bio

(last updated November 2011)

Sharing her gifts is one of her greatest passions. Slowly audiences are discovering her and are quickly captivated by her unique artistry. Mixing soul, jazz, blues, pop, and some folk sensibility, Melissa's music finds a way for many to be easily hooked on no matter the age or background. She has accumulated almost 55,000 subscribers and more than 5 million hits and counting on her YouTube channel (http://youtube.com/mpolinar) with posting mostly original work unlike other YouTube counterparts who mostly cover other artists’ work. With a combination of vocal and songwriting chops, Melissa also plays keyboard, guitar, and violin.

As Music Connection Magazine boldly concluded, “This artist has a voice that is not only skilled and imaginative, but distinct in its tonal quality, allowing her to take the material to a higher level.”

Melissa started writing songs when she was only sixteen based in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas.  She developed her talents by playing locally. She has garnered experience as a staff writer for Warner/Chappell in Nashville, TN in 2003. Since then, Melissa moved onto being an independent artist in an age where careers have been born via viral promotion and grassroots following. She’s played in numerous singer/songwriter venues, colleges, festivals, and charity events. She has also worked with hard-hitting experienced veterans like David Ryan Harris, Ed Cash, Tony Lucca, Ernie Halter, John West, and more. Other respected artists and record executives have showed their support or praise for her music such as Karmin (Amy Heideman & Nick Noonan), Marc Broussard, Ryan Leslie, Mikal Blue, and Jeff Vaughn (VP A&R Atlantic). 

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