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Michelle Leonard

Singer and Songwriter

About Me

I am a songwriter signed to Universal / Tinseltown publishing in Germany. I have my office in the Tinseltown studios (fomer EMI-Studios) in Cologne and I love doing what I do! I am always looking for great collaborations, talented artists and inspiring people.what happened: Releases in 2004 and 2005 include: Hanna Pakarinen: Track "Save My Life Tonight" (Platinum), Nu Pagadi: Track "Virus" (Gold), Hanna Pakarinen: Out Of Tears (Gold), Nico Weidemann (Perfekte Welle Compilation): Sag Mir Wann. Performance and Music director for the "German theater abroad" project in New York / Public Theater. Translated the Busted single "Hurra Hurra die Schule brennt". My Musical "Electric Society" was staged on the 12th of November 2005 in Cologne / Germany. Releases in 2006 include: Sandy (No angels): Album (top 20 / Germany) "Frame of Mind" released: 26.05.06. Tracks include: "It's Over", "Venom", "Occupied", "Living Without You" (Single Released in November 2006) , "Tattooed On Me". Album: Mike Leon Grosch "Absolute" Released: 26.05.06 (reached number 2 in Germany), "This ride" and "Don't Let It Get You Down" - (which reached number 1 in the German media control charts - released: 21.04.06). Vanilla Ninja: Album "Love Is War" (top 20): Album released: 19.05.06. Tracks: "Kingdom Burning Down", "Dangerzone" (single released: 21.04.06), "The Band That Never Existed", "Rockstarz" (single released September 2006), "Battlefield", "Insane In Vain", "Silence", "Love is Just a war" (int. album track), "Say my name" (int. album track). Alexander (Top 20): Album: Attention (Released: 10.03.06) Track: "Celebrity Queen". Joachim Witt / Album: "Bayreuth 3" - Limited edition; release in the states (Released: 27.01.06) Track: "Der Turm". In October 2006 Valentine released her Album "Blue merry-go-round" Tracks: "You and me" - (Single got released in September 2006), "Cruel to myself", "Hell yeah". Releases in 2007 (up to now) include: Orange Blue with the tracks "Superstar" and "I am not afraid", "Nouveau Riche" from Sweden with the tracks "Atomic love" and "Another day", Elin with "Superficial", the great band Peilomat with "Grossstadtkinder", watch out for the girls from Sistanova I co-wrote many tracks on the upcoming album. September 2007, OUT NOW! Lovesongs - they kill me by Cinema bizarre which I wrote with Christian Neander and Kiko Masbaum and watch out for Tarja Turunen! more news will be revealed soon!

My Interests

My great family and friends, music, films, travelling, diving, art, poetry, cooking, socialising, design, having a good time with good people.

I'd like to meet:

great, open minded, fun, wonderful, caring people, songwriters, artists, musicians. People which believe in life.

Music:

Please check out my current projects: www.mywinterstorm.com (the amazing Tarja Turunen: I co-wrote 3 tracks on her up-coming Album) www.cinema-bizarre.de, (Co-wrote the first single Lovesongs - they kill me as well as 2 further tracks on the album which will be released on the 10th of October 2007) www.sistanova.de (I co-wrote 5 songs on the up-coming album).

Movies:

Everything from David Lynch, Clock work orange, musicals, being John Malkovich, Dogma, RIZE, Pulp fiction .....

Television:

Little Britain, Spaced, Harald Schmidt, Life on mars, Monty Python, Documentaries, travel programmes, the news, 24 hours (but then the whole series in one go) ......

Heroes:

My DAD!

My Blog

Cinema Bizarre entered the charts at Nr. 9 and what happened in Stockholm!

What a week! .... Just got back from Stockholm and what do I hear? Cinema Bizarre entered the German charts at number 9 with our song "Lovesongs" they kill me! I am so happy for the boys, for Andy, f...
Posted by Michelle Leonard on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:49:00 PST

Cinema Bizarre & Tarja Turunen: it is happening

WOW -I have finally found a flat to stay in when I go to Stockholm. I keep forgetting that hotels and rooms are not always as easy to find, especially in Stockholm, especially when bookings are kept t...
Posted by Michelle Leonard on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:24:00 PST