Pop/EDM artist Mariah Belgrod embarked on a 3,000-mile coast-to-coast journey earlier this year when she moved from her native farm town of Lancaster, Pennsylvania to the city life of Seattle, Washington. It is in Seattle where she is pursuing her dream of becoming a professional recording artist.
Mariah’s passion for music began at a very young age when she performed at the Fulton Opera House. She decided after years of live performances to explore the online music scene. As a result, she discovered Smule, the karaoke-style mobile app that allows users to sing with artists or duet with their friends. She rose to fame on the social singing app, acquiring over 100,000 followers, and nominated by Smule for the Social Star Award at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2018 which she attended in March. Mariah is now a verified partner artist on Smule.
Mariah’s music goals include a tour and experiencing the world. She hopes to inspire herself to accomplish these with her debut album the same way she hopes to influence young women and men – to embrace the idea of thriving on your passion and not be afraid to follow a life path outside of the norm.
Traveling between Seattle and the Bay Area to Focal Productions, Mariah recorded her first single, “Empty Spaces” which was released in March of this year. Mariah is currently working with the production house to record her upcoming debut album.
Alyssa Wendzel, the songwriter of “Empty Spaces”, explains its strong social message – “It’s a song I wrote to empower women stuck in bad relationships, and to give hope to those who have just escaped one.”
“Empty Spaces” is an energetic dance song that will not only have you moving to the captivating melody after the first verse. The meaningful but catchy chorus will have you singing along with gusto. Mariah’s silvery voice brings to the song a fierceness that drives home the lyrics word by word in her powerful delivery.
The song opens with a soft synth accompanied by a brief voice echo/manipulation. It then heads into whispering synth/keyboard notes with an edge. Mariah’s strong vocals powerfully punctuate each word varying effortlessly from husky, low notes to higher notes in almost a sing-song rhythm leading up to the chorus.
In the almost acapella style chorus, the synth provides a quiet warming backdrop from which Mariah launches into the first verse. This really showcases her beautiful vocals before the drop of percussion and synth/keyboards that ramp up loudly to the quick bridge. Rinse, repeat.
This is at the point where the dance beat gets you moving and the chorus the second time around will have you automatically singing loudly along. The entire arrangement is beautifully done as not to overpower but to place Mariah’s wonderful vocals front and center.
The song winds down with an interlude of energetic synth and percussion with Mariah’s voice floating inside the melody. It slowly winds down after the last verse followed by the last chorus as her electronically altered vocals get wrapped up in the synth. Before you can get too much into it, Mariah’s vocals and the last note abruptly and sharply end and you will find yourself hitting replay immediately.
Highley Recommended. Mariah Belgrod has demonstrated with her first single that she has a bright future as an artist. Her powerful voice coupled with an angelic quality really brings passion and power to the song’s lyrics and will captivate you from the very first note. The anticipation for her forthcoming album will undoubtedly be high.
Buy “Empty Spaces” on iTunes
Stream “Empty Spaces” on Apple Music and on Spotify
Listen to the Official Audio for “Empty Spaces”:
Follow Mariah on social media:
Smule: MariahBelgrod
Instagram: mairahbelgrod
Facebook: mariah.belgrod
Twitter: MBelgrodxoxo
Get more information about Mariah on her website
