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Melanie Rae

About Me

Melanie is….

a 28 yr old singer/songwriter.

from a tiny town in between Santa Cruz & Monterey, Ca.

now happy to call the area of Portland, OR her home.

passionate about the human condition, expressing it through song.

doing the music thing for the love of it (but won’t argue when she gets paid to)!

thankful for a history of experience as lead vocalist in various bands, in theater, & studio recording.

glad to have been able to complete her solo EP in 2007 with the collaboration of local musician/producer, Jamin Swenson.

excited to have joined singer/songwriter, Tiffany Carlson, where they recently formed the female duo, CarlsonRae (check em out on her top friends)!

ever grateful for your support of her music!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/27/2007
Band Members:
Melanie Rae - Vocals/Background Vocals/Songwriter

Photography By: Michael Andrus (www.andrusphoto.com)
Cover Design/Artwork By: Dylan John Western

On the album:
Tim Ellis - Guitar (electric/acoustic)
Jamin Swenson - Bass/Producer (co-writer)
Jean Pierre Garau - Keys
Carlton Jackson - Drums
Rob Stroup - Sound Engineer/Co-Producer/Acoustic Guitar for "Make this right"
Recorded @ 8 Ball Studio
Mastered @ Nettleingham Audio
Influences: Too many artists to name them all - a mixture of unknown's and well known's. I find that individual songs influence me more than one particluar artist.

Here's a few artist's who songwriting and/or sound I admire;

Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Alison Krauss, Bon Jovi, Alannah Myles, Jennifer Knapp, James Taylor, Tracy Chapman, Dusty Springfield, Etta James, Tom Petty, Sarah McLachlan, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Babyface, KT Tunstall, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, Chicago, U2, Coldplay, Mat Kearney, Jack Johnson, Jewel (when she was a newbie), Evanescence, Dido, Imogen Heap, Maroon 5, Leigh Nash, Oasis, Counting Crows (their older stuff), Blue October, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, etc.......the list is endless
Musician songwriters who I admire & think have influenced music in major ways;
Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash

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Sounds Like: You tell me....

CarlsonRae at Rose's pt 1

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

My BEST new project; Carlson Rae!

For those of you who didn't know; I am now one half of the duo Carlson Rae . I met Portland area singer/songwriter Tiffany Carlson in March and since then we have been inseparable! ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:20:00 GMT

Did curiosity really kill the cat or was it politics?

Ok, so regardless of your political opinion, does anyone else notice a striking resemblance between runner up Vice President Sarah Palin & comedian/actress Tina Fey?  Palin has a couple years...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:49:00 GMT

Sleep or sanity?

Night time and I have a love/hate relationship. I am finding this to be truer as time goes by.  I have always been more of a night owl and without a doubt not a bright and early kinda girl.&...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:08:00 GMT

Love Day - Change would be good....

Just a bit of a rant here on good ol' Valentine's day.... First off, I love love. I am all for romance, so don't get me wrong here, but......anyone else sick of the whole world commercializing every o...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:21:00 GMT

New Year’s Prayer

I hope you find this as inspiring as I did. Blessings in the New Year! Lord, find what I've hidden Heal what I've hurt Open what I've closed Teach what I wouldn't learn Fill the places I've emptied An...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:40:00 GMT