Melissa And More: News

Here I am with Peppa Pig and Forward Movin, just before our photo shoot with the daily Echo, these photos were taken byth NBSP community group who are the organisers of the One Big Community fun day gig on Sep 11th, Portswood recreation ground http://nbspcg.org.uk

We were all there to promote the event but sadly the rest of Melissa And More were at work.

The picture from the Echo is in todays ( 26/08/2010 ) edition on page 15.

We also have the Stokes bay vehicle rally gig this bank holiday Monday to look forward to. Lets just hope the weather gets better or I will have to borrow a pig suit...

Here is the link to the piece in the Southern Evening Echo

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/leisure/news/8356175.Music_festival_will_bring_city_residents_together/#commentsList

We had a great day at Beaulieu on Saturday. We had the chance to see some classic cars in the museum and a go on the mono rail.

Jerry even had the time to have a burger.

And here we are sat on the wall.....again..

And here actually playing something...

We thank all the German car show team for their hospitality and we hope to see them again soon.

 http://thegermanshow.com/

 Many thanks to Ben Sharpe for the photo's above and to John Amey for the photo's below. More on the gallery page

Cute little button eh?

We have just joined Tunecore and have a sparkly new widget to throw about.

It has gig listings, 8 live album,twitter, share and lots more..Have a look

We have also been very busy with the old rehearsals for the Beaulieu gig on 24th July. I have a new song but we have not had the time to go through it as a band just yet. We may play it at the Gosport vehicle Rally in August.

We had a great day at the Hobbit on Monday. Loads of people were there and there was a great athmosphere.

People of all ages turned up and there was a really good family feel to the day.

We all had a lot of fun.

We have all been busy sorting out the set list,posters and cd's for May days gig at the Hobbit and our other gigs for this year.

Here is the poster organised by drummer Dave.

The set list was tough to sort out as we are only on for 30 minutes but we got there in the end.

Its looking to be a great gig and of course its our first public gig this year with Dave.

We are all doing our bit for the "live" album. We have the recording which was done live at the JT Festival in Andover 2009, and now we are getting organised to sell it as an album at gigs.

Jerry is doing the artwork, Dave is sorting out the cases and fliers, I am burning the cd's that Dave is getting and the business cards have just arrived. The widget here is of the mini album. I will change the order most likely but these are the tracks...

Click on the arrow for the next song

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Our rehearsals have been going well and we have a lot of material, including some new songs that we are perfecting. Dave ( drummer and percussionist extraordinaire ) has shown that he not only plays a mean triangle, but he can also hold the odd note and play keyboard too...We all had a go at harmonies and even Dave ( legendary guitarist ) managed to croak in key... Lots of interesting developments me thinks... Jerry of course can sing, he just needs a few sherbets / tiramisu cakes to get him going..

We have been busy chasing up gigs and applying to all sorts of festivals and events for the coming year, we await with bated breath as to weather we get in. I am not talking Glastonbury yet but I will ask nicely next week!!

Here is a copy of our band resume ...

We are a Southampton based four piece original folk /pop /rock band and would like to request a gig at one of your events. We have been playing live for over seven years and have gigged  in Southampton, Bournemouth, Andover and Christchurch.

Among the many venues we have played are;

Lordshill Kite Festival 2005 – 2009

H.M.S Collingwood  Field gun event  2007 – 2008.

Waterside Arts Festival 2008.

J.T Festival Andover 2009.

Gosport Michaelmas  Fayre 2009 and booked for 2010.

Puja Festival Southampton 2009.

Ferndown Relay for Life  (Cancer Research) 2009.

We have three EPs released by M.J Music Ltd, our record label, which are on sale at gigs and on the internet.

Our music has received radio air play on;

BBC Radio Solent

Original 106 FM

Wave 105 FM

Radio Hampshire

Saint FM

WMHB Radio ( Maine USA)

Volts Show and many other internet radio stations.

We have been reviewed by;

Xan Phillips – Southern Evening Echo

Steve – The Mag

Global Grooving

Overplay

If you have a moment please check out our website which includes our reviews and music and tracks recorded live at the J.T Festival Andover 2009.

 We thank you for your time.

 Melissa and More.

When the hoards of screaming venues get back to us, we will be shouting from the roof tops....

    The tomato never lies......

Just got a new facebook badge jobby....Just seems a bit big to me..

Give us some love become a fan of

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We have just had radio airplay for "Screwed"( Live )on WMHB Radio Maine, USA

http://www.wmhb.org

Many thanks to Captain Barney for giving us a spin again

Highest score so far 7.3 with the top three now as follows-

Words ( chilled ) - 7.52

Say Hello - 7.23

Twilight - 7.14

It would be great to get into the showcase, ...we shall see...

