Melissa Moshe - Mortar That Binds Us.

BIOGRAPHY It all began when a cocktail waitress and a bar back realized they had more in common than just drinking. Melissa Moshè & Tom Mandulak met as co-workers in 2002 at a bar in the East Village of New York City. Tom had just started playing cello and Melissa had casually written a couple of songs - so it seemed completely reasonable that they start a band. They named it Table Twelve to pay homage to their 'careers' in the service industry. They performed all over the city - including the 'summer subway tour' which was Melissa's brilliant idea to perform at various subway stops throughout downtown Manhattan - admission was the cost of a Metrocard ride. After many years of playing together, performing, laughing and fighting like an old married couple Melissa & Tom were forced to separate due to geographical differences - Tom still resides in New York City and in late September 2005 Melissa returned home to Los Angeles. Melissa then teamed up with Marika Tjelios (Producer of Melissa Ferrick) and in 2008, their collaboration yielded Melissa's debut album titled 'small world for left hands'. Melissa has recently completed her second full-length album title "The Mortar That Binds Us." with David Williams (Producer of Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters). Although Melissa is still obsessed with the cello, she has branched out on this album using a variety of instrumentation to include banjo, tuba, mandolin, handclaps, snaps and other fun stuff. Enjoy! MUSICIANS Melissa Moshé - Vocals, guitar, piano Marika Tjelios - Bass Laura Bilodeau - Drums & percussion April Guthrie - Cello (1-4, 6, 7, 9 & 11) Najeeb Sabour - Cello (5, 8, 10 & 12) David Williams - Mandolin, banjo, lead guitar Robyn Booker - Whistler Peter McGowan - Accordion All songs written by Melissa Moshé PRODUCTION Produced by David Willams & Melissa Moshé Mixed by Rob Hoffman Mixed by David Williams* Mastered by David Williams at Melrose Mastering Album Design & Graphics by Jason Darrow Photo by Adam Frank SPECIAL THANKS Mom, dad, schpub, aashish, mr. chi and shalou, my nona, the chicken, jeesa and the hooker, penso, alli farrell, christina macuk, SPT and the EAGL, jay-butt, the yoga, DAVID WILLIAMS and the rest of my homies. love you guys! Xo KICKSTARTER THANKS Lisa Sriro Paul O'Meara Rebecca & Aashish Pathak Thomas Young Jenny Castro Kevin Knopf Tom Mandulak Edward Zimmerman Alli Farrell Elsa Castro Lee & Artemis Feldman Julia Moshé Dedicated to Justin Shabsis - Mr. J-Money - you will always be here. 1. Nona's Recipe* 2. Left Up to You* 3. No Past in Mind* 4. Always Be Here 5. Floundering 6. One of Those Days 7. Nothing's Changed* 8. Untitled 9. The Mortar That Binds Us 10. Next Door 11. I Can't Breathe 12. Tonight CONTACT Facebook.com/pages/melissa-moshé/83780100363.

1) Nona's Recipe
2) Left Up to You
3) No Past in Mind
4) Always Be Here
5) Floundering
6) One of Those Days
7) Nothing's Changed
8) Untitled
9) The Mortar That Binds Us
10) Next Door
11) I Can't Breathe
12) Tonight