Michelle Chamuel

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Some people seemed to like her too. So I figured I'd start a thread, cuz sometime during the Voice season, I had a Haley moment. (Haley moment: the recognition of "OMFG..I adore this person.
') I think it was at "Call Your Girlfriend" but it might have been "Grenade."

I didn't realize how talented she is, though. She's into the independent artist thing, and likes to write/produce/sing etc..all of her own music.
And thus, she has a lot of music already out. She was in the band My Dear Disco (later named Ella Riot), and they were a big enough band to have a few songs played on television shows (WB mostly), and played at Lollapalooza.

If people are interested, here's her bandcamp site. Which is actually an awesome site. People can download and pay what they want to contribute - meaning you could get it for free if you wanted - I wish I had known about it before downloading it all on Itunes..because the band actually gets more of the money.
http://ellariot.bandcamp.com/album/love-child
http://mydeardisco.bandcamp.com/album/dancethink-lp

My favorites are "White Lies," "It Could Be," "Amsterdam"
She also collaborated with one of the guys from Ella Riot/My Dear Disco, for an album called S/He.

http://sslashhe.bandcamp.com/album/s-he

I like "Here With You" "Mr. Hyde" and "Let Her Go"

She also goes by "The Reverb Junkie." She collaborated with another guy from her old band.

http://cntrj.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-...-people-ep

I really like "You don't Know" from this.

And here's a link to a bunch of songs that she's done herself, it's a youtube channel. Some of it is completely original, some of it is original lyrics to a remixed song. (Follow Me, It Will Rain. Seriously, that song is stunning.)

http://www.youtube.com/user/ReverbFran/videos

As I said, I love "Follow Me, It will Rain." and "Growing Away From You."

And here's her actual youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/thereverbjunkie/videos

Prayer for Tears and Dusty Trail are great.

She has a few jazz covers on there that are great too. (Her voice reminded me of Gaga's at first. Which totally makes sense, seeing as both are into digital/dance pop..but have backgrounds in jazz and musical theatre. And you can hear the influences.) But she definitely has a different sound. Sort of a combo of Gaga and Ellie Goulding, but her stripped down songs are really great too. And I hope she records more of them.

In terms of what she's doing now. Usher had a recent interview, and he said she's going to visit him in Atlanta soon. (Because they're adorable.) He also said he thinks things worked out the best because now him and Michelle can "put out music together."

I'm not quite sure what she's going to do. She's hinted that she'd like to stay independent because she wants control. (and likely because she doesn't like attention.) She's also commented a lot about Macklemore, who is an Indie artist that has a distribution contract, and considering Usher's piggy back label is more of a promotional/marketing label, I can see that working out for her. But there hasn't been too much information, other than she's hoping to get her first album out by fall.

And finally, Michelle went to college with Darren Criss. (University of Michigan.) Apparently, they were pretty good friends. Half of her band went on his "Listen Up" Tour..and she performed with him when he came to Boston. It's really cute. I love his fangurling. And she totally wants to squat. (Also, he's going bald. Which is sad.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKADG6c_Lww

Sorry this was a book, just a lot of info about her is out.
Here's a video of her being cute. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jubD1RUoc