Hi friends! Our Kickstarter for the EP "Red Dust" and a photography project by Scott Walsh has been fully funded! Thank you so much for your support and love!
Last week we had four fantastic recording sessions for the EP. Now Robert Cowie is doing his magic mastering, and we're hoping to be able to release the EP by the end of the month.
We'll be playing a show with the full band on March 26th at LIC Bar in Long Island City. Hopefully we'll be able to give out EPs and prints that were pre-ordered with the Kickstarter, and if not they won't be far behind!
Hope to see you on the 26th, and look out for out of town gigs and touring this summer!
love,
Mela
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
RED DUST: Kickstarter launch!
In February, we'll be recording our first 5-track EP titled Red Dust. My dear friend, and also our Ukulele player's husband, will be engineering the album from his home studio, with the assistance of Otto and Ella (the best dogs ever.) The album will feature percussion by Cody Rahn, guitar by Charlie Rauh, Viola/Violin by Concetta Abbate, vocals and Uke by Nidia Medina, vocals by Cydney McQuillan-Grace, and myself (voice, piano, guitar, marimachu)
In order to make this recording happen, we have just launched a Kickstarter, which is a fun new way of fund raising for creative projects. I'm collaborating with photographer Scott Walsh, who will be working on a series of Black and White photos of the subway and coney island. His artwork will eventually become the album artwork, but for now we are exploring the ideas of anthropology in music and photography; how culture influences landscape and human relationships.
How does Kickstarter work? For the increasing amounts that you donate, you always get something in return. For example, for $10 you will get a hard CD of our EP. For $150, you get an 8x10 original Black and White print from Scott, in addition to the CD.
To check out our Kickstarter page and make a donation, copy and paste the link below into your browser:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1472973675/red-dust-mela-and-scott-make-an-ep-and-a-photo-ser
AND check us out on January 30th in Long Island City:
Opening for Inti and the Moon
8pm
LIC Bar
45-58 Vernon Blvd. Long Island City, NY 11101
Happy New Year and thanks for all of your support in 2011!
In order to make this recording happen, we have just launched a Kickstarter, which is a fun new way of fund raising for creative projects. I'm collaborating with photographer Scott Walsh, who will be working on a series of Black and White photos of the subway and coney island. His artwork will eventually become the album artwork, but for now we are exploring the ideas of anthropology in music and photography; how culture influences landscape and human relationships.
How does Kickstarter work? For the increasing amounts that you donate, you always get something in return. For example, for $10 you will get a hard CD of our EP. For $150, you get an 8x10 original Black and White print from Scott, in addition to the CD.
To check out our Kickstarter page and make a donation, copy and paste the link below into your browser:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1472973675/red-dust-mela-and-scott-make-an-ep-and-a-photo-ser
AND check us out on January 30th in Long Island City:
Opening for Inti and the Moon
8pm
LIC Bar
45-58 Vernon Blvd. Long Island City, NY 11101
Happy New Year and thanks for all of your support in 2011!
Monday, January 2, 2012
January Events and updates
Dearest MELA fans!
Check here VERY soon (hopefully in the next day or so) for an update about our Kickstarter to raise money for the first Mela EP!
Melanie Closs will be teaming up with photographer Scott Walsh to create this debut EP titled Red Dust, plus a photo series by Scott exploring what transient traces we leave behind, whether human connection in Mela’s travels, impressions of a natural environment, or a mark of graffitti on a subway station wall.
We'll be posting soon about how to donate, and what you get in return.
Also, check us out on January 30th, opening for Inti and the Moon.
30 January
8pm
Free (plus Free buffet!)
LIC Bar (Long Island City)
Happy New Year! It's going to be a good one!
Mela
Check here VERY soon (hopefully in the next day or so) for an update about our Kickstarter to raise money for the first Mela EP!
Melanie Closs will be teaming up with photographer Scott Walsh to create this debut EP titled Red Dust, plus a photo series by Scott exploring what transient traces we leave behind, whether human connection in Mela’s travels, impressions of a natural environment, or a mark of graffitti on a subway station wall.
We'll be posting soon about how to donate, and what you get in return.
Also, check us out on January 30th, opening for Inti and the Moon.
30 January
8pm
Free (plus Free buffet!)
LIC Bar (Long Island City)
Happy New Year! It's going to be a good one!
Mela
Monday, November 21, 2011
Upcoming Events
December 5th
MELA featuring Concetta Abbate on Viola
Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11221
9pm- FREE
January 30th
MELA with Cydney McQuillan-Grace and Nidia Medina
sharing the bill with Inti and the Moon
LIC Bar- 45-58 Vernon Blvd.
8pm - FREE- plus a FREE Buffet!
Plus, stay tuned for a Kickstarter project raising money for our first EP, plus artwork by Scott Walsh
MELA featuring Concetta Abbate on Viola
Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11221
9pm- FREE
January 30th
MELA with Cydney McQuillan-Grace and Nidia Medina
sharing the bill with Inti and the Moon
LIC Bar- 45-58 Vernon Blvd.
8pm - FREE- plus a FREE Buffet!
Plus, stay tuned for a Kickstarter project raising money for our first EP, plus artwork by Scott Walsh
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 16th
MELA and Sea Teeth at Wicked Willy's!
Wicked WIlly's- 149 Bleeker st
8pm- MELA, 9pm- Sea Teeth (Philly based blues band!)
$5
This show has a few exciting things going on: MELA will feature just the lovely 3-part harmonies between Melanie, Cydney, and Nidia! Check it out! You will also be able to pre-order our EP to support our recording project! We might have some other treats for sale to compliment our EP project...so many things to look forward to!
And of course, check out Sea Teeth, with Dana Levin and the Philly crew, doing some old favorites and some original tunes by Dana himself.
