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Melissa Li

About Me

At age 13, Melissa Li ditched classical music to write cheesy love songs. Over the next 11 years, she has developed a distinct style - passionate lyrics, acoustic riffs, and undeniably catchy refrains.

Her first full-length musical "Surviving the Nian", which received the prestigious Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation award, opened to rave reviews at the Boston Center for the Arts Calderwood Pavilion in April 2007.

Melissa Li is also a freelance filmmaker and videographer.

Currently, Melissa is part of the Good Asian Drivers Tour . Check out our new promo video!!!!
All About Good Asian Drivers in 2 Minutes from Good Asian Drivers on Vimeo .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/4/2006
Band Members: Watch a video of my latest song "Who Cares"! Feedback welcome.
"Who Cares" by Melissa Li from Good Asian Drivers on Vimeo .
Influences: Ani DiFranco, Chinese pop singers from the 90s, Jonatha Brooke, Dar Williams...
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

It Takes a Village to Raise a Good Asian Driver

Yes, we’re saying it again, props and thank yous to everyone that made it out last night.Adora and Steph of Spectra Entertainment put together an amazing event and we want to thank them for all ...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:54:00 GMT

Strange Wicked Drunk Broadway and Beyond; Melissa Star-Struck in NYC

Wow. What an amazing two days. I left for New York City on Tuesday on the Acela train (very comfortable, by the way, so if you have tons of money to spend, it is a worthy upgrade to the Fung Wah Bus) ...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:42:00 GMT

Wicked gay

Here's a kind of random queer rant of a blog.Wicked is currently my favorite musical. I picked it up at the Virgin Records about two months ago. I had been on my Hairspray kick before that, so as you ...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:42:00 GMT

Bigger is better?

This is something Kit posted for the Good Asian Drivers Tour....for more blogs and rantings, go to www.goodasiandrivers.com.(There's this huge trannies vs. lesbians article on there...)Sorry folks I'v...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:44:00 GMT

noodles, cubes, and bollywood

The Jaded Lounge on Monday was SUPER fun! There were so many cool people there - truly one of the best audiences we've ever seen up at Jacques Cabaret.Firstly, there was our friend Caroline and her pe...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:35:00 GMT

our show at Shine

So...Kit said he'd be there at 7:30. I got there at 7:45 and he literally rolled in around 8:15. What a dork!Couple of highlights:i saw kit dance. and caught it on video.sara leketa's loop pedal and 1...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:19:00 GMT

Music Video

So I'm shooting my first ever music video - I've shot enough of other's people's MVs so this is really exciting for me that I get to be in it and lipsync to playback and everything!I hope Moon makes m...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:14:00 GMT