Shaan Sharma is a Singer/Songwriter and an Actor from Minneapolis, Minnesota. His sound is best described as Sarah McLachlan meets Matchbox Twenty-Vertical Horizon-Something Corporate. At age 18, he started a Singer/Songwriter booking co-op called The Acoustic Showcase, which quickly became the Twin Cities' premier acoustic shows. Shaan has played over 200 shows at every college and major venue in Minnesota. As a session player/singer, Shaan has scored a dozen national radio commercials and recently had music on MTV's Ashlee Simpson Show and NBC television show promo trailers. He was also invited to play 2 shows at the 2005 Midwest Music Summit in Indianapolis.
Now, Shaan is nationally supporting his self-released 4-song promo CD. He's dedicated and hard-working, handling both the artist and business sides.
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"Who says that commercial Pop/Rock is dead? Shaan Sharma proves that the genre is alive and kicking. Armed with a smooth tenor and refined guitar playing skills, Shaan skillfully blends his pop sensibilities with his rock impulses to create a commercially viable project that should easily catch the attention of the MTV generation and the music supervisors of the O.C. The most commercial track on the project, "The Ground," has one of the best hooks that I've heard this year. Once this EP gets into the hands of the public, it will not be an all new end, but rather an all new beginning." - Gian Fiero, Muse's Muse
“Wow. That’s some of the best unsigned music we’ve heard in a long, long time. I’m not just saying that. If it wasn’t good, I wouldn’t say so. Period.â€
- Taylor Lauer, Getsigned.com
“It’s clear that Shaan’s music needs to be heard and having put this project together on his own and assembling such a great team, you can just imagine where he’ll go with some real support.†- Static Magazine
“Shaan Sharma is a fresh melodic voice, singing songs that remind us how intense it is to live life. His hooky melodies soaring in a popalicious mix may make you forget he’s not pulling punches with his earnest lyrics about the enchanting ugliness of life lived and love lost. Plus, he’s a record label’s dream of a smart, motivated, self-promoter extraordinaire.†- Alex Oana, Producer, Spymob, Alva Star, The Hopefuls (formerly The Olympic Hopefuls)
