Melissa Reese - wikipedia Melissa Reese Melissa Reese Melissa Reese in 2012. Background information ( 1985 - 03 - 01 ) March 1, 1985 ( age 33 ) Seattle, Washington, U.S. Genres Hard rock heavy metal glam metal alternative rock alternative metal electronica experimental rock Occupation ( s ) Singer songwriter musician producer Instruments Synthesizers keyboards sampler piano vocals Years active 2006 -- present Labels Geffen Associated acts Guns N ' Roses Brain Buckethead Bootsy Collins Website MelissaReeseMusic.com Melissa Reese ( born March 1, 1985 ) is an American musician and model best known for her collaborations with Bryan `` Brain '' Mantia and her current position in hard rock band Guns N ' Roses. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Brain and Melissa 2.2 Guns N ' Roses 3 Discography 4 References 5 External links Early life Reese was born in Seattle, Washington. She is the youngest of three girls born into a household of Chinese, English, Spanish, Japanese, Filipino, Irish, Scottish and Danish descent. Reese began singing and playing piano at age 4. She started writing music on the piano at age 12. At 13 years old, she was discovered by musician Tom Whitlock, who helped her get into the music industry. When she was 17, she learned Pro Tools, Reason, and Logic Pro and began performing and producing her own music. She attended Roosevelt High School, where she sang in the vocal jazz ensemble. Reese won an outstanding soloist award at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in high school. After graduating school, Reese began experimenting with recording, creating a module that featured a Boss BR - 8 and a Roland Groovebox. In her early 20s, she moved to Los Angeles to study music full - time. Career Reese performing with Guns N ' Roses in 2016. Her first EP, Lissa, was released in 2007 under the name Lissa, and featured collaboration with Bryan Mantia and Pete Scaturro. Three of the songs of the EP were featured in various TV shows, including Gossip Girl and Keeping up with the Kardashians. Reese has worked with funk artist Bootsy Collins, rapper Chuck D, singer Vanessa Carlton, soul artist Goapele and singer Taylor Swift. In addition to composing, Reese has produced work for artists such as Drumma Boy. She also did work on the soundtrack for the movie The Assignment. In October 2016, Reese sang `` The Star - Spangled Banner '' before a Seattle Seahawks game. Brain and Melissa Reese has worked on several projects with Mantia, a composing team dubbed `` Brain and Melissa ''. In 2010, along with Buckethead, they released the multi-CD sets Kind Regards and Best Regards. Brain and Melissa composed part of the soundtrack to the video game Infamous 2, for which they were nominated for `` Outstanding Achievement in Original Composition '' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences awards. Other video games the duo worked on include PlayStation Home, ModNation Racers, Twisted Metal, Fantasia : Music Evolved and Infamous : Second Son. They also scored the films Detention and Power / Rangers. They have worked with music video director Joseph Kahn on several television commercials for NASCAR, SEAT, and Qoros. In addition, they scored a commercial for Johnnie Walker Blue which featured a computer - generated Bruce Lee. They also worked on several remixes of songs from Chinese Democracy for a planned remix album. In addition, the two created a stock music album called Eclectic Cinema alongside former Guns N ' Roses guitarist Paul Tobias, and Guns N ' Roses and Buckethead collaborator Pete Scaturro. They are currently working on the soundtrack for the upcoming movie Death Race 4 : Anarchy and the upcoming Joseph Kahn film `` Bodied ''. The duo performed at a Houston Rockets halftime show on November 10, 2017, performing remixes of `` Sorry '' and `` If the World '' from Chinese Democracy, and a cover of KISS 's `` Do You Love Me ? '' from Destroyer. They played another NBA halftime show, this time for the Los Angeles Clippers, on November 27, 2017. Guns N ' Roses Reese after a Guns N ' Roses concert in 2016. Reese joined Guns N ' Roses in 2016 as the band 's second keyboardist, replacing Chris Pitman, while also playing synthesizer, sub-bass, background vocals, and programming for all electronic sounds during live performances. She first performed with the band on the Not in This Lifetime... Tour. Upon joining the band, she had two weeks to learn and master 50 songs to prepare for the tour, working 15 hours a day to learn them. As well as singing backing vocals, Reese 's role in the band has been described as the `` enhancer '', using Akai samplers among other tools to produce sounds from Chinese Democracy songs, as well as playing the Moog synthesizer on `` Paradise City ''. Speaking of her role, she stated `` I do n't want to get in the way of these songs. On the keys, I add sonic layers to thicken our sound, without sticking out like a sore thumb. Anything from synths ( to ) organic patches and samples. '' Discography Solo Work LISSA EP ( 2007 ) ( with Brain and Pete Scaturro ) Feel It ( 2 : 49 ) Girlfriend ( 2 : 25 ) Pretty Please ( 2 : 43 ) Oooh La La ( 2 : 35 ) Old Skool ( 2 : 56 ) ( feat. Mar Brooks ) Remember The Times ( 3 : 18 ) ( feat. Mar Brooks and Buckethead ) The Valence Project - `` No Way '', `` Future People '', `` If We Get it - We Know We 're Getting Good '', `` In This Life '' ( 2010 ) ( also featuring Brain ) Eclectic Cinema - `` Ride or Die '', `` Ooh La La '', `` Feel It '', `` Girlfriend '', `` Pretty