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Founders Dave Lory and Tom Silverman are once again on the search to find some of the best up-and-coming artists to give them a jump-start to their career. The New Music Seminar and OurStage are teaming up to offer emerging artists the opportunity of a lifetime! The “Artist on the Verge” project is a closed competition for nominated artists by some of the biggest names in the industry such as OurStage, MySpace, Facebook, ReverbNation and Tommy Boy Records. “Artist on the Verge” is designed to expose these talented artists to some of the top media, tech and music industry executives.  Three lucky Rock, Pop, Urban, Singer/Songwriter or Specialty artists will be selected from the NMS “Artist on the Verge” entries to showcase at the New Music Seminar and be critiqued by a panel of industry executives on July 20, 2010 in NYC. The grand prize winner, from the artists showcased, will walk away with over $40,000 in consultations, promotion, marketing and music equipment!

Monica Yasher was kind enough to get in touch with me to talk about my music, and my upcoming EP release, “Don’t Be Sweet”.

To read the full article, click here.

Here’s a small excerpt from the piece:

Melinda is located in LA and is releasing her new CD. Her latest single “The Hard Way,” which was co-written and produced by Grammy winning producer/songwriter Kevin Bowe (Jonny Lang, Etta James, Lynyrd Skynyrd) is just a preview of what’s to come on her new EP.

Melinda boasts that she has been enroute to LA from Pittsburgh.  However, there has been a stop along the way.  Specifically, Boston, where she attended the Berklee College of Music, after recieving the World Scholarship award.  While at Berklee, her vocals were recognized as she found herself performing in the prestigious Singers Showcase and receiving The Aerosmith Endowment Award. During her stay in Boston, Melinda had the attention of Epic Records, as she was a member of the all girl rock band Mass Ave. Melinda is a bluesy rocker girl, and I think you will hear more about her in the time to come. Let’s learn a bit more about Melinda.