s lives. Music is more than ever a way for young people to define themselves.” [Chuck on the music industry and music in general]

“Could Facebook start signing bands and their music to the billions of people on their site? Why not! All these brands need music, movies, TV series, content for broadcast for their distribution channels that are extremely powerful and lose their purpose if they do not have the content to distribute.” [Chuck on the possible next level of the collaboration between music and social media]

“While others find that the marketing side and management is a burden, I always found it really interesting. There is no one who will be as concerned about your career as yourself.” [Chuck on his interest in the business side of music]

“Sometimes people offer you good amounts of money [for product placement], but if it does not work with our own brand and who we are as a band, it’s not cool for our fans. We must define what Simple Plan is and at the same time learn to reinvent ourselves and do new things.” [Chuck on staying true to the band's identity]

Back in April, the news got out that Pierre and Chuck have been co-writing some songs with Malcolm Kelley and Tony Oller from the newly formed band MKTO.

MKTO has recently gained a lot of recognition because of their lead single “Thank You” (not to mention that both of the members of the band are also actors – most notably Malcolm who played Walt on LOST).

On May 15th Pierre and Chuck reported that they were currently on a beach somewhere in California, filming a “little something something”. Well, turns out that the little something something is a new music video for MKTO which the boys from Simple Plan should be a part of. That also means that at least Pierre might be singing on the song (and who knows, Chuck did some pretty dope rapping on Holding On – and since MKTO rap on their songs too, there’s always a chance of that happening – although probably just a very little one).

The boys from MKTO posted the following picture from the videoshoot where you can see some familiar faces including Pierre, Tony, Malcolm and even Mark Staubach, who directed some of Simple Plan’s latest music videos: