Stacey Kaniuk
Influences:
Love the old soul divas and fellas who tell it like it is - Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Donny Hathaway, and more. Sweet & sad jazz artists like Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington and all the fun, silly stuff in between.
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Region:
Aurora, ON
Level of Experience:
PROFESSIONAL
Genre:
R&B and Soul | Rock and Pop
I Write:
By myself | For myself | With others | For others
I prefer to write:
Lyrics | Melody
Albums Released:
Stacey Kaniuk - EP (2007)
Hot Air Balloon (2011)
I am interested in:
Face to face Cowriting | Networking | Pitching Songs to Artists | Signing with a Label | Getting a Publishing Deal
Biography:
It’s been quite a rush for 26-year-old songbird Stacey Kaniuk, who’s music career flourished at age 22, when she was awarded a Gold record for her work with the harmony-driven pop trio Take Three, had two songs with the group reach No.1 on the charts, and by that time had already played some of Toronto’s most prestigious venues. Now working on her career as a solo artist, she’s ready to do it all over again. She has immersed herself in the art of songwriting while carving out her own niche in the Canadian singer/songwriter scene.
Classic soul and Rn’B has long been Stacey’s primary passion, but her list of inspirations and influences ranges from Liszt and Chopin through to James Brown, Donny Hathaway, Aretha Franklin, Dave Matthews and the Beatles. Stacey started writing at age 16, and her first recording experience came with “By All Means You,” an original song produced by Justin Hines when Stacey was in her first year at university. She states: “That’s when I fell in love with the studio experience and the whole recording process – the way it can really bring people together through the exchange of ideas. I realized that if you’re lucky enough to have the right studio, the right people, and the right environment, the experience can be amazing and so rewarding.”
While still at school, her prodigious vocal talent shone in Take Three, a pop/R&B vocal trio signed to Universal Music and dedicated to giving classic Christmas tunes a fresh twist. In fact, Stacey is the proud owner of a Gold record, thanks to their participation in the best-selling Canadian Christmas compilation (alongside the likes of Jann Arden, Ron Sexsmith and Barenaked Ladies). The group also released their own album, Home For Christmas, and two of its songs reached number one on the BDS AC charts.
Most recently, her desire to write great songs landed Stacey Kaniuk at Blair Packham and Rik Emmett’s weeklong songwriting workshop SongStudio, where she and Packham decided to creating a record that reflects Stacey’s passion for soul music, with the accessibility of a fresh pop feel. Describing her style as “sophisticated, yet not slick” Blair Packham agrees that “Stacey Kaniuk is a very strong performer with a knack for writing a great hook." The upcoming album is slated for release on April 26 2011!