New Artist Chartel Releases Single ‘Make Up Your Mind To Love’
Hailing from the DMV, singer/songwriter Chartel who has shared the stage with some of your favorite artists, is now ready to take center stage with the release of her debut single ‘Make Up Your Mind To Love’! With a sound and writing style that can be described as ‘Pop-Soul’ , it is the vulnerability, charm, and charisma of Chartel’s live performances that leaves listeners begging for more.
Performing as background singer for BET Music Matters’ artist Leah Smith, she has appeared on BET’s 106th & Park, 2010 BET Honors Celebration, and numerous other stages along the East Coast. As a regular feature with Jazz band, Vertical Current, Chartel has opened for Grammy Award winning Robert Glasper, and 2X Grammy Nominee Eric Roberson. In addition, she has had the honor of performing musical tributes to Soul singer Carol Riddick and legendary producer James Poyser of The Roots.
In 2013, she was nominated as Best New Artist in Philadelphia at the Philly Hip-Hop Awards hosted by Urban Celebrity Magazine. She is active in music education and has also graced the theatrical stage, starring in and supporting productions throughout the greater Philadelphia region.
With all of this, Chartel, is finally ready to share her music with the world. “I am excited to share my point of view as a songwriter with this single and music that is yet to come. I’m a very contemplative, introspective person and I hope that listeners will hear that and connect with it.” Of her debut single she says, “At its core, ‘Make Up Your Mind to Love’ is an admittedly ambitious declaration of unwavering love for someone who hasn’t quite shown the same in return…” The track produced by Scottishh of Matrax Productions in Philadelphia “started off as a torch song,” says the singer, “but somehow in the writing process it became an them–my anthem–celebrating the qualities that make love wonderful when it is constant and intentional.”