Friday November 18th
MELA opening (solo) for The Orange Person- a musical by Laura Dunn and the Ghosts of Xmas Past!
The Gene Frankel Theater
21 Bond Street
New York, NY
8:00- MELA
9:00- curtain
For tickets and more information: http://www.theorangeperson.com/
And looking forward to December:
get ready for MELA featuring Melanie and Concetta Abbate on Viola, and a possible fund raiser party for the Green Theatre Collective project in India in Boston! And more album pre-orders!
MELA and Sea Teeth at Wicked Willy's!
Wicked WIlly's- 149 Bleeker st
8pm- MELA, 9pm- Sea Teeth (Philly based blues band!)
$5
This show has a few exciting things going on: MELA will feature just the lovely 3-part harmonies between Melanie, Cydney, and Nidia! Check it out! You will also be able to pre-order our EP to support our recording project! We might have some other treats for sale to compliment our EP project...so many things to look forward to!
And of course, check out Sea Teeth, with Dana Levin and the Philly crew, doing some old favorites and some original tunes by Dana himself.
Friday November 18th
MELA opening (solo) for The Orange Person- a musical by Laura Dunn and the Ghosts of Xmas Past!
The Gene Frankel Theater
21 Bond Street
New York, NY
8:00- MELA
9:00- curtain
For tickets and more information: http://www.theorangeperson.com/
And looking forward to December:
get ready for MELA featuring Melanie and Concetta Abbate on Viola, and a possible fund raiser party for the Green Theatre Collective project in India in Boston! And more album pre-orders!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Updates
MELA has gone through some changes, and have some interesting gigs coming up.
For one, we're adding an upright bass sound, by the lovely miss Lisa Dowling. We're creating a more solid sound with just upright bass, percussion, electric guitar, and Melanie's classic piano, guitar, and vocals. (and of course, her new featured love, Matilda the Marimachu.) In addition to the tighter simpler quartet, we'll be experimenting in our live performances with different combinations of duos and trios.
Our first experiment will be:
Wednesday October 12th 7pm
Wicked Willy's $5 cover
with Charlie Rauh- electric guitar
and Melanie Closs- piano, guitar, voice, Marimachu
We have plans to record an album and play small shows.
Look for another show at Wicked Willy's opening for Sea Teeth (blues) in November, and a house party fund raiser for girl's education in India in December. We're hoping to play in Boston at another fund raiser and Philly in the Spring.
Still working on the new website! Check back for updates and a link to the new site soon.
with love and peace and harmony and world folky-ness,
Melanie
For one, we're adding an upright bass sound, by the lovely miss Lisa Dowling. We're creating a more solid sound with just upright bass, percussion, electric guitar, and Melanie's classic piano, guitar, and vocals. (and of course, her new featured love, Matilda the Marimachu.) In addition to the tighter simpler quartet, we'll be experimenting in our live performances with different combinations of duos and trios.
Our first experiment will be:
Wednesday October 12th 7pm
Wicked Willy's $5 cover
with Charlie Rauh- electric guitar
and Melanie Closs- piano, guitar, voice, Marimachu
We have plans to record an album and play small shows.
Look for another show at Wicked Willy's opening for Sea Teeth (blues) in November, and a house party fund raiser for girl's education in India in December. We're hoping to play in Boston at another fund raiser and Philly in the Spring.
Still working on the new website! Check back for updates and a link to the new site soon.
with love and peace and harmony and world folky-ness,
Melanie
Monday, August 15, 2011
Updates
Hello friends! This summer has been truly fantastic, the tour of As You Like It featuring MELA was a huge success. "A nature spirit appears -- Amiens, played alluringly by Melanie Closs, moves in and around singing the gentle, insinuating “Come Hither.” You bet!" - from Let's Talk Off Broadway, a Shelter Island publication.
We have a show on September 14th at good old Pirate-themed Wicked Willy's, and MELA's music will once again be featured in GTC's As You Like It for their brief relaunch on September 17th and 18th at Quail Hill Farm in Long Island.
This fall, besides playing shows, we will be working on our first album. Check for updates and follow our process. Also, check back for a link to our new website, once it's ready. Lot's of new fancy things to look forward to!
Right now it's time to take a break from all the touring, rehearsing and performing. Melanie Closs is heading off to Florida to visit her grandma and spend some time at the beach, and then she's off to Peru for 12 days! She has no idea what kind of adventures, epiphanies, inspiration and spiritual powers await her in the land of the Incas. You'll probably find out in some new songs this fall :)
September events:
September 14th, 9pm
MELA @ Wicked Willies
Bleeker st, NY
September 17th - 18th
As You Like It, featuring music by MELA, relaunch!
Quail Hill Farm
Long Island, NY
Thanks everyone for all your support and enjoy the rest of your summer!
Melanie
We have a show on September 14th at good old Pirate-themed Wicked Willy's, and MELA's music will once again be featured in GTC's As You Like It for their brief relaunch on September 17th and 18th at Quail Hill Farm in Long Island.
This fall, besides playing shows, we will be working on our first album. Check for updates and follow our process. Also, check back for a link to our new website, once it's ready. Lot's of new fancy things to look forward to!
Right now it's time to take a break from all the touring, rehearsing and performing. Melanie Closs is heading off to Florida to visit her grandma and spend some time at the beach, and then she's off to Peru for 12 days! She has no idea what kind of adventures, epiphanies, inspiration and spiritual powers await her in the land of the Incas. You'll probably find out in some new songs this fall :)
September events:
September 14th, 9pm
MELA @ Wicked Willies
Bleeker st, NY
September 17th - 18th
As You Like It, featuring music by MELA, relaunch!
Quail Hill Farm
Long Island, NY
Thanks everyone for all your support and enjoy the rest of your summer!
Melanie
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