User:Desert Wine/Sharmila Melissa Yogalingam

Sharmila (real name: Sharmila Melissa Yogalingam) is a singer - composer - producer - dancer - performer releasing her album, An Incitation, worldwide on October 1st 2008. Having been trained in singing and dancing since she was 4 years old, Sharmila has been performing all over the world and is now giving you a sample of her magnificent voice, her captivatingly exciting music as well as her deeply intelligent lyrics through her songs in her freshman debut album!

Sharmila has been singing since she was a toddler. She joined a professional children's performing group at age 4 and spent the next 20 years performing at concerts, appearing in television programs, and singing & dancing at performances.

Her 5 octave range voice only meant that becoming a recording artist was a natural progression for Sharmila.

Sharmila is also an accomplished, professionally trained dancer. She has been dancing professionally since she was 4 years old, having been part of a professional dance troupe.

By age 15, Sharmila had danced in productions in Moscow, Vienna, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Sydney, Perth, New York, San Diego, Las Vegas, South Africa, Milan and Paris.

Trained in both modern and traditional dance, and together with her powerful vocal capabilities, Sharmila has proved to be a well rounded performer; a training that surely is serving her well as she embarks on a new career as a recording artist.

With an extraordinarily high IQ, Sharmila breezed through exclusive private high schools and started her first year of college at 16. By the time she was 21, Sharmila was a PhD student, having attained her Bachelors and 2 Post Graduate Degrees!

As a student, she was juggling her studies as well as being a performer, singer and dancer. Then, fate stepped in and Sharmila was signed on to Desert Wine as one of their premium artists!

Within a year, Sharmila wrote, produced and recorded her debut album.

Her album is a reflection of Sharmila's critical take of the world we live in. With a mixture of brutal honesty and witty humor, Sharmila's lyrics capture the essence of today's world with all its ups and downs.

Her songs, whilst lyrically profound, are edged in captivating, modern beats that displays this young woman's confidence as a songwriter, singer and producer throughout the entire album.