About Melanie

Time keeper drummer, no frills, not too loud, but can play many styles. .

Drummer

Slough

Previously drummed with Soultrax: Soul/Motown Party Band. 2016 with Sparkies Jazz (Leighton Buzzard) based, and a year with Twisted Rhythm(soul, disco, funk) occasional drummer with Freefall Jazz and currently with electronic band, Dusque. Nov/Dec 2014 did a cruise ship guest band drummer stint with Katherine Stone Band. Played tuned percussion in a LMTO practice run through of Chess. Was a member of Wycombe Concert Band 2013-14. Played drums in Guys & Dolls with RicNic youth theatre in 2013 in Oxford. Enjoy playing and getting the audience up dancing. Studied performance on drums at HND at ACM Guildford 09-11.

Melanie

5 out of 5

2 verified reviews

Melanie's Reviews

5 out of 5

Wedding in Bingham Riverhouse, Petersham Road, Richmond Highly Recommend Anna and the Soultrax Band 5 We booked Anna and The Soultrax Band for our daughter's wedding. Anna is warm, enthusiastic, bubbly and a very talented singer. The Band also very talented, had great passion and connection, which shows in their performance. Anna's voice is amazing. Everyone was up and dancing, all age groups! Guests singing along and dancing until the very last song and... 5 QUALITY OF SERVICE 5 VALUE 5 COMMUNICATION EVENT DATE - 12TH OCT 2019 REVIEWED BY - SARAH J

5 out of 5

CP Chris Excellent dep drummer, love playing with her. Recommended for Actor • Oct 31, 2017

29 September 2017

Superb drummer, very versatile, rock solid performer!

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8th Anniversary

This act has been working with Encore for over 8 years

Melanie's Prices

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Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£50
Up to 1 hour	£180
Up to 2 hours	£180
Up to 3 hours	£200

Musicianship

Genres:

Jazz, Latin jazz, Postmodern jukebox jazz, Swing, Jazz fusion, Bossa nova, Calypso, Latin, Reggae, Ska, Cuban music

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Instruments:

Drums, Tenor saxophone

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Event types:

Private event, Wedding, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Corporate event, Charity event, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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Other skills:

Instrumental teaching, Theory teaching

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