Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late ~ Marie Beyon Ray

Living the Truth GIVEAWAYS!

We are giving away t-shirts and tickets to the Living the Truth shows coming up! All you have to do is bring 2 or more friends to a show, and if you can prove it to us, you will
receive a free "Living the Truth" t-shirt on the night of the show.

If
you are instrumental in bringing 8 or more friends, and can prove it to us, you
will get free entry to the show AS WELL as a t-shirt:)

Now there's an incentive to spread the word. The next show is this friday so time is running out!!

Melanie at Emperor's Palace every wednesday night from July to September!

Join Melanie and Ilse-Louise Herholdt at Mark Anthony's, Emperor's
Palace. The show will run from July until September from 8pm til
midnight, every wednesday night.

The dynamic duo consists of
Melanie on vocals and Ilse-Louise on bass, flute and sax! Singing all
your favourites, as well as many of their favourites, it's a great
opportunity to come and listen to local talent and spend time relaxing
with friends.

Melanie's cds will be on sale at every show! For any info, email info@mellowmusic.co.za.

Purchase an autographed Melanie Lowe cd!

If anyone would like to purchase any of Melanie's cds, please contact admin@melanielowe.co.za to order one and we will be happy to post you an autographed copy or 10!

Melanie's story reaches international shores!!

Unbeknownst to us, Melanie was briefly featured in an article on AfterEllen.com, the largest entertainment site for lesbian/bi women with 900,000 unique users/readers. They are based in the U.S. and owned by MTV Networks, but have a large international readership.

As a result of this, AfterEllen.com, Editor-in-Chief, Sarah Warn, has mailed Melanie personally to say that readers are very interested in hearing more about her story and have requested a feature interview with her - both for the benefit of her existing fans, and to introduce her to readers who may not yet be familiar with her music and story.

Check out the article that started the international buzz:

http://www.afterellen.com/TV/2009/7/rhythm-city?page=0%2C1

Melanie at Emperor's Palace every wednesday night from July to September!

Join Melanie and Ilse-Louise Herholdt at Mark Anthony's, Emperor's Palace. The show will run from July until September from 8pm til midnight, every wednesday night.

The dynamic duo consists of Melanie on vocals and Ilse-Louise on bass, flute and sax! Singing all your favourites, as well as many of their favourites, it's a great opportunity to come and listen to local talent and spend time relaxing with friends.

Melanie's cds will be on sale at every show! For any info, email info@melanielowe.co.za.

Interview on Mamba Online

Melanie does an indepth interview for Mamba Online:

http://www.mambaonline.com/article.asp?artid=3331

Interview on HerStory

Check out an indepth interview with Melanie here:

http://herstorysouthafrica.blogspot.com/

Shannon Hope to tour with Melanie

Shannon Hope has been submerged within the South African alternative
pop rock scene for the past decade. With her return to the piano-based
vocal illustrations of her earlier writing, as a solo artist she is now
positioned somewhere in the middle of two extremes, with a powerful,
yet delicately moving debut solo album.

Based in Durban, South
Africa, her extensive musical journey has seen her grace the premier
stages of The Barnyard Theatre, Splashy Fen, Woodstock SA, The White
Mountain Folk Festival, and The Metro Theatre in Chicago. Her brief
sojourns in America in the early days of her music career earned her
the opportunity of recording a five track EP with Chicago’s high
profile producer, Bjorn Thorsrud (of Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan fame)
in 2004.

Five years on, and Hope has reinvented herself with a
mature and remarkably honest debut solo release simply titled S T I L
L, which is loosely defined as alternative adult-contemporary pop rock.
The much-anticipated eleven track studio album, co-produced with Tim
Rankin at his Cape Town studio, was created in five intense days of
musical madness. Released on 1 April 2009, it delivers the thoughtfully
personal and often heart-wrenching sincerity of an artist whose music
forces you to feel, with a voice impossible to ignore.

Melanie Featured On Tove Kane

Melanie will be featured all week from the 15th to the 20th on Tove Kane's blog, talking about her recent coming out. Visit http://blog.jacarandafm.com/talktotove/ to listen to all the segments.

Radio Today Interview

Melanie has an interview this evening (1 June) at 8.30pm on Radio Today which you can find on 1485AM and DSTV Audio Channel 169. They will be discussing her engagement, her music and her career, among other things. It will the first live interview about all the new developments in Melanie's life!

To All My Wonderful Friends, Fans And Supporters

By now some of you have read about it in the O Magazine, some of you have heard it via the grapevine, some of you have always suspected it and then there are others who are still in the dark and have absolutely no idea what I am talking about!

For those who don’t know, it was never my intention to keep you in the dark and I would hate for you to find out from another source as I truly value each one of you, so you are going to hear it directly from the horse’s mouth!

