Michelle Chamuel

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Thanks I keep going with this thread because Michelle does a lot of fun things (really interesting career path so far) and the view count does suggest readers...but it's like Haley, if you can get 20 people to take a listen..it's worth talking about.

Personally, I find I enjoy a variety of different music. One of my favorite parts about these shows is the expansion of my musical taste. I wouldn't have known who Led Zeppelin was if it wasn't for Haley, and now they take up a lot of my music library. With Michelle, I didn't think I liked electronic music. In fact, before her..I would have said I didn't like it. But when it's done well, it's quite good. (And..essentially through her I've found a lot of music. Some of which I love, such as Hana Malhas or Imogene Heap, some of which I find is a little too out there for me.)

That said, I wasn't quite sure how fans of Haley would respond to Michelle. It doesn't surprise me that a Haley fan wouldn't be drawn to her. I think they might have shared the "anyone but country" fanbase for the reality singing competition fans..being in the same position as the last non country artist remaining. But other than having a jazz influence and an abundance of talent..the two are really different. Both in tone..Michelle's voice is clear as a bell live. She has a slight rasp when she belts but to call it "rasp" in comparison to Haley's voice is almost laughable. Haley being raspy and colorful. But further into their preferences. Michelle prefers electronic pop (I've heard it described as alternative Jazz fusion electronic pop..which is probably the best description you can come up with.) type of music..Haley is very organic and old school. Michelle is incredibly picky with her recordings and loves to use technology to enhance her art..Haley loves the organic old school nature of music. Michelle is very rehearsed throughout vocally, her performance ability and stage presence is what makes me "Feel" something, whereas Haley loves vocal improv and it's honestly where I think she's most brilliant. Very different artists and on a Haley site, Michelle's style is certainly different. Voice artists like Jacquie Lee, Bria Kelly, Clarissa Serna etc..would seem to be something that is more similar to Haley. (Speaking of Jacquie..during youtube videos, she's also another one that likes to play around in her head voice, flipping back in forth in unusual places and creating a different sound there. But she struggles to do it live..likely because of her tendency to sing a little too loudly..)


So after that long winded explanation, I'm not surprised that she's not an artist that speaks to you or some others. But for me, I've certainly learned a lot from following her..both in terms of different ways a musical career can progress and about music and my own preferences.


With the Tedx talk, The funny thing about Michelle is, I enjoy listening to her speak as much as I enjoy listening to her music. I find her to have incredibly interesting things to say, and she seems to like to help people understand music even if the actual act of talking in front of people is not something she likes to do. She did that some throughout her show in NYC and it was something I really enjoyed.