Sonyae elise biography channel

Sonyae Elise, the singer and songwriter on &#;Platinum Hit&#; who did not play an instrument or read music, was crowned the winner of the first season of Bravo&#;s songwriting competition on Friday. Having released a mixtape, &#;Lady Rebel, Vol. 2,&#; during the break between taping and the final announcement, Elise is already in the studio working on her first album.

BMI-repped Elise, born and raised in northern New Jersey and currently based in Los Angeles, won $, cash, a publishing deal with Sony and a recording deal with RCA/Jive. In an exclusive interview with , she shared her thoughts about the show&#;s first season, hosted by Jewel and head judge Kara DioGuardi.

The premise of the show was to throw budding songwriters together and have them collaborate on a specific idea and return with a song in an allotted amount of time. What kind of effect has that had on you?
The pressure made us better writers. It&#;s pretty true to how I already work, usually I&#;m a bit more laid back in sessions, kind of observing. I sit back, think a lot and then spit it all out. I don&#;t let anything fly at the end of the day that isn&#;t for the good of a song. &#; The show prepared me to meet deadlines, to be more specific (in my writing) and it took it to another level. A lot of those challenges are real and you either get it done on time or you are out of having a shot at having a single (recorded).

Everyone else showed up with guitars and keyboards, but you just belted out songs. You could see at the beginning that there were doubters among the contestants. Did you ever feel you were at a disadvantage?
Little did they know that it never bothered me. I&#;ve always worked with the best producers, but to them I looked out of place. I&#;m a topliner. So is Drake and Ne-Yo and Kara. Th

American singer-songwriter

Musical artist

Sonyae Elise is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles who won the inaugural and only season of Platinum Hit, a Bravo American television channel show about competing emerging songwriters.

Her prizes included $, as a cash prize, an RCA/Jive Records contract and a publishing deal with The Writing Camp. According to her interview with Billboard Magazine, Elise does not read music nor can she play any instruments. "I have a lot of old stuff at my mother's house, notebooks and things with scripts and lyrics written in them. I did a lot of theater – 'Grease,' 'The Lion King' – and I wanted to write music for plays. Lyrics came naturally to me. I listened to a lot of pop music and KRS-One and MC Lyte and I saw (writing) as a way to express my thoughts." For her winning song, she wrote "My Religion" which was released as a single after her victory.

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Credits and appearances are courtesy of Discogs and AllMusic.

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