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Melissa Otero Cintrón (born October 11, 1980) is an independent Puerto Rican pop/rock singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. Otero made her debut under her own label Divine Spell Music Group in 2008. Otero has released one album and one EP to date. Her single "My First Everything" was released in 2006 and had national airplay on indie radio stations marking the beginning of her professional career as an artist. It reached #1 for two consecutive weeks on the Hot97.net Online Radio. Her debut album ''My Spirit''〔(Article in La Voz Hispana )〕 was released on Christmas Day of 2008 and has sold over 500 digital copies most of which were from fans in Colombia and New York City. Otero recently wrapped up her Free Spirit Tour〔(Melissa Otero Embarks on First US Tour )〕 which included performances in New York, Puerto Rico and throughout the Fox Valley of the State of Wisconsin during the summer of 2009. As of 2011, in addition to her touring, Otero has begun working on her second album with Secret Sounds, CEO/producer Stefan Moessle and producer Jimmy Deer (Seal, India.Arie, Danica). == Early life == Melissa Otero Cintrón was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and grew up in the countryside of Yauco, Puerto Rico in the Diego Hernández neighborhood. She is the fourth child of Luis Otero, a retired mechanic, and Nellie Cintrón. When Otero was five years old, her family settled in Yauco where her parents bought a piece of land and decided to build their dream home. After the house was complete, her father joined the National Guard and was sent to the mainland to begin boot camp while her mother struggled between work, school, and four kids. At the age of 9, Otero saw the Gloria Estefan Let It Loose Homecoming Concert. She remarked to her mother: “When I grow up, I want to do that!” and soon after, Otero’s dream of professionally pursuing music began. As a child, Otero would create her own “home concerts” imitating Gloria Estefan and others. She struggled finding venues at which to perform live due to her choice to perform in English while she was, at the time, living in a Spanish-speaking country. She performed at many local talent shows. On several occasions she won second place to later be told by the judges that she had not been awarded first place because of her choice to perform in English. By the time Otero was close to 14, her mother decided to help her create a professional demo. A local recording studio called The Time Machine, run by Ivan Nazario, a well-respected producer in Puerto Rico, was opening in town and her mother immediately contacted them to inquire about pricing. She became their first customer but was unable to record there because the studio was not finished. They set out to San Juan, Puerto Rico and recorded at the Horizon Studios to record the covers “The Rose” by Bette Midler and “You Mean The World To Me” by Toni Braxton. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melissa Otero」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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