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Melissa Rose Ziemer

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Hometown	Evansville, IN
Genres	Acoustic, Singer/Songwriter (Female)
Band Members	With 'THE JULEPS' - Grant Tye, Gary Yerkins, Ed ... » more
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# Years Experience Performing Live:	14
# Live Perfomances Past Six-months:	3
Market Draw:	Iowa: 0-30; Los Angeles: 0-30; Indianapolis: 31-50; Southern Illinois: 0-30; St. Louis: 31-50; Chicago: 51-75; New York: 0-30; Southern, Indiana: 31-50; Santa Barbara, CA: 31-50; Atlanta: 0-30; Pheonix: 0-30; Bloomington, IL: 0-30; Evansville, IN: 0-30; San Francisco: 0-30; Minneapolis, MN: 0-30; Wisconsin: 0-30; Charleston/Greeville, SC: 0-30; Cincinnati: 0-30
Venue History:	House of Blues - Chicago, IL Birdy's - Indianapolis, IN Kanpai - Evansville, IN The Mill - Iowa City, IA The Living Room - New York, NY Uncommon Ground Cafe - Chicago, IL Ushers Ferry Folk Festival - Cedar Rapids, IA Genghis Cohen - Los Angeles, CA Elbo Room - Chicago, IL SoHo - Santa Barbara, CA Taste of Chicago - Chicago, IL The Rathskeller - Indianapolis, IN Live Culture - Santa Barbara, CA The Wine Knot - Kenosha, WI Felix's - Washington, DC
Opener Experience:	Mat Kearney; The Samples; Carey Ott; Rachael Yamagata; Tom Russell; Chuck Prophet (opened with 'The Juleps); 10,000 Maniacs (opened with 'Soul Intention'); The Why Store (opened with 'Soul Intention'); Jerry Jeff Walker (opened with 'The Juleps'); The Bellamy Brothers (opened with 'The Juleps'); Pete Special (of 'Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows')
Similar Artists:	Emmylou Harris, Joan Baez, Alanis Morrisette, Shania Twain, Madonna, Jewel
Performing Rights Society:	ASCAP
Discography:	Different Single—2008; Up On The Moon Single—2008; Guest Vocalist on Kristin Shout & Smoking Kitten's 'Thorny Devil' LP—2007; Guest vocalist/co-writer on Grant Tye's 'Overdub Motel' LP—2006; Say Yes (to Life) - with Desiree Irwin Single—2005; UK Sampler EP—2004; Melissa Rose Ziemer - 'Not All Black & White' EP—2003; Memphis Demos - The Juleps Single—2002; The Juleps - 'Just Enough Rope' (double EP, 1/2 studio 1/2 live) LP—2001; GERTRUDE (previously 'Soul Intention') - 'gertrude' LP—1999

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Southern Illinois, Indiana & California bred singer/songwriter Melissa Rose Ziemer spent 9 years in the Windy City of Chicago fronting the bands 'Soul Intention', 'Gertrude' and 'The Juleps'. She released her first solo EP in 2003 titled 'Not All...

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May 2010 Judging Excellence

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MELISSA ROSE ZIEMER by 'SKYLINE', April 22, 2004, Section II
Ziemer is a longtime favorite of Chicago music listeners and music writers. Her latest release, "Not All Black and White," features a variety of reasons why she is so highly regarded. The depth and clarity of her vocals are perfectly suited for her Americana - almost neo-country - music. Her ear for impeccable quality recordings makes the projects she is involved with that much more enjoyable. The musicians employed here (including bass man Fran Kondorf of The Juleps) play with energy that almost delivers live concert ambiance. Ziemer's lovely understated voice soars over the musical tapestry of guitars and banjos. Ziemer and Co-Producer Matt Denny combined efforts to deliver an uncomplicated-sounding backdrop. The value here is the music is easy on the ears and is not distracting from Ziemer's songwriting prowess or vocal performance. Ziemer has a powerful stage presence when performing live. She intermingles solid musicianship with playful sweetness. She can engage an audience without much effort, yet she gives it all she's got every time out. Somehow, she brings that vibe to "Not All Black and White". One of the hardest working women in the Chicago music scene, Ziemer seems to be spending her time on the road, increasing her skills and raising the bar for herself as an artist and a songwriter. See www.MelissaZiemer.com for details.

GERTRUDE (U.S.), Fungo Records, Released 1999 by Bluesbunny
A superb collection of Americana flavoured pop songs that are brought to life by Melissa Ziemer's wonderfully rich and dynamic vocals, and prove beyond doubt that she is candy for the ears as well as the eyes!! With all eleven songs written/co-written by Melissa and guitarist Eric Thompson, this is an album where you won't have to bother with the skip button on your remote. If I Knew" and "Tragically Unreal" along with the somewhat 'twangy', but nevertheless excellent "Air", are the best examples of several fine up-tempo catchy songs contained in this collection. "Plastic Monkeys" however is a distinct variation to the predominately pop sound, harking back to a forgotten era of sensuous torch songs. Then there is "Driftin' Nowhere", with a sophistication that is a cut above what you would expect to hear on drive time radio or MTV. Blues Bunny finds it puzzling as to why this album never achieved wider success at the time of its release; in our opinion this is one of the best records you are ever likely to buy. In fact you may want to buy two copies as it is very likely that you will wear the first one out. It really is that good.

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