Interview with Melissa Li
Interview with Melissa Li [19:50m]: On the 6th of July, I was fortunate enough to sit down with the young and talented Melissa Li, a singer-songwriter from Boston. Her musical, “Surviving the Nian”, recently was produced by The Theater Offensive here in Boston. I got to see it when it was playing in April and I thought it was wonderful. So did Giles.
A self-taught guitar player, Melissa has a variety of artistic interests. Besides writing songs and musicals, she loves writing screenplays and directing films. She even runs her own production company. And apparently, she recently placed third in a Karaoke contest. Yes, she’s multi-talented. Maybe you could say she’s an artistic polymath maybe.
Oh yeah, and besides being able to play piano, violin, and viola, she also likes to share her craft with others by teaching others how to write songs. Maybe you can ask her to teach you.
After you’ve listened to our podcast, you should all go to the August East Meets Words Open Mic. Melissa Li will be the featured artist. She tells me (and all her other Facebook buddies) that she’s going to do a 30 minute set and tell one knock-knock joke. Does this girl not know how do something?
And by the way, I apologize for the dorkiness of the interviewer. Just ignore him if you can.
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Eugene, when your voice comes in in the beginning, it sounds like you’re about to start singing. Then it’s a little bit of a disappointment when you don’t.
Alright, maybe I’ll sing at one of the open mics one these days. You have any requests?
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