Melissa Rich

Melissa Rich Bio:
Part 1: Life
Born on February 3, 1990 in Great Falls, Montana to a musical family, Melissa Rich is musically inclined down to her DNA. She was an honor student over the course of her school career, skipping second grade, receiving the President’s Award for Education in fifth grade, and attending Honors classes throughout High School. She is currently a Senior, and is home schooled by her father, who is also her Manager, Co-Writer, and Drummer. Melissa began acting in a Children’s Theater Troupe when she was ten years old, and scored the lead in several musicals, such as Music Man, Westward... Whoa! And Gone With The Breeze. She began singing in Church Choir and hasn’t stopped since!
Part 2: Music
Melissa began performing in the Inland Northwest when she was seven years old. She was hired as the co-host for the local Karaoke For Kids competition, where she earned early recognition singing in the mall. She began co-writing songs with her dad, J.T. (The Chief) Greenfield, when she was ten years old. Her recording career took off when she was just twelve years old. Her first recording was also the first song that she wrote, entitled “It Ain’t Nothin’ (If It Ain’t Country).” Since she began writing, she has played several concerts in Idaho and Nashville with special guests such as Lynn Sorensen(Paul Roger’s Bass Player) and Gene Hall (Played keyboards with Norman Greenbaum) and Michael Juhlin (Lead Guitarist for Dogface, who toured extensively with Foghat). In August of 2005, while only fifteen, she held a Record Industry Showcase at 3rd and Lindsley in Downtown Nashville, where she stole the attention of Kevin Neal (Senior VP of Buddy Lee Attractions) as well as Larry Roser (Studio 19). She is currently playing the Nashville Circuit.
Part 3: Goals
Short Term Goals for Melissa Rich include finding reliable management, and developing as an individual artist. Her Long Term Goal is a recording contract with a major label. When asked what her individual goals in Life are, she replies:
1.To Win A Grammy
2.To Sell A Million Records
3.To Have Fun Doing It!
At only seventeen years old, this girl knows what she wants, and is determined to get it!