As an infant, he learned to walk at an early age and was a boisterous child; his family noted the similarity to the character of Bamm-Bamm (in Quebec French, "Boum-Boum") from the popular television show The Flintstones, and began calling him "Boom" as a result.
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He also has written for several artists, including La Chicane, Boom Desjardins, Marie-Chantal, Nolwenn Leroy, Annie Villeneuve, and Marc Dupre and had a hit as duo with Joel Kroeker in bilingual French/English single "Déjà vu".