NOTE - Melissa runs mostly an all-female voice and piano studio - but she know lots of music by ear of today's top male artists and bands! Melissa accepts males who are at least 10 years old and have somewhat of a musical background and want to make music part of their future career. Melissa accepts males on an as-needed basis and on an every other week schedule. Always be prepared with a minimum of 3 songs each lesson for those doing half hour lessons. Note - You all will love all of the songs i know by ear on the piano - just like the singers do on The Voice and other vocal competitions - we do the songs from the 60's thru today. So important to be able to take these classic songs and bring them into 2018! Only i can take these songs - BY EAR - and do them like you want them on the piano and together we can re-make these songs into masterpieces for you to perform and audition with.!!)
HERE IS WHAT MELISSA'S CLIENTS ARE SAYING!!
"NOBODY IS BETTER AT WHAT THEY DO THAN MELISSA!
"IT'S FANTASTIC TO KNOW THAT I AM IN THE STUDIO WHERE JORDIN SPARKS TRAINED!"
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A VOICE TEACHER WITH A MASTERS DEGREE - A VOCAL COACH WHO IS A PROFESSIONAL PIANIST WITH PERFECT PITCH AND WHO CAN PLAY ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO PERFECTION - BY EAR! ALL IN THE SAME PERSON! "
"I LOVE THE FACT THAT SHE CAN TURN A FEMALE SONG INTO A SONG FOR MALES TO FIT OUR VOICES!" SHE CAN TRANSPOSE THESE SONGS BY EAR! WHATEVER KEY I WANT TO SING IT IN - SHE CAN DO IT!!!"
POP - COUNTY - ROCK - METAL - ANY KEY YOU WANT!
MELISSA CAN PLAY IT ALL BY EAR TO PERFECTION! AND SHE IS THE BEST VOCAL COACH YOU WILL FIND ANYWHERE AND SHE HAS PERFECT PITCH!" (Plus - Melissa is the only female artist to have releases from Lambrith,Linkin Park,Shinedown, Disturbed, Lukas Graham,Prince,Blake Shelton, One Direction, Five Seconds Of Summer, OneRepublic, The Police, The Fray, The Script, Maroon Five, John Legend,Nick Jonas, The Gin Blossoms, Radiohead, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, Randy Travis, Gloriana, Glen Campbell, Nickelback, U2, Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, Cinderella,Justin Bieber, Kip Moore, Hunter Hayes, Sam Smith, The Gatlin Brothers and Bruce Springsteen - and LOTS more to come!!)
SHE HAS LYRIC SHEETS FOR LOTS OF TODAY'S STARS SUCH AS METALLICA - DISTURBED - NIRVANA - ALICE IN CHAINS - SHINEDOWN - STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - GODSMACK - GUNS N ROSES - AEROSMITH - COLDPLAY - THE BLACK CROWES - FALL OUT BOY - ONE REPUBLIC - HOZIER - NICK JONAS - JOHN LEGEND - ONE DIRECTION - FIVE SECONDS OF SUMMER - BRUNO MARS - THE SCRIPT - THE FRAY - IMAGINE DRAGONS - MAROON FIVE - NICKELBACK -ETC... YOU NAME IT - MELISSA CAN PLAY IT BY EAR IN ANY KEY YOU WANT!!! SHE CANPLAY THE CLASSIC'S TOO! 60's - 70's - 80's - 90's - ALL OF THEM!
FOR THOSE MALES WHO PLAY GUITAR AND THINK THAT YOU "CAN'T" PLAY BY EAR??? I CAN GET YOU PLAYING BY EAR THE VERY FIRST LESSONS!!! BRING YOUR GUITAR IN WITH YOU TO MY STUDIO AND WE WILL WORK AND I WILL SHOW YOU THAT YOU "CAN" PLAY BY EAR!! YOU CAN DO IT!! YOU MUST BE ABLE TO SING AND PLAY AT THE SAME TIME - MALES COME TO ME WHO HAVE NEVER DONE THAT BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY NEVER TRIED - YOU CAN DO IT!
MELISSA'S HOURS OF OPERATION IN HER HOME STUDIO:
MONDAY - every week or every other week (2 - 4 30)
TUESDAY - every week or every other week (4 - 6 00)
WEDNESDAY - every other week (3 30 - 6 00)
THURSDAY - every other week (3 30 - 6 00)
FRIDAY - every other week ( 3 30 - 6 00)
Here is a sample song list for males - i can play all of these and hundreds more by ear in different keys and styles - If you want to bring in your own songs - don't bring me sheet music (although i am an expert reader) - just bring lyric sheets and the song downloaded onto your phone for you to sing along with - i probably know the particular song so i can play for you in your key! One of my favorites! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIrJGWDI9GI
Metallica
Nothing Else Matters
The Unforgiven
Disturbed
Sound of Silence
Stoned Temple Pilots
Creep
Interstate Love Song
The Black Crowes
She Talks To Angels
Radiohead
Creep
Shinedown
Second Chance
John Legend
All Of Me
Lukas Graham
7 Years
Sean Mendes
Stitches
Charlie Puth
One Call Away
OneRepublic
Love Runs Out
Stop And Stare
Apologize
Secrets
If I Lose Myself
Coldplay
Viva la Vida
Imagine Dragons
Demons
Radioactive
Bleeding Out
Fall Out Boy
Young Volcanoes
The Fray
Heartbeat
How to save a life
The Script
Breakeven
Five Seconds Of Summer
Amnesia
One Direction
18
Night Changes
Maroon Five
Hozier
Take Me To Church
Sam Smith
Stay With Me
Writing's On The Wall
Too Good at Goodbye's
Usher/David Guetta
Without You
Bruno Mars
It Will Rain
Grenade
When I Was Your Man
Nickelback
Let Me Go
How You Remind Me
PLUS tons of other songs from the top artists' of today! (The classic's too) Rock - Pop - Heavy Metal - Etc...) Some of those artists include Aerosmith - Guns N Roses - Journey - The Beatles - Ozzy Osbourne - David Bowie - Poison - Queen - Tom Petty - The Eagles - Radiohead - Bruce Springsteen - Whitesnake - Rod Stewart - Bon Jovi - U2 - Metallica - Skid Row - Elvis - and TONS of others!