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The Glenn Marais Band
Genres: Acoustic, Pop
Hometown: Aurora
Country: Canada
Formed: 2002
Label: Unsigned
Featured: Apr 19, 2008
 
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Bio
Glenn Marais
Glenn Marais is a gifted singer/songwriter who plays guitar, harmonica and piano. Glenn is also an animated and engaging child and youth performer and educator.
• On Sunday Aug.13th /06, the video for Like a Child, debuted at the Rogers Centre Skydome for the Toronto International AIDS Conference. On Friday Aug.18th/06 Glenn Closed the AIDS conference with a performance of Like a Child in front of 7000 people, broadcast internationally on CBC Newsworld.
• In November 2005, Glenn flew to Africa to film a video for his song, "Like a Child". It debuted on Much More Music on Jan.30th/2006 and is currently number one on Much More Music's "Clip Trip" show.
• The CD/DVD for Like a Child contains four bonus songs, from Glenn's upcoming release, Alive in the Mud and the DVD contains video, documentary footage and live performance footage and is available through Indie Pool online at , www.likeachild.ca and at HMV and other major retailers.
• Like a Child is currently in rotation on 20 AC and HOT AC stations across Canada, receiving rave reviews:
"Like a Child" is a forceful song from a gifted songwriter.
Exposure Magazine
Like a Child made it on to the MUSIC MENU POWER PICK TOP TEN PAGE for "Canadian Network Magazine"
"I dare anyone to remain unmoved by this powerful song."
Rays Reviews
• Glenn recently came second in the Mix 99.9 Canadian Radio Star Contest, with his entry, "Don't Let Your Love Go", which is included in the Like a Child package and the upcoming "Alive in the Mud" release.
• Glenn co-wrote the song "Everybody Wants to Be Like You", with the artist, "Snow" in 2000. The song was the second fastest rising song in Canadian history, reaching the Top Ten and is currently the fifth most played song in Canadian radio history.
• Glenn received a Socan award and was nominated for a Juno award in the best songwriting category for "Everybody Wants to Be Like You".
• Glenn was the session guitarist for the recording of Snow's record, "Mind on the Moon" featuring Everybody Wants to Be like You at Longview Farm Studios in Brookfield, Massachusetts.
• Glenn is an active performer, motivational speaker and music educator in Elementary and Secondary Schools, presenting a unique and informative approach to music education and character development.
• To date Glenn has raised over 10,000 dollars for the Starlight Children's' Foundation, a non-profit organization that raises money for terminally ill children.
• In June 1992, Glenn auditioned for the band, "The Red Hot Chili Peppers", in Hollywood, California
Glenn is active in songwriting and producing for several different artists in addition to live performance
and independent CD releases on his own and with Haight Ashbury.
www.likeachild.ca
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