Melanie Keller

Hi there, I'm Melanie Keller. 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 have independently released three records. 4 track demos (1999),
Bridge Lights (2005) and Quixotic Beetz (2008), which features bassist
Jon Evans (Tori Amos) and trombonist Mike Rinta (Sly & The Family
Stone, Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock) among the stellar personnel.
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.