Michelle Chamuel

[My Alter Ego]

So, another Michelle update.

She may have been featured as a vocalist on a song one of her best friends/ex bandmates remixed. I haven't heard it yet (it could be an old one.) But that was quite possibly released today.

Her own single, which is going to be more pop/lyric based than her "Reverb Junkie/electronic experimental stuff" comes out November 19th. (Titled "Go Down Singing.) She released a snippet of the strings. It's gorgeous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWcLPUwqc6Q

I also recently had the opportunity to meet her/talk with her. She gave a Tedx talk (centering around a sense of place.) And afterwords, people were able to chat with the speakers. Michelle is an absolute sweetheart, who spent a majority of the time asking each of us questions about our lives. (She's honestly the cutest little thing..) And seemed genuinely interested. Another woman and I had told her that she helped us through the bar exam/PHD dissertation. Michelle refused to take any sort of credit. (Although she thought it was cool how people can interact in that way...) And when I told her she was currently dominating my ipod because of the amount of music she had out. She seemed a little embarrassed and said she'd be releasing about 100 more songs. Extremely intelligent, sweet, and humble human being.

Her talk itself was interesting. Both in the information she shared about her personal life, and about music/song structure. (Explaining why a song gets stuck in your head.)

Before listening. I will warn you, she sings a bit of "Call Me Maybe" If you are anything like me, that means a month later the song is still stuck in your head. (Now I know why!)

That being said, hearing her sing live makes me appreciate her a lot more. I really liked her voice on The Voice. And loved it in her studios. However, Michelle's passion/ability to emote and perform was always, to me, her strong suit. I figured she was a better singer live than wht was heard through the television because of the audiences reactions to her, (and just certain things she did. For instance she plays with dynamics a lot. In person, it makes the listener..listen closely. When singing with The Voice's bandzilla, it makes your voice sound weak.) and the reviews she would get when she played in her band. But she really has a lot of warmth to her voice. And her tone is sweet but there's a slight rasp. Really really great live. ("warm" really is the best word I can use to describe it.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8SMaHRnu50

Hi Mercfan, glad that you had the opportunity to hear and meet Michelle. Those TED speeches are really something, aren't they? I haven't been able to attend one in person, but even watching them online has been remarkable.

BTW, which one are you: the one studying for the bar exam or working on your dissertation?