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Mel Watson
" In all my decades in the music biz,
I have not witnessed anyone who lives,
sleeps and breathes music anymore than her."
Don Bird
Artistic & Creative director/ Producer/
Production Manager, Toronto, Canada.
Mel Watson is the winner of 19 Australian Music Awards for creative achievement in and around the highly acclaimed band Fruit, including 9 awards for 'Most Outstanding Instrumentalist'.
Continuing on from Fruit’s success, Mel is one of the most creative and innovative independent artists to come out of Australia. As a trail-blazer, Mel is unique and exciting, crossing genre’s and uniting new ideas with a fresh approach.
A multi instrumentalist, Mel sings, plays guitar, trumpet, saxophone, flute, tenor horn, bass guitar, and percussion.
She has played with artists such as Michael Frante, ISSA (Jane Siberry),
Catie Curtis, Erin McKeown, Bruce Cockburn, The Neville Brothers and Tommy Emmanuel, to name a few.
Mel has been a part of over 16 independent releases including 4 solo albums. ‘Germinate’ is her latest and is the second a self produced and recorded series or releases. This marks a whole new era in creativity, and independence for artists.
Mel's live performance uses technology to enable her to create beautiful layered pieces, thought provoking and cutting edge.
She uses guitar, vocals, trumpet and saxophone, taking improvising to a new level. Her voice is a dynamic instrument, with a range of four octaves, enabling her to create interesting and subtle aural flavors.
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