Candice Sand will be performing as the featured artist at the Miss Universe Canada 2013 Preliminary Competition on Thursday May 23rd, 2013. Visit the Beauties of Canada website for ticket information.

Candice Sand

Candice Sand (Pop/R&B songwriter and recording artist) has followed an interesting road leading her from her tiny hometown of Melville, Saskatchewan to Toronto, Ontario. She began singing at 8 years old when she sang a solo (“Puff the Magic Dragon”) in an elementary school play. Continuing on throughout her childhood, she received numerous singing awards and constant encouragement from teachers and mentors. Eventually, her love for music carried her to Brandon University’s Faculty of Music where she studied Opera, and later to Grant MacEwan College’s Vocal Performance program (in Edmonton, Alberta) where she studied Jazz and all contemporary styles of music.

After graduation, Candice relocated to Toronto with the aim of fully immersing herself in the Canadian music industry.  She immediately began performing throughout the GTA and soon after she decided she wanted her own voice to be heard.  She began writing with several songwriters from all across Canada and most recently, Candice has paired up with the Grammy nominated multiplatinum production and writing team Kuya Productions Inc (know best for their work with multiplatinum Canadian R&B artist JRDN).

Together, Candice and the Kuya Productions team are currently writing and recording an exciting new album, from which they have just released Candice’s first single “I Got This”.  This new single will be released to radio stations nationwide in May 2013 along with the release of the official music video.  In the meantime, “I Got This” is now available on iTunes and you can check out the new lyric video on YouTube!

“On a very basic level, we’re all human right? We’re all wanting to relate… to each other, to thoughts, to experiences. To me ‘relating’ is a comfort. Comfort in knowing you’re not alone in those thoughts and experiences. I want my listeners to relate to my music and my words because if they do, then we relate to each other. Then, in a sense, we keep each other company. Isn’t that a nice thought?” ~ Candice Sand

View the youtube “I Got This” lyric video.

iTunes link to “I Got This”.

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