Although Melissa is a solo artist, she is always on the lookout for new and interesting people to play with. For the past year and a half, Melissa's band has consisted of a drummer, guitarts, bassist, pianist and sax player; all very talented musicians who Melissa met during her time at Humber. They can all be heard on her latest CD "Ready to Pull."
Influences
Melissa listens to whatever she can get her hands on; however some of her favorite artists are:
Sarah Slean, Elton John (his pre-Disney days), Radiohead, Brad Mehldau, Supertramp, Death Cab for Cutie, Ben Folds, Fiona Apple, Miles Davis, Rufus Wainwright, Joni Mitchell, The Postal Service, Zero 7, Otis Redding etc
Sounds Like
Although Melissa has a very unique sound, she has been compared to:
Sarah Slean and Fiona Apple
Melissa Foye, a graduate of Humber College's respected vocal jazz performance program, is the newest addition to Vancouver's thriving music scene. Upon graduating, Melissa released her debut CD titled "Ready to Pull." With the perfect combination of pop/rock/jazz and funk, this album proves to be both thought-provoking and whimsical.
Although currently living in Vancouver, Melissa is originally from Toronto. She has Melissa performed throughout Canada at such hotspots as: The Rivoli, The Reverb, The Oasis, 3rd. Floor Reilley's, and C'est What?, Pepper Jacks and The Casbah and Banff, Alberta's Rocky Mountain Music Festival.
Currently Melissa can be heard on Hamilton's McMaster and Mohawk radio and has been featured on Hamilton's Cable 14.
For fun, Melissa likes to re-work existing songs while adding her own person touch. Check out Melissa's youtube clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--D37_1mrT0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hw7DpYYTio
Melissa's music is sure to engage and heighten all musical palates, so be sure to check out her music here on myspace.
hey hey hey.....fiddling around with my myspace, but its still jenny :D...anyways we have so much to catch up on...i don't know if you got my text message but it expained why im so excited...how are you doing? hope everything is going well for you
Ive actually been trying to make it to New York or Toronto for winter for a few years now. Ive lived in Florida all of my life, and have never gotten the chance to see ACTUAL snow. I mean, if you call the permafrost that develops in the ice box, then yes, ive seen "snow".
Well, if you ever make it down, Ill invite you out for some South Beach Fun.
How was your show at the Rivoli? I hope it was amazing and knowing you, I am sure it was beyond that! Here's hoping this will lead to more shows of the same like, you've earned it!
Thanks soooooooo much for the add. I'm sure alot of bands just send you a bunch of invites just cause..but you're amazing. If I lived in ontario I'd beg you to let me play bass for you.
After how quickly we managed to throw the ATKM gig together (1.5 practices, never with the same guitarists... Joe was there for the first practice but didn't play... Matt played but wasn't at either practice, etc.) I'm convinced we could easily put a gig together, if you had more musicians. What would be cool is do full-band arrangements of these youtube covers you've been doing!
If not gigs, I'm always available for recording whenever you go to do your next album! I should hopefully be picking up a fretless deluxe jazz bass when I get my tax return.. yum!
Not too much... playing with All The King's Men on Thursday for their last show.. I was a little disappointed when I learnt you weren't playing with them anymore!
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