She may only stand a little over five feet high, but it’s one hell of a voice that comes out of Marissa Saroca. Sure, she hasn't technically won anything since back-to-back Best Female Vocals at the 2005 and 2006 ABC Newcastle Music Awards; but eight years later... well, you be the judge. She is a sought-after session singer, having worked for the Austereo Network (2DAY FM, NXFM) and lent her vocals to colour the albums of countless up-and-coming rockstars (The StickUp Kids = Chit Chat + Scottie Scott – Machine Gun Fellatio; Morgan Evans – Sony/BMG now Warner Music, Telstra Road to Tamworth 2006; Mark Wells – Telstra Road to Tamworth 2007; The Humm; Little BlaK Dress; The Nickson Wing). Marissa is also no stranger to music theatre, with lead roles as ‘Maureen’ in Rent and ‘Gabriella’ in High School Musical, and in 2002 was the recipient of an award from the Philippine Council of NSW for Community Service in the category of Arts & Music. After four years of university and the beginnings of a media career (radio, magazines, academic in the field of media production), Marissa had the light bulb realisation “what the hell am I doing?!”, and packed it all in to live the dream that she’d had since being a little girl learning how to adlib by singing along to Mariah Carey and similar diva-ish artists of the 90s.

Releasing her debut album CHEAPER THAN THERAPY in May 2008, she has since embarked on five tours to North America with just a keyboard, those killer vocals, and her heart on her sleeve, playing shows in New York City (The Bitter End, Rockwood Music Hall, Ella Lounge), Toronto, Canada, and wowed crowds in the UK and Europe with shows in London and Paris. In 2012, Marissa released her first music video for R&B ballad ‘Family Man’ from CHEAPER THAN THERAPY, ahead of the 2012 release of her new offering – the sassy, pop-driven LP, BOYS WRITE LOVE SONGS TOO. Likened to Alicia Keys and an R&B Adele, rather than reading this you should probably just be listening to her tracks and preparing to stalk her on facebook/twitter/tumblr/instagram/youtube/myspace and every other social networking site known to man. You won’t regret it. 

MARISSA WAS IN TEAM LEA ON THE VOICE OF THE PHILIPPINES Season One.
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