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To listen to samples or download songs from these CDs from CdBaby.com, just click on the album covers below.
Easy Way Out (eMusic link for tracks) - 
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... Secrets (eMusic link
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Unofficial blurb:
Ya know, I just play blues and jazz and other songs that I have written or I
like. I been doing it a long time. I took private piano lessons for 10 years,
then college study in Theory and Composition.
I've been married, divorced and liberated. I worked for 18 years in Engineering
to support my son and myself. Got back into music in 1997/1998. I've received
songwriting and performance awards in the US and internationally.
In other news, I've worked with comedian Jen Kober in Orlando and Dallas and
Louisiana as musical director for her improv show; produced and hosted a cable
TV music show called 'The Southern Music Showcase' on KDLA in Louisiana; hosted
songwriter nights in Lake Charles and Nashville; emceed professionally for 15
years.
Music has taken me around the world playing blues. I've produced several CDs of
original music and I cook a real good gumbo.
OFFICIAL
BIO
Melissa Sigler, winner of the 2007 Regional Blues Challenge in Nashville, TN,
ignited the Bayou Country of Louisiana with her debut release of EASY WAY OUT
in 1999. She was awarded the “Best Emerging Blues Artist” Award from New
Orleans' OffBeat Magazine in 2001. Melissa has received numerous songwriting
awards from The John Lennon Songwriting Contest as well as BillBoard World
Music Awards in Blues and Jazz. She released SECRETS on Louisiana Red Hot
Records in 2001 and expanded her touring from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest US
and Europe, Australia, Japan, Singapore and Guam. While residing in Louisiana,
she was a regular performer at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans and
Bayou Blues Fest in SW LA, where she has opened for Louisiana Blues Women Marva
Wright and Marcia Ball. Melissa's powerful, sultry vocals highlight her blues
performance with her piano playing and songwriting.
CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Winner of the Best Emerging Blues Artist award from OffBeat Magazine’s Best
of the Beat Awards, New Orleans, LA.
• Winner of Nashville's Music City Blues Society Regional Blues Competition in
the solo category to compete at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis.
• Nominated for Best Female Blues Vocalist and Best Blues Keyboard by Music
City Blues Society, Nashville, TN.
• Secrets produced by the Grammy award winner and multi-platinum bassist Harold
Cowart at Bluff Road Recording Studio in Baton Rouge, LA.
• Songwriting awards from BillBoard World Music Songwriting Contest and John
Lennon Songwriting Contest.
INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCES:
• Armed Forces Entertainment Tour of Japan, Singapore, Guam and Diego Garcia,
2006
• Blues At Bridgetown Festival, Bridgetown, Australia, 2005 four solo
performances
• International Blues Nights Festival, Olsztyn, Poland, 2003 (The Red Hot Blues
Mamas )
NATIONAL FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES:
• International Blues Challenge, Memphis TN
• Legends of the Blues Festival - Nashville, TN
• Ark. Blues & Heritage Festival, Helena, Arkansas (King Bisquit) 2005,
2006, 2007
• WC Handy Music Festival - Muscle Shoals, TN
• Music City Blues Society Spring Blues Festival, Nashville, Tennessee
• French Quarter Festival, 2001, 2002, 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Metro Parks Summer Nights - Nashville, TN
• Bayou Blues & Zydeco Festival, Lake Charles, LA (multiple years)
• Krewe of Illusions Mardi Gras Ball, Lake Charles, LA (multiple years)
• Contraband Days, Lake Charles, Louisiana (multiple years)
• Recreation Plantation Music Festival, Austin, TX (multiple years)
• Texas Pride Festival, Austin TX
• Hill Country Music Festival, Austin, Texas
• Women's Week in Provincetown, MA - multiple years
• Houston Downtown Street Festival, Houston, Texas
• Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues & Heritage Festival, Pascagoula, Mississippi
NEWS:
All music currently recorded is available on eMusic, iTunes, and many other digi-dist outlets......
The WC Handy Music Festival in Muscle Shoals was awesome! Waiting on “LIVE FROM MUSCLE SHOALS” DVD of my performance from the studio.
I will be representing The Music City Blues Society at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN Feb. 1-3.
I was nominated in 2 categories (female vocalist and keyboard player) at the Music City Blues Society’s Annual Blues Awards for 2006! Thanks !
“Zydeco” and “Tell Me
You Can Cook” both received Honorable Mention in the 2006 BillBoard
World Music Song Contest…..
Melissa at Crossroads, Downtown Nashville. photo by JOE HENDRICKS. Need a photo? Please consider Joe.
(Because of spammers and phishing, I have
removed the “Sign Guestbook” link from this site. If you
wish to leave a comment, please do so on www.myspace.com/melissasigler)
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