User:Gragry/MisSiss

MisSiss (born Sissy Handler, May 6, 1976) is an Austrian singer-songwriter, co-producer and vocal coach. Born into a musical family, she started to sing early. Her grandmother’s piano was her first instrument, singing and playing around on the piano came very naturally. At the age of eight, MisSiss started classical ballet training, which really influenced her musical development.

Although she studied classical singing and musical theatre, and enjoyed her first stage role, “Sister Robert Anne” in the show “Nunsense”.

In 2006 she brought “Soulistics”, her very first project as a lead singer and songwriter, to life. The music is a refreshing mix of Pop, Soul and neo R&B.

Like coach, singer and composer MisSiss has made several collaborations for other artist in Austria.

By 2008, “Soulistics” had already made it to the finals of the Austrian radio band contest “Ö3 Souncheck.”.

With Ingrid Diem and Barbara Fichtenbauer, MisSiss created “Voicedimensions”, a new form of vocal coaching for singers in Austria.

In 2010 MisSiss composed a new genre of music mixing Soul and Tango.

The world premier release of this music was made first in Argentina where the people listen the very first time during a tour that she made in Uruguay and Argentina in 2010. The album was produced and arranged in Buenos Aires, written, sung and co-produced by MisSiss in Vienna. The most important musicians of Tango music of Buenos Aires performed this music in live and recorded in this project. Her music is edited through her independent label and distributed around the world for the most important virtual shop, itunes store.

The Austrian embassy in Argentina provided special institutional support to make the tour and one musical video where both countries are present through the music in images.

Influences
Classical ballet composers, such as Chopin, Tchaikovski, Ravel and Prokoview, 2 modern ballets influenced her heavily. Astor Piazzolla's “The 5 Tangos“ and Love songs - sung by Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick.

Discography

 * Soulistics (2006)
 * Gospel & More (2006)
 * Sissita’s Soul Tangos (2009), with producer Ariel Gato from Buenos Aires