*Melanie Fontana is an award winning 21 year old singer/songwriter She was born October 3, 1986 and originally hails from Newington, CT. Not only is she an amazing vocalist, but Melanie truly "rocks" from the inside out.
*Melanie has a five octave vocal range & a bold voice, which has been compared to some of the greatest recent contemporary female vocalists, tho' she has a unique "sound" that remains all her own.
*Melanie has received awards for both her vocal abilities
& her songwriting. :-)
*She has performed at the World Famous APOLLO THEATER (& won an Apollo Amateur Night Live competition) in Harlem, NY, CAMDEN YARDS in Baltimore, Maryland for the Baltimore Orioles, CBGB's & Bitter End in NYC, MTV, local clubs, coffee houses, & community affairs. Melanie has donated her time & talent to various charity events as well. She was named the FIRST Connecticut Idol in October of 2002 by WTIC- FM's morning team;"Craig and Company" - Hartford, CT. Mel's most recent musical accomplishment was being one of the "top 4" finalists in the Spotlight Live Spotlight to Stardom contest hosted by Spotlight Live on Broadway and Epic Records.
*She has appeared on and been a winning contestant/vocalist on MTVs Say What Karaoke. One of her television appearances was when she was asked to perform as a featured vocalist on the world famous "Total Request Live". Melanie has also has been featured in news articles written about her in The Hartford Courant, The New York Times, The New Britain Herald, Newington Life, Newington Town Crier, The Pace Press and Trendsetter Magazine!
*Melanie has also done acting as background/extra's work for the short lived TV series, LOVE MONKEY, which was aired by VH-1. Melanie was spotted in prime background spots/roles in four of the eight aired episodes.
Melanie also completed background work in the Flight Of the Conchords, The Wedding Album, Canterbury's Law and Rescue Me.
Melanie was also "cast" for the MTV's Video Music Awards 2006 held at Radio City Music Hall. Melanie is currently one of Spotlight Live's cast members and is employed there as a singer/dancer. Spotlight Live (www.spotlightlive) is located on Broadway in NYC.
*Melanie has a few of her songs currently being played on radio stations here in the US and abroad. Gary Craig, and Christine Lee of the morning show "Craig and Company" were the MASTERMINDS (and Gary a co-writer) behind Melanie writing and recording"Paris' Sweet Escape" which was dropped as a single at WTIC-FM, 96.5, Hartford, CT in 2007 (www.ticfm.com) (www.garycraig.com)!!!
Thanks also to Dave "Mixitup" Fairman, for airtime on FM - Q107 (WSJQ) in Cape May, New Jersey, as well as the wonderful Adam Waltermire's PopGarden Radio show on AM 920 - WMEL, Melbourne, Florida (www.popgardenradio) and also on the UK super internet station www.tynefm.com (thanks to Phil Wilson) - where Melanie's has a song currently on their ALIST playlist! Hopefully, you will be hearing more and more of Melanie's songs on mainstream radio in the VERY near future!Stay tuned!
*Melanie is a member of ASCAP and AFTRA.
**Be sure to visit Melanie's official website at:
www.MelanieFontana.com
Her official website, as well as her US and UK fansites are all in the process of being revamped and updated. The UK site is almost complete.and we will announce the grand opening of the Official site and the US fansite when they are completed! :)You can also visit to hear a variety of songs, most of them older, that Melanie "demo'd" for others, and a few cover songs as well.
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