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Maiysha is a striking new figure in contemporary soul music. The Brooklyn-based
writer/artist is elegant and intelligent, hook-laden and envelope-pushing.
She is influenced by the classic soul acts like Stevie Wonder,
Earth Wind & Fire, Chaka Kahn, and others. But that sound
is just the starting point for an artist that seamlessly blends
hip-hop, pop, R&B, rock, jazz, cabaret, funk, drum and
bass, and even the odd opera sample into a mesmerizing whole
Ndelible is a band determined to be different and set apart.
Drawing from all types of musical influences and styles, they
hope to make their mark globally. The band was started in 2005
by the lead vocalist David James. David James who had been
rapping since the age of 12, felt led to do something different,
so he connected with guitar player, Qdot, and drummer, Ron,
setting the foundation for Ndelible.
Singer-songwriter-producer
Gordon Chambers is no stranger to the music industry. In his
home, there are 25 gold and platinum plaques adorning the walls.
In fact, he has written for over 75 recording artists, including
household names Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Beyonce,
Brandy, Usher, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Nick LaShea and Marc
Anthony. His songs have been performed at the ESSENCE Awards,
The American Music Awards, The Goodwill Games and The White
House. He is the winner of 8 ASCAP songwriting awards
and four Dove nominations.
Bilal Salaam is a soul
artist from Washington D.C. who's studied classical voice and
music journalism(at University of the Arts in Philadelphia
and Morgan State University). He's an emerging singer/songwriter
who serves up social messages along with his layered vocals
and boom-bap art-soul. His musical education continues as he writes
and produces music with fellow musicians Dre King, K'Alyn and Kev
Brown, performs with other rising artists like Wayna and Muhsinah and
earns extra credit singing background for Raheem DeVaughn,
W. Ellington Felton, Eric Roberson and others. Monet’s
musical repertoire is diverse with influences drawn from jazz,
neo-soul, latin, classical, folk, house and funk. Fundamentally,
however, her sound is purely rooted in organic soul. The
influences are a glorious amalgamation of Marvin Gaye, Joni
Mitchell, Bob Marley, Sade and Hubert Laws. Surrounded
by multiple genres of music by both parents - h er mother a
doo-wop singer and her father a manager of ja zz and Latin
artists. Monet's - musical roots run deep. A
little known fact is that she was accepted to the prestigious
Cornell University at the tender age of 14 on scholarship due
to her advanced musical proficiency in classical flute.
Monet’s musical repertoire is diverse
with influences drawn from jazz, neo-soul, latin, classical,
folk, house and funk. Fundamentally, however, her sound is
purely rooted in organic soul. The influences are a glorious
amalgamation of Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, Bob Marley, Sade
and Hubert Laws. Surrounded by multiple genres of music
by both parents - h er mother a doo-wop singer and her father
a manager of ja zz and Latin artists. Monet's - musical
roots run deep. A little known fact is that she
was accepted to the prestigio us Cornell University at the
tender age of 14 on scholarship due to her advanced musical
proficie ncy in classical flute. Monet also p lays guitar,
oboe , piccolo and piano. |
