Remy Shand
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| Remy Shand | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Years active | 2001-2003 |
| Genres | R&B, neo soul |
| Labels | Motown, Universal Music |
Remy Shand (born in 1978 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian R&B/soul singer, who released his debut album, The Way I Feel, on Motown Records in 2002.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early years
Remy Shand was born in 1978 to Doug and Lana Shand. His father was of Scottish/English descent and his mother was of Italian descent. By the age of 12, Remy Shand had learned to play the guitar and acoustic bass. At a young age while most people his age during the 1980s and 1990s were influenced by early hip hop and pop music, his father was into soul. Shand says that instead his father influenced and exposed Shand into R&B/soul such as Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Herbie Hancock, Isley Brothers and Stevie Wonder.
During his home schooling in Winnipeg he had barged and searched for his parent’s R&B, blues and soul albums, spending a lot of time in his basement sampling old retro music. Shand's funk sense of music typically made him an outcast from outsiders who did not share his passion. The soul styling music of Remy Shand is considered and labeled by some as neo soul. His parents had encouraged him to earn his GED, and to work on his music just as a project.
[edit] The Way I Feel
By the age of 19 Remy Shand managed to send a demo tape to Steve Warden who became his manager and helped to find Shand a prominent record deal. Three months after Shand had a chance to be signed a recording deal he was offered two different labels for development but turned down the offer, fortunately Universal Music Canada had signed Shand to a record deal with Motown Records in the United States. Recording and mixing on Shand's debut album, The Way I Feel, began during the spring of 2001 at his home in Winnipeg. The album featured songs such as "The Colour of the Day" and "I Met Your Mercy", are a few examples of his particular genre. Remy says his track "Everlasting" was sort of the blueprint towards The Way I Feel's content, being the oldest track on the album (it was recorded in 1998).
The Way I Feel was released on March 12, 2002, and won a Juno Award for Best R&B/Soul Recording in the 2003 Juno Awards. Other than being successful in Canada, he managed to sell roughly 500,000 albums in the U.S. Shand received four Grammy nominations for his work.
[edit] Update
In October 2003, Remy's official website stated that he was working on his second album called Day In The Shade. However, there has been no public information regarding Shand's whereabouts or recording projects since then - the site has not been updated since that point.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Album
- 2002: The Way I Feel
[edit] Singles
- 2002: "Take a Message"
- 2002: "The Way I Feel" (AOL music video [1])
- 2002: "Rocksteady" (AOL music video [2])
