Michelle Chappel

Bio:

Award-winning video about homelessness:


Michelle's Bio:
MICHELLE CHAPPEL, Ph.D. (Princeton) was voted “Most Inspirational Psychology Professor” at UC Santa Cruz, but ditched academics to follow her childhood dream to sing. Her songs have been on the radio charts and aired on TV/film, and also won numerous Billboard awards. For the past decade she’s led creativity workshops and helped thousands of people on the road to personal fulfillment and success. She’s also served as an international research consultant for companies such as Virgilio, Google, eBay, TiVo, and Yahoo!

New CD Released:

Chappel's highly anticipated CD – SHINE – was released earlier this year to glowing reviews. It was featured on the front page of The Santa Cruz Sentinel. Chappel was also compared to Joni Mitchell in Science of Mind magazine. The music video for the title track "Do Some Livin'" won an NME award(The New Musical Express) in the UK December 2009.

'Shine' is just terrific! The songwriting is strong and Michelle has a fantastic sound that occasionally reminds me of Lucinda Williams whom I used to go hear at bars in Austin before she became a star. Daniel Gilbert, Ph.D., author of Stumbling on Happiness

Michelle's music heals. I haven't seen anything like Michelle since I interviewed Shakti Gawaiin(author of Creative Visualization), and John Gray (author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus) before he made it big. She's a star. Emmy Moore Minister, host of the TV show Voice of the Valley



Noteworthy Achievements:

Chappel’s debut CD was distributed through PolyGram Records in South Africa, where 11 tracks received radio airplay, and the title track – A Strange Kind of Love – was a Top 10 single on regional stations.

Her sophomore CD, Infinity + 1, Man, was distributed to 25 countries in Europe through Gold Circle International, and held several Top 10 positions on US College Radio. It was the top selling independent release at Tower Records in San Jose for 14 weeks.

Her Madonna spoof The Wheels on the Bus was released through Shifty Disco Records and went to No. 17 on the UK charts. The accompanying video aired on MTV Europe.

Now on her own record label - Beautiful Thing Records - Chappel was chosen as one of 100 Top unsigned bands in Billboard Magazine’s International Contests. In 2010, she was chosen as a finalist for "Best International Artist" in Australia, MusicOz awards, for her songs "Flying Free," "Time for a Change," and "No Place like Home." Her song "No Place Like Home" also won a Billboard Award in Americana/Folk last year. And two of her songs made the semi-finals in the International Songwriting Competition: "So Disappointed" from her CD "Simple Graces" in 2005; and "You Won't See Me Cry" from her CD "Shine" in 2008.

Seven of her songs have aired on HBO, Showtime, Encore, and ABC.

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Member Since:

September 22, 2007

Members:

Michelle Chappel -
vocals, rhythm guitar
Jack van Breen -
lead guitar
Jacob Kensinger -
bass
Darren Walker -
drums
Juantia Harris -
background vocals
Debra Santa Maria -
keyboards
Dave DiLullo -
percussion



Discography:


Shine
The Way Home
Simple Graces
Infinity + 1, man
Michelle Chappel

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Influences:

U2, Sheryl Crow, Bob Dylan

Sounds Like:

"In a world filled with "cookie cutter" recording artists, Michelle Chappel stands head and shoulders above the crowd." Greg Edmunson, music composer for the hit TV series King of the Hill

Record Label:

Beautiful Thing Records