“Melissa Sigler ignited the Bayou Country of Louisiana by releasing EASY WAY OUT in 1999, and winning the “Best Emerging Blues Artist” Award from OffBeat Magazine's Best of the Beat Awards for 2000 in New Orleans. She released SECRETS in 2001 on Louisiana Red Hot Records and expanded her touring from the Gulf Coast to festivals and blues venues in the Midwest US. She received several songwriting awards in the Blues category in the 2003 John Lennon Songwriting Contest and the 2004 Billboard World Songwriting Contest. In 2005, the Music City Blues Society nominated Melissa for Best Female Blues Vocalist and Best Blues Keyboard Player and in 2006 she was named the winner of the Music City Blues Society’s Regional Blues Competition in the solo category making her eligible to go to Memphis in 2007 to compete in the International Blues Challenge. Melissa's powerful, sultry vocals highlight her blues performance together with her piano playing and songwriting.”

Artist: Melissa Sigler www.melissasigler.com

Artist Tag: “Best Emerging Blues Artist” Best of the Beat Awards offBEAT Magazine, NO,LA

Career Achievements and Recognitions

• Recipient of the Best Emerging Blues Artist award from OffBeat Magazine’s Best of the Beat Awards.

• Winner of Music City Blues Society Regional Blues Competition in the solo category to compete at the IBC in Memphis.

• Nominated for Best Female Blues Vocalist and Best Blues Keyboard by Music City Blues Society.

• A native of the same East Texas/Southwest Louisiana bayou country that spawned Janis Joplin and Marcia Ball

• Secrets produced by the Grammy award winner and multi-platinum bassist Harold Cowart at Bluff Road Recording

• Six tracks produced by John Carter Cash at The Cabin preparing for the next album release.

Musical Director for comedian Jen Kober’s improv show, JUNK IN MY TRUNK.

International Performances

• Armed Forces Entertainment Tour of Japan, 2006 appeared on keyboard with The Skyla Spencer Band

• Blues At Bridgetown Festival & Street Party, Bridgetown, Australia, 2005 four solo performances on keyboard

• International Blues Nights Festival, Olsztyn, Poland, 2003 appeared with The Red Hot Blues Mamas

National Festival Performances

• Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival, Helena, Arkansas

• Music City Blues Society Spring Blues Festival, Nashville, Tennessee

• French Quarter Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Bayou Blues & Zydeco Festival; Krewe of Illusions Mardi Gras Ball; Contraband Days; Lake Charles, Louisiana

• Recreation Plantation Music Festival; Texas Pride Festival; Hill Country Music Festival; Austin, Texas

• Houston Downtown Street Festival, Houston, Texas

• Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues & Heritage Festival, Pascagoula, Mississippi

• Blue Crab Festival, Palatka, Florida

• Krewe de Charlie Sioux Mardi Gras Festival, Sioux City, Iowa

• Women’s Week, Provincetown, Massachusetts

and others….

Television Appearances

• Southern Music Showcase, variety music program produced, directed and hosted by Melissa Sigler in southwest LA

• Louisiana JukeBox, Featured Artist on New Orleans syndicated variety music program

• Writers In The Round, hosted by Don McNatt in Nashville, Tennessee

• Music Factory, Featured Artist performance, Lebanon, Tennessee

• Singer/Songwriter, Etc., Nashville, Tennessee

Discography:

Album Title: SECRETS EASY WAY OUT FOUR ACES Blues Compilation

Album Available: November 13, 2001 July 1999 July 2003

File Under: Blues / Jazz AAA / Blues Blues

Label: Louisiana Red Hot Records PenWoman Records Wild Oats Records

Label No.: LRHR 1148 PWR 171301 OAT 818

CONTACT: PC Portie Agency pportie@comcast.net 615-673-7935

• Currently performing solo, and with The Paint Sisters, and Delicious Blues Stew
• Featured Performer at Blues at Bridgetown Festival, Bridgetown, Western Australia (Solo)
• Featured Performer at Blues Nights Festival in Olsztyn, Poland (Duo, Red Hot Blues Mamas)
• Awarded Honorable Mention Top 50 in Billboard World Music Song Contest in 2 categories
• Featured in Musician Spotlight of Nashville Music Guide Feb. 2006 issue
• Host of Writers Nights at Hall Of Fame Lounge in Nashville and Tavern on the Ridge in Spring Hill TN
• Featured on Don McNatt’s Writers in the Round on Channel 19 CATV (Nashville) and The Music Factory (PAX TV – Nashville/Lebanon TN)

• Featured writer/performer at Bayou's Blues Stomp, Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar, Nashville, TN.
• Featured writer at Americana Tonight! at the Sutler in Nashville, TN
• Featured on PAX TV for Music City Blues Society's Spring Extravaganza performance.
• Awarded Honorable Mention in 2002 John Lennon Songwriting Contest
• Featured on Nashville's Wild Oats Records blues compilation CD "Four Aces"
• Featured on Blues Revue Magazine's Sampler CD August/Sept. 2003
• Musical Director of touring Comedy Improv show "Junk In My Trunk" with comedian Jen Kober.
• Chosen for MP3.com's Blues Compilation CD, The Blues Channel
• Produced, directed and hosted cable TV show, The Southern Music Showcase
• Featured Artist on The Louisiana Jukebox in New Orleans, LA. (Syndicated cable)
• Hosted Songwriter's Night for 2 years
• Featured Artist on Naviant's Multimedia Marketing CD
• Featured Artist on SkyDisc's 1999 Holiday Sampler CD - Delta and United Airlines
• Produced debut CD, Easy Way Out, with 12 original songs - July 1999
• Keyboardist and bassist for several groups of various genres
• Pianist for folk group September's 1979 album, recorded at Ultrasonic Studio in NO,LA
• McNeese State University: Major - Music Theory and Composition
• 10 Years Private Piano Study with Louis M. Brewer

Professional Organizations: BMI, NARAS, Louisiana Songwriters Association, Nashville Songwriter's Association International, The Blues Foundation, Louisiana Blues Preservation Society, Alabama Blues Society, Songwriter's Guild of America, The Blues Music Association