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Melissa Engleman

About Me


If a ghost town came to life with music, you would find Melissa Engleman there, with her lonesome lyrics and forceful vocals that dance in the saloon until late in the evening. Empty streets carry the haunting melodies of her restless guitar tracks. Amid these notes and sounds, ghosts dwell, clamoring for the chance to tell their stories of business left undone, violent ends and what's left when even malaise has faded. Melissa summons tales from the long ago and finally lays their spirits to rest.Seeing Melissa perform live is like reuniting with an old friend. Her music speaks of community and the comfort to be had through shared experience. Her vocals hit like an emotional twister, but the guitar lines gently pick up the pieces left behind. Melissa's songs share a willingness to engage the listener on a personal level, songs with courage and soul that give a blues-y feel to an otherwise folk-y nature. The melodies pick up the audience and take them for a ride through the dusty, abandoned parts of rural America that this songwriter has long called home. I use the myspace layout generator at UltimateMySpace.com.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/11/2005
Band Members: just me!

Influences: patsy cline, etta, ella, billie, tori amos, rickie lee jones, neutral milk hotel, centromatic, pj harvey, eva cassidy, wanda jackson, traci bonham, ani difranco, edith piaf, jim morrison, willie nelson, the cold war kids, all my friends that play

Sounds Like: shirley temple's broken heart

Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

earthdance austin

I'm really excited to play this festival in September.http://earthdanceaustin.orghttp://earthdanceaustin .org/artists/mengleman.html
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 09:03:00 GMT

booking jonestown farmer's market

Want to play at a brand new farmer's market? I'm booking bands every Saturday and Sunday starting May 9th. If you are interested write me at [email protected] and put BOOKING FM in the subject. R...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 04:29:00 GMT

do you have a motorcycle?

Check this out! Motorcycle ride ending at Scholz's Garden! I'm going to be singing the National Anthem at the Opening Ceremonies for this event benefiting Lou Gehrig's disease!If you are interested in...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:18:00 GMT

exciting news jonestown, tx house concert #3

Please check out Greg's House Concerts in my top friends. My dad and I are planning the 3rd house concert for March 21st. We will have our first out of town musicians!Drew Danburry from Utah is on tou...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:03:00 GMT

le sigh

Protools is not compatible with windows xp mce   *pout*
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:14:00 GMT

I heart

the party barge experience!   xoxo, m
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:34:00 GMT

oh yeah and also

hold me - weezer
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:38:00 GMT

new cover songs i'm learning

Oh comely-neutral milk hotel Simple man-lynyrd skynyrd
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:57:00 GMT

New song lyrics "unglued" (more)

hits without warningmy eyes well upmy stomach sinksmy heart fallsand i don't see any kindness in your eyesoh but where were youwhen you came ungluedi was blindsidedyou dont like to hear thati love you...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 06:44:00 GMT

breakups

and small towns are good for song lyrics
Posted by on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:49:00 GMT