This message is to officially announce my engagement. The reason that it has been kept under wraps until now is because the announcement was due to be made in the June issue of O Magazine, which is now on the shelves, so you can check that out for the whole story and some pics.

I met my fiancé, Angela, just over a year ago, in Jhb. In fact, it was one of my reason’s for relocating! The things you do for love! I realise this may come as a bit of a shock to some of you but I think, and hope, it’s better to hear it straight from me.

I’m sure you will acknowledge that it’s not an easy thing to tell people and I know I will receive mixed reactions, but that is something that can’t be helped. I like to believe that you will stand behind me and support me. We are very lucky to have the support of most of our family and friends. It makes everything so much easier for us. I know that many people are not as lucky as we are in that regard.

I have always believed in the importance of living your life honestly and with integrity. There are so many people who spend their whole lives searching for their own truth. After many years of struggling with myself, I am finally able to say I've found it, and that is all thanks to a wonderful, supportive partner. I am very proud of who we are and what we have and I know, through all of this, we will continue to grow and learn.

As always, I continue to live the music. I still march to my own beat and probably always will. The music will keep coming, so keep watching this space for details and information. For me, that IS what it's all about. I thank you all for your continued support.

I’ll end with a quote from one of my own songs, which happens to be all about me and my inner struggle with the need to always be true to myself.

“Blue, always it was you, old familiar friend, you hide your face amidst the empty smiles so well. But I recognise your eyes, ancient now, but wiser than the first time that we met”

Much love
Melanie

Villa Pascal

What a wonderful evening at Villa Pascal! A fantastic audience who listened to, and appreciated every single one of my songs. I loved being on that stage and I was also fortunate enough to be accompanied by Lynne Poulsen who is wonderfull talented. She contributed her beautiful voice as well as piano skills for the evening making it a pleasure for me to perform with ease and to feel relaxed in the hands of a master musician;)

Thank you to Chris Andrews from Audiosure for the Samson CL5 and monster cables which lifted the entire show to a whole new level!

Samson Microphones And Monster Cables

Thanks to Chris Andrews for giving me a beautiful Samson microphone to use on the Cape Town tour! I am so excited to use it. Its a gorgeous microphone with an incredible sound!

The Samson CL-5 with condenser really brings out tone and subtle nuances,
especially for an acoustic performance.

I am also priviliged to be test driving a monster cable for my microphone and guitar.

The Monster ... Read Morecable is a Performer 1000 Vocal series which boosts line signal and delivers tone with exceptional accuracy.

Come check out the shows to see how they sound!

Kia - Somerset West

A very big thank you to Kia Somerset West for being such amazing supporters. They sponsor me a car everytime I go to Cape Town and this time is no different. Thank you guys for all your help!! I am so grateful for it!

Please give them a call to see some great cars and get a fantastic deal from car dealers you can actually trust!!

They have just moved to great new premises in Somerset West and have a new number: 079 960 3941

Hexagon Theatre Show

What a wonderful evening! After a very rushed trip down to PMB, and a 5 hour rehearsal just before the show, it went off without a hitch and ended with a standing ovation from the audience!

Mark, the super-talented keyboardist from Durban, had not even heard the songs before the rehearsal which happened on the day of the show! But, being as talented as he is, the songs sounded amazing and not one mistake was made.

Thanks to the lady of a thousand instruments, Ilse-Louise Herholdt, for working so hard on the show and for all your time and patience. With her contribution, we had backing vocals, cello, flute, sax and bass over and above Melanie on guitar and vocals and Mark on keyboard! Melanie is honoured to work with such talent.

All three of us thoroughly enjoyed the show and had such fun! There were a lot of laughs, probably due to a serious lack of sleep;) But it was awesome to work with such incredibly talented and yet such humble, down to earth people.

This show was what music is all about! We would love to come back to the theatre and do a jazz show for PMB next time. Please feel free to post comments and let us know your thoughts on the show and whether or not you want us back!

If anyone has any photos from the night, please feel free to post them on the website!

The Imperial Hotel

A very big thank you to the Protea Imperial Hotel who are sponsoring our accomodation for The Hexagon Theatre Show!

Edenvale Day

Saturday, 14 March 2009, saw the much anticipated Edenvale Day finally taking place. With the sun shining and all stands set up and ready to go at 9am, it was bound to be a successful day and according to all those who attended the event, it was! Melanie had a great show, performing with talented musicians; Kevin Greenberg on keys, Glenn Veale on bass and Leeroy Sauls on drums.

Melanie On The Cover Of Get-it

Those of you on the East Rand, grab yourself a Get-It magazine. Not only is Melanie gracing the front cover, but there is a two page article inside complete with info on the latest happenings in her life as well as info and pictures of all her favourite things!

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