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I • • ★ j>*^r4\£Ji4£ • ★ liKy^D^ CHARLOTTE POST I hurkilli' * (mminii liimmunitx Vrrklt '/^ Bry--' • -• s i ,'>) .• ■ * lay. Jnly 31. 1MC - THE CHARLOTTE POST -Page IB - '" - - - Meli’sa Morgan .Rising new talent Out Of The Background Meli’sa Morgan Is In Hie Spotlight 5“^* - - v . ' *~fTv £•'k . Goodbye background! The spotlight to on Meli’sa Morgan EV'how. From the shadows of Chaka Khan and Kashif, MeH’sa Morgan to establishing herself in the entertainment circles. Ahready she has taken ad mirers by surprise with the . release of her first single, “Do Me, Baby,” originally recorded by Prince. MeUWs strong vocals took this tune to number one on the RkB charts and now her new hit, “Do Yon Still Love Me,” has reached top ten. For MeH’sa, the church choir gave her foundations first ex posure to singing and perform ing. Her transition from the church to local singing groups eventually led to her Juilliard’s, where she studied music. Not being able to break into the music field through the groups she affiliated herself with, Meli’sa went on to doing back ground work. Her first touring Job was with Chaka Khan. Later she went ou the road with budding R&B star Kashif. Studio assignments with Kashif, Houston, and Melba Moore followed before her management . company, Hush Productions, landed her a deal with Capitol Records. Meli’sa comments that the work she has done as a backup artist has prepared her tremen dously for the role she’s playing now. “I saw a lot. And I thought to myself that when it became my turn I would do something a particular way. I watched others and what they did to get the audience to respond.” What also works in MeU’sa’s favor is the fact that she is a songwriter as well. “I’ve been writing since I was 14,’’ responds the composer of seven of the album’s eight songs. “I do lyrics and melodies. I have so much to learn about songwriting that it scares me sometimes. I want to be good great even. I’m far from that now.’’ There’s more. Morgan pro duces, too. “I had to fight to produce,” recalls Mell’sa, “They were going to let some one else produce because of their experience. But they didn’t want me to do it because they said I was busy enough with the sing ing and songwriting. Plus I didn’t have any experience. But I wouldn’t accept that. I had exposure to producing, enough to know I could do it. My attitude was that if they wanted those songs to be recorded, that they had to let me involved in producing them. I just wouldn’t take no for an answer.” Meli’sa gets what she wants because she accepts no less than what she wants. “Nobody pushes me around, I don’t let it hap pen. I’m not super tough and I’m not hard as nails. But I am aggressive when I have to be. I’m not dumb. I look, listen, and learn. You get trampled in this business if you don’t. I know what I want and I go after it.” Now in tour until the first of September, Meli’sa is going for what she wants - full steam ahead. And what she wants is to be able to give her talent and reap all of the just desserts a luxurious career in music can afford.
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