I am a singer/songwriter looking to work with photographers, stylists, and makeup artists to build a portfolio. I have a good online presence and can showcase work on my website as well as my twitter profile!

Heartfelt. Inspiring. Authentic. Real. These are but only a handful of traits that describe singer/songwriter Madia and her music. Her sweet, bird-like vocals are pure – silky and smooth with undiluted grace – but she writes songs that cover the roughest and most honest of emotions. The gospel and R&B influences are there, but somehow she draws them together to make something new. “Pop has soul,” Madia describes her sound. She’s clearly not a gaudy diva, but what she lacks in excessive vanity, she makes up for in thoughtful, meticulous songcrafting. If you’ve heard her perform live, you’ve heard something real. Madia’s soul-bearing ways will leave an indelible mark on those who choose to listen.

Performing live is a great joy for the Philadelphia-born, New Jersey-bred vocalist, but her affinity for the written word always has been an undeniable passion. Starting with journal entries in the third grade, Madia would go on to exercise her imagination through poems, short stories, and then songs (but also, not to mention, class notes to cute grade school boys!). This progression was not a difficult one, since music and God played a huge role in family life. Her siblings, parents, and grandmother are all talented vocalists who sang hymns and gospel. “I started singing at age 8. My older brother, by 2 years, sang, and I thought it was like a super power,” Madia recalls. Her upbringing as a Seventh Day Adventist, a strict Protestant denomination, also molded her into a mature, positive, self-respecting woman, “We didn't wear jewelry or paint our nails or wear makeup. We couldn't go out on Friday night because it was the Sabbath. Those rules and my parents’ strict adherence to them made me a bit of a natural plain Jane.”

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