Michelle Socha - Vocals and Percussion



Michelle has been composing songs since the fourth grade, and spent hours taping her compositions, experimenting with layering vocal harmonies and refining her ability to pick out harmonic lines and developing song structure. She sang with choirs through her high school and college years, as well as working as a wedding singer with various bands in downstate Michigan. After moving to Traverse City in 1996, she became part of a popular local group named Upstairs at Bailey’s, whose trademark was an unplugged, three-part harmony sound. Members of that group joined Michelle in creating Splendid Havoc in 1998.  Michelle continues to be a prolific composer.  “Home Tonight,” a song she co-wrote with Kim King, was chosen for the “WKLT Northern Michigan Rocks, Volume One” CD and has received significant airtime on WKLT. To date, Michelle has an impressive list of songs that have gotten airplay on local Northern Michigan Stations which include “Mother’s Ties”, a tribute song about her deceased mother, Emilie, “Derelict”, “Cumulus Nimbus”, “Bottle Boy” and “The Smile”.  Hopefully the list will continue to grow.