Jacquie Lee and Melanie Martinez (TV) signed to Atlantic Records (Haley Related ish)

[Tom22]

I watched that season and really enjoyed it. (casasseee pope and nicholas david were great on the show) I thought and still think Melanie is the real deal. I loved toxic and sna and a few others and listened to them quite often.. i need to put them over on to this "new" phone I've had for 8 months. I liked her stylized hit the road jack too... no need to compare to haley .. different takes on the song. Cough syrup was great. I pretty much liked all her performances well enough to still listen to them (i'll go do that haha)

For me, singing is only one part about having a strong voice and two parts what you do with it. She's got just enough voice to do what she wants to do with it as her style really doesn't depend on ringing out notes at a wide range.

She's also something of a visual artist .. she had done some sketches and icons or something .. sort of a fabric that they had projected on the screen behind her when she sung one song. I'm sure many people can't get past the "oh she's one of those kids that dresses strange" but she has a real cohesive sense of style and use of color and proportion in how she dresses too.. always interesting and complete.

There is something in me that says a real artist should be adept in more than one type of art. Melanie colors her music and is partial to a sort of haunting sort of satire of normal things.

As far as mutilple arts are concerned Haley is a pretty darn good actress for example which leads to some great song interpretations as they are written.