MIVA

GREETINGS TO YOU,I'M MIVA/FULL NAME (MICHELLE DAVENPORT)BORN(MICHELLE MANERI)IN THE 1950'S IN HARLEM NEW YORK.THE 8TH OF TWELVE CHILDREN.MY FATHER WAS SILICIAN AND MY MOTHER IS CHEROKEE INDIAN AND BLACK. MUSIC HAS BEEN A GREAT SALVATION TO THIS SINGER,DANCER,SONGWRITER.MY LOVE FOR MUSIC IS INHERITED;MY MOTHER AN EVANGELIST,VERY INTO GOSPEL AND MY FATHER WAS A GREAT SHOWTUNE FAN AND ME,MYSELF I'M THE FUSION OF R&B,SOUL,FUNK,JAZZ,POP AND HIPHOP. MY MOTHER FORMED A GOSPEL GROUP ...

GREETINGS TO YOU,I'M MIVA/FULL NAME (MICHELLE DAVENPORT)BORN(MICHELLE MANERI)IN THE 1950'S IN HARLEM NEW YORK.THE 8TH OF TWELVE CHILDREN.MY FATHER WAS SILICIAN AND MY MOTHER IS CHEROKEE INDIAN AND BLACK. MUSIC HAS BEEN A GREAT SALVATION TO THIS SINGER,DANCER,SONGWRITER.MY LOVE FOR MUSIC IS INHERITED;MY MOTHER AN EVANGELIST,VERY INTO GOSPEL AND MY FATHER WAS A GREAT SHOWTUNE FAN AND ME,MYSELF I'M THE FUSION OF R&B,SOUL,FUNK,JAZZ,POP AND HIPHOP. MY MOTHER FORMED A GOSPEL GROUP WITH MYSELF AND 4 YOUNGER SIBLINGS WHEN I WAS SIX.I WAS THE LEAD SINGER,COULDN'T GRASP THE HARMONIES,SO I LEARNED HOW TO SING ALL THE REGISTERS(EVERYBODIES PART)EVENTUALLY THE HARMONIES KICKED IN GIVING ME A WELL ROUNDED VOCAL RANGE. WE TRAVELLED ALL OVER NEW YORK CITY,SINGING AND PERFORMING FOR LARGE CROWDS OF PEOPLE IN NUMEROUS CHURCHES.IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL I LEARNED TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT OF TRUMPET,BEING THE ONLY FEMALE TRUMPET PLAYER IN MY SCHOOL BAND.MY SKILLS FOR WRITTING LYRICS STARTED ALSO AT AGE SIX. I WAS ALWAYS INTO POERTY,SO THAT GAVE ME A STRONG EDGE FOR WRITTING SONGS.THE SONG WRITTING COMES SO NATURALLY,I ALWAYS HEAR THE ENTIRE REALM OF A SONG WHEN I COMPOSE. AT AGE TWENTYSIX,I STARTED TO ENTER VARIOUS TALENT SHOWS ALL OVER NEW YORK/AARON DAVIS HALL,THE ARC,BUCKINGHAM PALACE NIGHT CLUB,BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC,BROOKLYN COLLEGE,PROSPECT AND CENTRAL PARK BANDSHELLS,TROPICAL SPRINGS NIGHT CLUB,THE LAB,CLUB DEMARARA,HUBERT VON KING CULTURAL ARTS PARK AND THE FAMOUS LENOX LOUNGE IN HARLEM,TO NAME A FEW. I HAVE BEEN AWAY FROM MY CRAFT FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS,WAY TOO LONG.I'M BACK,READY TO ENTERTAIN THE MASSES. MY RECORDINGS INCLUDE(STAY WITH ME)FOR WHICH I RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR,FROM THE RECORD POOLS OF AMERICA FOR GREAT SONG,WRITTEN BY GEORGE FISHKOFF,ALL OTHER MATERIAL WAS WRITTEN BY MYSELF AND THE MUSIC IS PRODUCED BY CRIS IS BLISS(CATCH THE FLAVOR)(RISE) AND (HANDLE YOU WITH CARE).MY CURRENT RELEASE IS (DEAR JOHN)A SONG DEALING WITH THE END OF AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP.I HAD THE HELP OF (LEROY BURGESS FROM THE FAMOUS R&B GROUP BLACK IVORY)ON MY BACKGROUND VOCALS FOR DEAR JOHN.LOOK OUT FOR THE UPCOMING VIDEO FOR DEAR JOHN,HEADING YOUR WAY SOON. I CAN BE REACHED AT(WWW.MYSPACE.COM/PRETTIONE4)OR REACH OUT TO (ROUGHLUXURYRECORDS)PEACE. <div style="text-align:center;width:425px;"><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" align="middle" data="http://www.ourstage.com/embed/playlist/WTTRVQMNUFFW.swf" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.ourstage.com/embed/playlist/WTTRVQMNUFFW.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.ourstage.com/embed/playlist/WTTRVQMNUFFW.swf" height="350" wmode="transparent" width="425"></embed></object></div><div><img src='http://www.ourstage.com/embed/WTTRVQMNUFFW.png' height='24' alt='www.ourstage.com' style='border:none;' width='388' /></div></div> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f_U6s0klnQ