Melissa has sung professionally with numerous well known Cover Bands and Original Bands throughout Australia. Covering a vast range of genres from Jazz to Top 40 Pop Hits to Retro, she has toured both as lead and backing vocalist and performed in pubs, clubs, and festivals and featured on other solo artists’ albums. Some of the highlights of her career include singing on the Parisian P&O Cruise Ship, Sydney Cricket Ground and at the annual Adelaide Jazz Festival. Throughout the past five years Melissa has concentrated on honing her song writing and producing talents. During this time we have seen the release of two original solo albums, two EPs and her forthcoming Single ‘Spider’ to be released in August 2004. In 2000 she won 1st Place in the Drum Media Songwriters Competition with the song ‘Know Me’ and in 2003 gained club, radio, TV & film score exposure with her dance track ‘Angel.’
Dancing and Dance Music have always been two of Melissa’s greatest passions and she has had the opportunity to enjoy both whilst working as a professional dancer in music video clips, shows and clubs. Melissa has trained and performed with the Janice Breen ‘Breen Machine Dancers’ and has also taught various styles of dance over the years.
Melissa has earnt huge recognition, numerous awards and a legion of fans as a radio announcer and voice-over specialist. She has worked on test broadcasts for Sydney radio and worked as a resident radio announcer and programmer for 2CCR 90.5FM over a period of five years, with three weekly programmes ‘Soundwest’, ‘Hit Pix’ and ‘Hip Kids’.
Melissa worked as a Trivia Host in pubs and clubs for the company ‘Complete Trivia.’ This included being the promotional face of ‘Complete Trivia’ and a four-year residency at The Mosman Club and numerous corporate functions.
In 1997 Melissa spent a brief time working as a Karaoke Host for the company ‘Strictly Karaoke’ working in venues all over Sydney.
Melissa began working on television commercials at the early age of six months and although television and films have not been her first love or career priority she has managed to achieve a list of impressive credits including:
Throughout the past ten years Melissa has gained the respect and friendship of fellow Sydney musicians for her tireless work and support of unsigned acts. She has managed, booked, produced promotional packages, designed posters, written press releases, organised press interviews, organised tours and put together CD Launches for many famous and popular unsigned acts, cover bands and touring artists. Here is a list of just some of the artists that she has worked with, you may recognise a few: The Fargone Beauties, The Hooley Dooleys, Don Spencer, Jukebox 90, Dirty Deeds, Noel Evans, Seattle Sound, Alabaster, Funhouse, Myxomatosis plus many many more…
1997 - Semi Finalist ‘Young Australian Of the Year’ Award |
