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Mel Ushikubo

About Me

Thank you to all who participated in the show! And to all the fans who came out! Arigatou!!!!



Bands:


DUEL

http://www.myspace.com/duelmusic

http://www.prettypop.net/duel

Acting/Modeling:


Mel in Action....in the Sony Commercial.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 30/09/2007
Band Members:

Mel Ushikubo

Mel Ushikubo is a Speech Level Singing trained performer from Canada and will deliver an excellent performance, whether she is singing for a lively commercial or delivering clear, easy to understand learning materials.

Mel has over ten years of musical theatre experience playing such characters as The Evil Queen in a musical version of Snow White in Ottawa, Canada, and Mrs. Montague in the musical Go West! also in Ottawa, Canada.

The director of the Benesse World Wide Kids Stage production said this about Mel: “I really liked her performance. She could sense how to perform to attract the audience brilliantly. She was the best performer of all. I was very happy with her performance!” - Director of the Benesse World Wide Kids Stage

For one year she attended an intensive musical theatre course where she studied everything from original composition development and casting, to rehearsing and performing for a live audience as various cast and chorus members. She also co-founded the amateur theatre group, Richard Cranium Presents, in Fort St. John, BC.

As a vocalist, she has performed live in acoustic rock and jazz venues in Canada and Tokyo. She is also an accomplished song composer and literary writer.

Currently she works in the Tokyo entertainment industry as an actor, extra and voice-over actor for various TV commercials (Daiwa Shoken, Honda, etc.), dramas and movies. She was the principal English Teacher character in the Benesse World Wide Kids Live Stage Show for 3 months.
Mel also performs with her pop band Duel and is about to release her debut album!

Mel always has a positive and professional attitude, and is very flexible and creative. No matter what kind of project you have, you’ll enjoy the process and be delighted with the results.


Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Duel is actually flowing

Hi guys!Thanks as always for you support! I really appreciate it.I haven't blogged in ages! At first it was 'cause nothing was really going on. Now, it's a little different tho.Duel has released our N...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:08:00 GMT

Man, I wish I felt like blogging

But I don't really...Ha ha ha.Hope you are all having the best time of your lives. If you aren't, why the hell not?Love Mel.
Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:15:00 GMT

New Single on Myspace

Hi Everybody!!!!Check out Duel's newest hit on Myspace.Could he be the one?The last song on our soon to be release album "Duel".Hope you enjoy it!-Mel.
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:49:00 GMT

Blogging once a week?

Howdy!Well, I blew that one! I haven't blogged in ages. Doh!So, first things first. I'm totally pregnant at the moment. Ha ha ha. I'm super happy! Actually, for my show in December I was right in the ...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:14:00 GMT

Happy New Year and all that!

Hi guys!How you been? Hope you had a wonderful holiday this year. I know I did.So, how did the live go? Great! It was true. Without having to strain as much to sing, I could actually concentrate and g...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:35:00 GMT

I'm back baby

Hi All!Well, I have to say that I had a lovely and successful wedding. What a great time! I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as me.The band that played at the night party was awesome!!! I was deeply s...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:21:00 GMT

Here's the news!

Hi! How are you?Well, the decision I made, but couldn't elaborate was that I quit my rock band G.O.F. After a year and still no official lives of our own, I figured out it was a dead duck.Now I'm on...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:28:00 GMT

Wandering weird thought

Howdy!Just a short blog. I was chatting with my friend yesterday and commenting how there hasn't been any really new music in a while. It feels like it's all been done. The last movement I remember is...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:49:00 GMT

Oh yeah, my music life

Well Hi!I've made some decisions again. Good decisions. I haven't enacted them yet, so I can't share, but I feel much better. Let's just say, it's the 2 steps back stage.I told a friend of mine that t...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:42:00 GMT

Excerpt from the Diary of Mel Ushikubo

Hello!I have no idea what is compelling me to post this journal entry online.But here you go:"Have you ever felt like tearing up all your pictures? That's how I feel. I feel so fake and somehow I ha...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:20:00 GMT