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Melanie Keller
Pop / Folk Rock / Alternative

"QUIXOTIC BEETZ LIMITED EDITION OUT SEPT 25!!"

SAN FRANCISCO, California
United States

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Last Login:  9/6/2008
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   Melanie Keller: General Info
Member Since1/21/2005
Band MembersMelanie Keller: vocals/guitar/keyboard/piano
InfluencesJoni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Suzanne Vega, Peter Gabriel, Rush, Elliott Smith, Dead Can Dance, Innocence Mission
Sounds Likewind chimes treasures hidden in trees angel food cake and a warm breeze
Type of LabelNone





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Sep 14 2008 8:00P
La Toscana Ristorante Newcastle upon Tyne, Northeast

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   About Melanie Keller
I've been writing pop-rock songs for nine years. 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 (Classical, and more New Age).

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 Keller's Friend Space (Top 16)
Melanie Keller has 571 friends.
 Julie 


 the innocence mission 


 Julia 


 Raffi 


 Highway To Hell 


 The Coach 


 Geoffrey! 


 Daniel Giberson Photography 


 Bazaar Cafe Open Mic 


 Duncan Sheik 


 Vienna Teng 


 reve100 


 Chenoa 


 Michael 


 Destani Wolf 


 christine 





Melanie Keller's Friends Comments
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The Gitanos





Aug 21 2008 12:27 AM

The Gitanos
The Gitanos





Aug 1 2008 10:27 PM

The Gitanos
Jordio Carnell





Jul 13 2008 12:38 AM

http://slurl. com/secondlife/MMC/200/45/25
Christian Stone





May 31 2008 1:42 PM

Thank you for the add and I wish you the vert best! CS

www. christianstone. com
christine





May 12 2008 9:40 PM

you still have me on your front page... *sigh*
Julie





Mar 23 2008 6:26 AM

so true. you were really stunning. i keep watching the video over and over! i love ocean door.
Grace Buford





Mar 21 2008 9:27 PM

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~
Shane™





Mar 14 2008 5:46 AM

amazing show!! u were captivating as always. oh and thanx for the shout-out onstage, that made my day :-)
michiel





Mar 8 2008 6:46 AM

Hey Melanie,

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. :-)
Daniel Giberson Photography





Mar 4 2008 10:01 AM

flower for you...




kc turner





Jan 14 2008 3:00 AM

nice bumpin' into you :-)
Dendri





Jan 5 2008 7:35 AM

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!
jose flipchild a.k.a. Nathan Explosion!!!





Dec 30 2007 8:58 PM

hey songbird!!


merry happy very.
Julie





Dec 10 2007 7:34 PM

i hope your show went well!!!
Shane™





Dec 5 2007 3:36 AM

the word is out

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
Shane™





Nov 22 2007 4:45 AM

I need those print visuals for the press packet. and btw, im still out of signed 8x10 glossies. :-)
The Coach





Nov 11 2007 7:29 PM

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.

How're your crumpets toasted?
Peter Paul Parker





Oct 1 2007 11:58 AM

Hey Malanie,

Thanks for dropping by to my site. I went to San Francisco last year and fell in love with the place. I hope to back there soon. You are blessed that you live in such a great part of the world and that you have been given the talent to write your own songs which I like.

Cheers,

Peter Paul Parker
The Coach





Sep 26 2007 7:51 AM

Smelling autumn is sensory overload . . . you could get a coffee with me instead.
DISCOVERY





Sep 11 2007 7:14 AM

there goes my mouth: I'm learning to be quiet.
Shane™





Sep 11 2007 2:53 AM

see, everybody likes polli pocket :-)
christine





Sep 5 2007 5:05 AM

pretty video... i felt like i was there... sing polly pocket especially sometime... i might cry...
Kelly





Sep 2 2007 4:27 PM

If Shane is pres. the I get to be vice-pres. of the mk club....plus I think I have a pic. or 2 from when we were in high school.Good ones too.
Shane™





Aug 31 2007 4:32 AM

as president of the unofficial MK fanclub, I must dutifully inform u that the people are demanding more pix to be posted. :)
Daniel Giberson Photography





Aug 11 2007 10:30 PM

Hi Mel,
Long time no see... I hope my message finds you well and happy.
Tony006





Jul 23 2007 4:59 AM

Hey how are you doing? Whens your next show?
Julie





Jul 11 2007 4:01 AM

i love you sister!!!
Kristen





Jul 10 2007 4:26 PM

classic.
Tony006





Jun 22 2007 3:03 AM

Hey hey hey whats going on? Hows the music coming along? Hows life? :)
DWalker





Jun 19 2007 12:06 AM

Melanie,

Long time, no talk. Just wanted to say whats up. Keep up the good music.
The Coach





Jun 17 2007 6:21 AM

Some stories reside in hiding, safeguarded by those involved, the confidants who in trust cinch their traps and reflect on the uncompromising details during hours intimately associated with starlight and dark depths of wild abandon. But often a delicate, unctuous glimpse of a particular tale, a snippet of real narrative, blinks into casual conversation, or else, someone with a degree of trickery and dry eyes unlocks the chain of events that have for so long been obscured or forgotten.

And now that I hold your attention, I shall juggle the flow and ask you to imagine a story involving Ms. Keller, a glow worm, some embroidered handkerchiefs, and the baffling character of Death.

Yeah, just imagine it. It's a great story. And it's too bad you'll never get to hear about how Ms. Keller forced Death into asking the glow worm's forgiveness! Needless to say, she has the heroine that day at the races, where seven handkerchiefs with red-threaded swans were tucked under a horse's saddle to ensure the luck of a steady, winning run.
Willy Wombat Band





Jun 15 2007 10:49 AM

Hi
Wie gehts denn?
Lange nichts gehört?
Habe jetzt wieder ne Band!

neue Aufnahme in myspace
warm up

Viele Grüße
Willy Wombat
Julie





May 10 2007 1:39 PM

ha ha. Just stopping by to say i love you too!
*





May 4 2007 3:34 PM

The best music i ever heard was in the silence,
its rhythm I continue to sound out in my thoughts, its deep notes
paint in the shadows of my days and its lightest sounds reflect in
the soft smiles of love I receive from everything I see now.

poem by omegadawn (that being said -i like your songs!)
kc turner





Apr 26 2007 6:25 PM

Melanie Keller and KC Turner w/The Courtney Janes
@ Bazaar Cafe

Friday April 27th @ 7:30pm

www.bazaarcafe.com
kc turner





Apr 25 2007 5:54 PM

hey, just a few more days!
Tony006





Apr 25 2007 4:17 AM

Hey whats up melanie? How are you these days?
DWalker





Apr 23 2007 1:44 AM