Percussion Queen from Cuba.
Member Since: 10/20/2005
Band Website: WWW.MELENA.COM
Band Members:
True Love is True Vision
Don't be quick to Judge
God is My Judge!
Keep God in Your Heart
Remain True To Yourself
and don't let anyone knock you down
Especially, with their ignorance!
Don't condemn me for my culture and beliefs.
The pain and history of my family that lives in me.
I play my drum with the spirit of my ancestors.
In their honor!
In their Memory!
How can you condem me, when you don't even know me?
There is a history that lives in me and in every heart that beats.
There is lot's of pain and all we can do is ask for strength!
Music is True Healing!
John 9:41
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"If you were blind, you would have no sin;
but now you say, "We See", Therefore
your sin remains.
"Injustice must be rooted out by strong, persistent
and determined action." Martin Luther King, Jr.
PLEASE CHECK OUT MY PAGE IN HONOR OF MY TWO IDOLS/MENTORS:
TATA GUINES AND ANGA AT: MYSPACE.COM/TATAGUINESANGA
Please check out the following Tribute Page for Mongo SantaMaria
Mongo Santamaria
Namm Show 2008!!!!!!
I have so many influences, but I would first have to say my grandparents, elders and ancestors that pull me up and give me my strength and passion for the music I play. Siempre estan in mi corazon y alma!!!! M querida abuelita, La Flor De Mi Vida!
Giovanni Hidalgo, Tata Guines, Patato Valdes, Los Papines, Irakere, Los Van Van, Manolito Simonet, Klimax, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Guaco, Sade, Shakira, Angela Bassett & Katharine Hepburn! To all of my music teachers/mentors that have helped me throughout my carreer. Pepito gracias por todo! Vizcaino, Jose Miguel y Yaroldy! Cristoba, Daniel Herrera y Regino Jimenez! My dear dear "Anga"....Tan Talentoso, te quiero mucho!!!!!!!! Modupue!!!
Grand Parents
Great Aunt/Uncle - Colombia -
14th Annual Montreal Drum Festival
November 10 -11, 2006
Montreal, Canada
Melena conducted a Master Class and
Performance with Cuban Master
Drummer Raul Pineda.
"It's a great honor to have been invited to this years
Montreal Drum Festival. I would have never imagined
this opportunity for me to share the knowledge of what
I have learned and am still striving to reach and
grow. That seeking of knowledge and growth I believe
will always be in us musicians. I feel humbled by
this gift and know it will push me to keep reaching
and working on my craft."
http://montrealdrumfest.com/
Melena in Canada
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Melena Clip 2