At the moment ( 17.24 pm) we are No 11 on the Slice The Pie charts

Words ( chilled original ) will be played on

http://www.amazingradio.co.uk

Saturday 13th Febuary at 1pm by Frankie Ward. Please tune in and give us a vote or a comment ( nice ones of course )

Our page can be found here

http://www.amazingtunes.com/users/liddybean

For those who missed it...The south live podcast can be heard here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00646rq/South_Live_31_01_2010/

We did quite well and had some good feedback. We were the last band to be judged so the critique started at about 8pm.

Thank you to Phil Jackson, Duncan Hall,Steve Hillier and Tim Bidwell for your professional feedback on "Words" ( chilled )

Just to let you know that this Sunday 31st January one of our tracks is going to be played between 7 and 9pm. We are not sure which one yet.

 If you have the chance, tune in to 96.1 & 103.8fm BBC Radio Solent.

 Presented by Phil Jackson from their studios in Brighton, South:Live showcases unsigned musicians from the south.The show features a demo panel who cast their ears over three artists ( us being one of them )

 Please can you show your support by voting for us either by text on  (               07786 20 70 70         ) or if you're near a PC, then you can e-mail the show at - south.live@bbc.co.uk 

We all thank  you in advance 

Cheers

Melissa, Dave, Jerry & Dave

Phil Jackson
Presenter, South:Live
7-9pm Sunday evenings
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Our Slice The Pie Scores http://www.slicethepie.com have just gone up again to 7.25

Words chilled - 7.48

Say Hello - 7.21

Words acoustic live - 7.05

Looking good at the moment, and we are well chuffed with these scores!!...

Our new band member. Joined 17th January 2010.

May play the rattle...

AVERAGE SCORE 7.21

 Words chilled - 7.46

Say Hello - 7.12

Words hungover live - 7.05

We are all at tender-hooks at the moment, Melissa is expecting a baby and its late ( typical diva ). It was due on the 6th January. Still.. new songs are being written and everyone is practicing for the next gig. The ice and snow is probably to blame for the delay.....The thaw is pending...

Slice the pie scores

The top three are as follows but will change I am sure in the next few hours or so. Our average score is 7.19 and we need an average of about 7.3 to get into a showcase. ( One will keep swapping and loading me thinks )

Words chilled - 7.46

Say Hello - 7.12

Words Hungover ( acoustic ) - 6.99

We have recently been made aware of a Christmas postal scam that is going about at the moment, please read this....

We are doing well on Ourstage at the moment. Please vote for us if you have a moment, it would be wonderful

We had a very good rehearsal with our new drummer on Friday and we are all very pleased to welcome Dave Amey to the band. A bio and all the dishing of the dirt is now up on the bio section.We only have one rehearsal left before our next gig but we have every confidence. He is very good

We just got this award for One Man Woman, its an "Auddy award", which means it has hit potential.

I am a bit chuffed about it.

We have been meeting quite a few drummers recently and we feel we have found a nice chap who will fit in well with us.

We have yet to hear him play but he is learning all the tracks that we will be playing at our next gig on 9th December.

Its not easy fitting rehearsals in as Dave and Dave work shifts but I am sure we will sort it out. Only 20 songs to learn.

The difficult thing is that some of the new songs have yet to be recorded so its a case of learning fast. We will get there.

Our Slice The Pie scores are at 7.14, not high enough but we have had some great reviews and its just a case of getting back in the studio again to record the new songs. Soon we hope, very soon.

We have sent off a few cds to radio stations and hopefully we will get some airplay. I have recently been informed that we have had airplay over in USA for Words and Say hello so I hope they will play it here again in UK.I will make a big issue of it if they do of course.

We are all looking forward to our future gigs and new songs, should be a great year ahead.

Slicethepie would be honoured to win the upcoming Open Web Award for Best Online Music Label - and in order to be nominated we would love your vote!

The Mashable Open Web Awards are international online awards which cover major innovations in web technology and achievements in Social Media.

If you would take 2 seconds to click on the banner below and submit your nomination for Slicethepie as "The Best Online Music Label" they would be very flattered.

We think its a great website and has gained us quite a lot of new fans and exposed Melissa's music to music lovers of all genres.Our scores are pretty good too.

So If you have 2 seconds or there abouts , please give them a vote.Many thanks.

We have a rehearsal in the hall tonight.

First proper chance to make some noise since the Puja festival a few weeks ago, where our poor drummer had 2 hours practice prior to the gig.

Lets hope all goes well as most of us have streaming colds at the moment.

We are currently on the Slice The Pie music player with 'Say Hello' scoring 7.21 and 'Words ( chilled )' at 7.27.

'What Have I done'  is at 6.98. It can all go down as well as up but the reviews are interesting.

'Anything' ep is winging its way across the pond the the CD Baby headquarters. Lets hope the postal strike does not cause delay.

Soon the physical cd will be available on their site as well as from here. Urls and bits and bobs to come soon....