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About Me

CHRIS wrote a pile of songs about the pretty store clerks of Yellow Springs Ohio, ego dissolution, and the sadness of clowns. JAYE 250 learned the words and how to play the melodies on a $21 garage sale keyboard. In the winter of 2007, 16 songs were recorded on a minidisk player with a microphone the size of a pencil eraser. The songs were put on MYSPACE and quickly discovered by reknowned producer JAIME LEGATO , owner of the indie DERMUSIK recording label. LEGATO offered to produce some sides for the band. Thus, MELONBALLER suddenly found itself in the studio producing some serious anti- pop music. As if that wasn't enough, a radio station in Indiana WVUR has already begun playing several of MELONBALLER's demo songs. A videographer has also begun work on a video for one of their tunes. Finally, a graphic artist has created a kickass t- shirt design to MELONBALLER's specifications. How did all this happen? Simply by a couple of regular midwestern folks following a dream...
OUR NEW T- SHIRT DESIGN! Send $15 to MELONBALLER c/o Chris Till 252 Xenia Avenue Yellow Springs OHIO 45387

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/21/2006
Band Website: sonicbids.com/melonballer
Band Members: CHRIS TILL: guitar, vocals JAYE 250: keyboards, vocals JAIME LEGATO: bass, sounds

Influences: Bugaloos , Yoko Ono/ Bagism , Surrealism, Andy Warhol, AA/ NA, Rainbow Family of Living Light, San Francisco Diggers, Bindlestiff Family Circus , Bruce Chatwin "Songlines", Russ Meyer, Lenore Kandel , Pop Songs of the 1970s, Richard Brautigan, Peter Max, Late 20th Century American Counterculture
Sounds Like:
Original homemade music for a small room. A couple tunes have an Ohio ska feel, a couple are Ohio gyspy sounding, one is a waltz. The goal is original, short, tightly arranged ANTI- POP songs.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

John Paul Jones

Might be getting a Melonballer t-shirt. He was the one and only bass player for Led Zeppelin. A friend of a friend is friends with him and saw the Melonballer T-shirt, loved it, and ...
Posted by melonballer on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:37:00 PST

We Played Peachs!

Peachs is the main bar in tiny Yellow Springs Ohio. 2/3s of Melonballer played a short set there last Tuesday June 12. That's right, Gary and I played five or six songs, just to keep the b...
Posted by melonballer on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:33:00 PST

silly love song

well i thought the well had run dry, but another song popped out of ye olde guitar. a three verse love ballad called "kiss me in the river". it's an imaginary song about having an imaginar...
Posted by melonballer on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:07:00 PST

The Goloka Show

Melonballer played our debut show Saturday night at the ubercool Goloka Gallery, a benefit for Zochea's family. Headed up by hypertalented Shon Walters, Goloka is the epicenter of the Dayton art...
Posted by melonballer on Mon, 28 May 2007 05:45:00 PST

Melonballer's Weekend

We had a fine five hour practice yesterday. Young Jaime was in fine form, commanding the pocket on the electric bass. We've got 25 original songs we're messing on now. Jaye250 and my...
Posted by melonballer on Mon, 21 May 2007 04:50:00 PST

Gig

Hey folks, several weeks ago, a local painter Zochea came down with a case of cancer and died at age 32. The fabulous Goloka Gallery is hosting a benefit for his widow Martha and their...
Posted by melonballer on Mon, 21 May 2007 04:44:00 PST

can you define melonballer?

we did a sonicbids press kit (www.sonicbids.com/ohiomelonballer), to try to get some festival gigs. well, they require a short "definition" of a band's music. "the elevator definition", th...
Posted by melonballer on Tue, 08 May 2007 05:05:00 PST

The Apple Who Fell Far From the Tree

allrighty, we have a demo of the epic melonballer children's song, "The Apple Who Fell Far From the Tree"... the tune is just me playing guitar and jaye250 singing... the song is the longest eve...
Posted by melonballer on Thu, 03 May 2007 04:42:00 PST

What Should We Do With the 24-7 Party People?

All right, a bunch of people said they want more upbeat songs so... I made up a new tune Sunday called, that's right, "What Should We Do With the 24-7 Party People?" It sounds kinda early8...
Posted by melonballer on Tue, 01 May 2007 05:00:00 PST

"the apple who fell far from the tree"

i tried to make up a children's song about four years ago and couldn't finish it. the song's about how one isn't fated to be the same as their family: "the apple who fell far from the tree...
Posted by melonballer on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:57:00 PST