Hi there, I'm Melanie. I am a performer of pop/rock music. I grew up on an eclectic mix of music ranging from born again Christian rock, New Age, Ravi Shankar, Philip Glass, Disco, Classic Rock, and a variety of miscellaneous obscure recordings.
I grew up in a religiously-diverse household. My mother saw to it that my siblings and I attend Catholic school, while my dad kept a collection of books on Zen and eastern spirituality. He was also a potter and experimental artist, which fueled my desire to create early on.
My grandparents owned two baby grand pianos with two daunting oil portraits of my great-grandparents hanging over each. Seeing a piano at the time was like the circus coming into town, so visiting the grandparents was quite magical. When I first had the chance to salivate over practice room pianos at San Francisco State, I dove in head first and became a music major.
In time, I bought a Fender acoustic guitar and Mel Bay chord book, setting sail on my songwriting path. In 1999 I recorded my first demo on a four-track and distributed cassette copies to my bookstore co-workers. I even included a rough track, "Intergalactic Dream", composed on a Casio that I'd accidentally stolen from a childhood friend. Since then, I've been on a steady path of writing and playing shows throughout California and Arizona.
Melanie, It was so great to get to meet you in SF and especially to hear you play your beautiful music. You were absolutely stunning. I hope I get to cross paths with you again sometime real soon. ~grace~
How are you doing? Been quite a while! I received your invitation for your next performance which to my surprise will also be featured on Second Life?! How did that happen?!
Great to hear your music again from your profile, brings back great memories! Enjoyed a lot being able to hear you working on your music from just a room away. :-)
thank you for finding and adding me. you have a sweet and delicate sound. give me a heads up if you play a show in the los angeles area. i would absolutely be there!
Besides acting as an asst. camera and grip for my first feature, giving my dogs to a little boy named Warren, quitting smoking, visiting the IRS in downtown Oakland, reading 3 novels, shooting my own sober lovely realistic film about love and suicide, watching movies, learning about Scotch and expanding my wine knowledge . . . it's been the usual hallucination that life injects into my soul's sound system.
