Scotty Granger
| Scotty Granger (Scotty Grand) |
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| Also known as | Scotty Grand, Scotty G |
| Born |
July 19, 1987 (age 30) New Orleans, Louisiana, US |
| Genres | Pop , Dance R&B, soul, techno |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, record producer, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, flute, saxophone, piccolo, others |
| Years active | 1998 – present |
| Associated acts | Jordin Sparks, Danny Granger, Mahalia Jackson, Timati |
| Website | www |
Scotty Granger (born July 19, 1987) also known as Scotty Grand and Scotty G, is an American pop, R&B and dance music singer/producer/songwriter. He plays piano, guitar, flute, sax, and piccolo, among others.
Granger renaming himself Scotty Grand, he embarked on a solo singing career and in November 2011, signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
He has written a number of dance tunes, mainly destined for European dance circuits, but gained fame with American music markets after taking part in Platinum Hit on Bravo and finishing third overall in the competition.
He started singing and taking part in musical competitions when he was 7 years old. In 1998, he appearing on his first televised show from the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NY, where he won between 10 participating kids. He released his debut album titled Revelations of Music on New Orleans- based label, Jam Tight Records.
In 2004, while still in high school, he released his second album So Natural with Poetik Arkhitekture Inc. that included the 2005 class song for his high school "Class Dismissed" which he performed at the graduation.
In the summer of 2006, at 18 years, he appeared on another reality TV show titled The One: Making a Music Star on ABC, becoming the youngest participant in the show.
He studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, then moved to Los Angeles. Scotty began touring with Jordin Sparks' back in 2007 performing and acting as Creative Director for her live shows as well as backing her on keyboards and vocals including at Sparks' Battlefield Tour.
During the summer of 2008 he released his writing debut single internationally in the dance music/techno genre with "A Higher Love" charting on various European dance charts. His works have appeared in mixes and dance compilations albums selling over platinum status in more than 6 countries. Mr. Grand has acted as music producer/songwriter in international dance hits like DJ Jose's "Like That", DJ Antoine's Live It Alive" and "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday" and Hi Tack's "I Don't Mind" and Roy Gate's "I Am Music".
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