Carmella's Story: Carmella + Nelson have been Nominated By The Independent Country Music Association for (Song of the Year) April 2012 for their Song titled- Fallen Heroes (9-11) Carmella Inchierchiera (ASCAP) Songwriting Member LYRICSINMYHEAD Publishing and Taxi Member has been writing songs for over 40 years and she has an amazing talent Just within the last 3 years she was finally able to get some of her songs out to the public. She is a songwriter/composer with a very original unique Style. She can take a heartfelt ballad like Homeless Hungry Crying ( in the rain) and bring the listener to tears from the emotion in the song or can flip things upside down and bring down the house with a honky tonk up beat country song with attitude. Her range of talent is truly amazing and every song has it's own unique sound and quality. Carmella is getting more and more requests to send in music and to write more original songs for artists.. She has released 14 songs since March of 2008 here are just a few of those releases. ( Trainwreck ) performed by Jeanette Culpepper (Just Like Long Ago ) performed by Tim Culpepper which hit the mainstream chart on The Independandent Music Network. 10/13/09 making it one of her 11 songs that made the chart in 2009/10 staying on that chart every week for 7 months. It is still finding it's way back on the charts in 2011 and just re-released with Nelson Blanchard performing the vocals ( Her Heart Is Broken ) co-written and produced by Nelson Blanchard it was well recieved and hit 13 first week of it's release on the Independent Music Network Country Chart and stayed on the chart for six months.. Nelson also performed the vocals. Carmella works with her Multi Talented Grammy Nonminated Music Producer and Artist Nelson Blanchard ( where would I be without Nelson. He is an amazing person as well as musician). Nelson is also a Louisiana Hall Of Fame inductee with the great band Louisiana LeRoux.. and finally together with some help from Scott Innes (voice of Scooby Doo fame) and CMT award winner released Where Is Our Sea Blue Shining Sea a song about the Gulf Tragedy..which they Dedicated to all those who lost their lives and all those affected by the BP Oil Spill including the Fish Wildlife and all those that help them. Nelson performs the vocals and Scott was Gracious enough to perform the intro to the song.. What makes her so unique as a songwriter? She have the uncanny ability to write about anything along with the ability to come up with brilliant hook lines. Her sense of humor never falls short along with her serious side her words paint pictures while you listen to her songs. Mamma Can Drive That Big Truck Too was written from a hook line Carmella had an idea for Carmella and a former co-writer who was an Over the road Truck Driver. Carmella also has experience at making unique melodies so she just does her thing and Nelson takes it to a whole new level. Two things you can count on from Carmella is that when she writes a ballad or a song close to her heart...you will feel the emotion in the song if it's one of her upbeat honky tonk songs..you will be tapping your feet without even knowing you are doing it. She is consistent original fun and serious all at the same time. She has proven that she has the talent to write hit songs. Carmella had two songs Her Heart Is Broken and Where Is Our Sea Blue Shining Sea on The Independent Music Networks Country Chart together on 9/14/2010. One of the songs she co-wrote ( Homeless Hungry Crying (in the rain) hit The Independant Music Network Chart at 5 and stay on the chart for nine weeks straight in the top ten. Recently Melodic Revolution Records-There Is Hope Records has chosen to release it on their Cd titled Musicians For Oil Relief. Money from it's sale will help those affected by the oil spill including it's wildlife. Mamma Can Drive That Big Truck Too ) also hit 5 along with ( Thrown Away Soldier ) which hit the Independant Music Network Mainstream chart 1st week out at 15 and stay in the top ten for 12 weeks straight. It hit both the Mainstream and Country chart and stay on for 9 months. It still finds it's way back onto the charts a year later. Her video (Homeless Hungry Crying in the rain ) made Twitters Cast T.V's video of the week first week out and Carmella has also won 3 Suggested Artist Awards and a Honorable Mention Award from Song of The Year. She won Song Of The Month in March 2010 on My Country Space for ( Homeless Hungry Crying in the Rain ) and recieved notification that her song (Just Like Long Ago) became certifided on Songvault.com coming in at 1 in the Certification Roound. Her song (Trainwreck) also became certified coming in at 3 in the final certification round along with Her Heart Is Broken which placed 2nd in the certification round. Carmella has just recieved another Song Of The Year Supporters of Vh1 Save The Music Suggested Artist Award an also a Song Of The Year Runner-Up award for Homeless Hungry Crying In The Rain and in 2010 Carmella and Nelson won a Semi-final award for Where Is Our Sea Blue Shining Sea? Carmella has been featured on many of the music sites in which she is a member and her music can be hear on Internet Radio as well as Mainstream. One of Carmella's highlights of the year 2009 is when she attended the 51st Grammy Awards In LA with her music producer Nelson Blanchard . Keep a watch out for Carmella for she will be coming around the mountain very soon. About my Producer Nelson Blanchard Nelson is the owner of a state of the art Pro Tools recording studio in the Baton Rouge area. Nelson is a Grammy-nominated artist specializing in professionally- produced song demos . . Nelson has been producing music for 45 years and has worked with Britney Spears Jamie Lynn Spears The Goo Goo Dolls Neal McCoy Gov Jimmy Davis John Fred the Playboys Wayne Toups and Scott Innes (voice of Scooby Doo) Louisiana's LeRoux Kenny Neal and Tab Benoit to name a few. His clients have included Warner Bros. Atlantic Records Telarc Records Alligator Records and Wolf Records. A little about Scott Innes Scott is considered in Nashville Tennessee as the great dane of country radio. So much so that in 1998 Scott was awarded the CMA Award for Air Personality of the Year. In 1999 he was awarded The Marconi Award which is the highest award given in radio broadcasting! He was nominated for the Marconi award twice after that in 2001 and 2006. Scott has voiced over five Scooby-Doo animated motion pictures and his voice was in the first “live-action” Scooby-Doo movie in 2002. He has voiced over 1000 talking Scooby-Doo items such as toys and video games which have been sold worldwide.