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LISTEN UP! - MELANIE MARTINEZ
I don’t often write about the people on the singing reality shows--even though I was featured on The X Factor as a music industry expert ;-). Hell, I barely have time to listen to what the winners release, let alone the people who don’t make it that far. Maybe I should. But, then again, maybe I should do a lot of things. Melanie Martinez is one past contestant who came across my radar again, and it struck enough of a chord to warrant my writing. The 18 year old New York native came in sixth on the third season of The Voice. She was on Adam Levine’s team. Lucky her. She has been recording an album independently for some time now, and her debut single “Dollhouse” has just dropped. The song is intriguing, showing the effort that Martinez and her producing/songwriting partners Kinetics & One Love (responsible for B.O.B.’s “Airplanes”) put into the project. While it doesn’t sound like something ready for radio (and I can’t agree with her spelling the title), I’m on board with anything different. The girl clearly has some talent, so this is my suggestion to keep listening. |
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