Remedios began his post-school career in music at Virgin Music Canada (later EMI Music Canada), holding various posts, including Media & Artist Relations, Digital Marketing, and Director of National Promotion.
Arts & Crafts
In 2003, Remedios left EMI and launched Arts & Crafts Productions with Kevin Drew.[5] The goal of the new label was to create a vehicle to release and promote content from Drew's band, Broken Social Scene.[6] Under Remedios' leadership, artists working under Arts & Crafts have collected 21 Juno wins.[7] In 2013, with Arts & Crafts, Remedios co-founded the annual Field Trip Music & Arts Festival in Toronto.[8][9]
Remedios graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1998 with a degree in commerce and a minor in music.[16] Jeffrey served as Music Director at CFMU FM from 1994-1996. McMaster presented Remedios with its Alumni Gallery Award in 2013.[17]
Personal life
Remedios grew up in Scarborough, Ontario, the son of Macau-born parents and the youngest of three brothers.[18] In 2015 he married Lucia Graca[19] at a ceremony in Burl's Creek Event Grounds, site of the Wayhome and Boots And Hearts music festivals. Their wedding reception included musical performances by several artists from the Arts & Crafts label. They live in Toronto and have two children.[20]Toronto Life magazine named the couple among the city's Best Dressed in 2016.[21] Remedios delivered the keynote address at Canadian Music Week on June 8, 2022.[22]
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