Please '', `` Mother Nature '', `` Old Skool '', `` Remember the Times '' ( Released 2013, most songs previously recorded, also featuring Paul Tobias ) The Assignment - `` Tomboy '' ( feat. Raney Shockne ) ( 2017 ) Releases under Brain & Melissa Playstation Home - `` You and Me '', `` My World '', `` Forever '' ( 2008 ) Don King Presents : Prizefighter - `` Main theme '' ( 2008 ) ModNation Racers - `` Modnation Theme '' ( 2010 ) MLB 2K11 - `` MLB 2k Theme '' ( 2011 ) Detention soundtrack ( 2011 ) Infamous 2 - `` Infamous 2 Theme '', `` The Swamp '', `` Eroico Con Moto '' ( 2011 ) Fear Not - `` Fear Not 1&2 '' ( 2011 ) The Horror of Barnes Folly - `` Main Theme '' ( 2011 ) Twisted Metal - `` Race 2 Distruction '', `` Ready to Die '', `` Twisted Metal Theme '' ( 2012 ) Power / Rangers soundtrack ( 2015 ) Bloodborne - `` Bloodborne '', `` The Night Unfurls '', `` Moonlit Melody '' ( 2015 ) Infamous : Second Son - `` BadAss Combat '', `` Double Crossed '', `` Higher Elevation '' ( 2015 ) with Brain and Buckethead Best Regards ( 2010 ) Kind Regards ( 2010 ) Warm Regards ( unreleased ) References ^ Jump up to : `` Meet Melissa Reese, Guns N ' Roses ' New Keyboard Player ''. Ultimate Classic Rock. April 2, 2016. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Melissa Reese Music : About Archived April 6, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. ^ Jump up to : Tavana, Art ( May 3, 2017 ). `` Guns N ' Roses ' First Female Member Has Become a Rock Icon ''. Archived from the original on May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Melissa Reese : On the Road with Guns N ' Roses - ROLI ''. November 11, 2016. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` About -- Brain and Melissa ''. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Lissa * - Lissa ''. Discogs. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Video : GUNS N ' ROSES Keyboardist MELISSA REESE Sings National Anthem At SEAHAWKS Vs. FALCONS Game In Seattle ''. October 25, 2016. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition ''. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` BBH China brings Legend Bruce Lee back to life in gamechanging campaign for Johnnie Walker ''. Campaign Brief. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Eclectic Cinema by Various Artists on Apple Music ''. iTunes. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017. Jump up ^ Melissa and Brain perform live Archived April 4, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Melissa and Brain perform live 2 Archived April 4, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Brett Buchanan ( April 2, 2016 ). `` Guns N ' Roses Adds First Female Member ''. AlternativeNation.net. Archived from the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016. External links Official website Brain and Melissa website Guns N ' Roses Axl Rose Duff McKagan Slash Dizzy Reed Richard Fortus Frank Ferrer Melissa Reese Tracii Guns Izzy Stradlin Ole Beich Rob Gardner Steven Adler Matt Sorum Gilby Clarke Paul Tobias Robin Finck Josh Freese Tommy Stinson Chris Pitman Buckethead Bryan `` Brain '' Mantia Ron `` Bumblefoot '' Thal DJ Ashba Studio albums Appetite for Destruction G N ' R Lies Use Your Illusion I Use Your Illusion II `` The Spaghetti Incident ? '' Chinese Democracy Live albums Live Era ' 87 -- ' 93 Appetite for Democracy 3D Extended plays Live ? ! * @ Like a Suicide Guns N ' Roses The `` Civil War '' EP Compilation albums Use Your Illusion Greatest Hits Appetite for Destruction : Locked N ' Loaded edition Singles `` It 's So Easy '' `` Welcome to the Jungle '' `` Sweet Child o ' Mine '' `` Paradise City '' `` Patience '' `` Nightrain '' `` You Could Be Mine '' `` Do n't Cry '' `` Live and Let Die '' `` Knockin ' on Heaven 's Door '' `` November Rain '' `` Yesterdays '' `` Civil War '' `` Ai n't It Fun '' `` Estranged '' `` Since I Do n't Have You '' `` Sympathy for the Devil '' `` Chinese Democracy '' `` Shadow of Your Love '' Promo singles `` Mr. Brownstone '' `` My Michelle '' `` 14 Years '' `` Pretty Tied Up '' `` So Fine '' `` Dead Horse '' `` Garden of Eden '' `` Hair of the Dog '' `` New Rose '' `` Oh My God '' `` Better '' `` Street of Dreams '' `` Welcome to the Jungle ( 1986 Sound City Session ) '' `` Move to The City ( 1988 Acoustic Version ) '' `` November Rain ( Piano Version / 1986 Sound City Session ) '' Other songs `` Think About You '' `` Rocket Queen '' `` Used to Love Her '' `` One in a Million '' `` Coma '' `` Get in the Ring '' `` The Garden '' `` Shackler 's Revenge '' `` Madagascar '' `` Prostitute '' Videos and DVDs Use Your Illusion I Use Your Illusion II Garden of Eden : Strictly Limited Edition Welcome to the Videos Appetite for Democracy 3D Tours The Early Days of Guns N ' Roses Appetite for Destruction Tour Use Your Illusion Tour Guns N ' Roses / Metallica Stadium Tour Chinese Democracy Tour Up Close and Personal Tour Appetite for Democracy Not in This Lifetime... 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Guns Neurotic Outsiders Road Crew Velvet Revolver Book Category Buckethead Bryan `` Brain '' Mantia Dan Monti Travis Dickerson Bill Laswell Bootsy Collins Les Claypool Bernie Worrell Serj Tankian John Zorn Pinchface Extrakd DJ Disk Maximum Bob Efrem Schulz Saul Williams Gigi Maura Davis Azam Ali Bill Moseley Melissa Reese Studio albums Bucketheadland ( 1992 ) Giant Robot ( 1994 ) The Day of the Robot ( 1996 ) Colma ( 1998 ) Monsters and Robots ( 1999 ) Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse ( 2001 ) Funnel Weaver ( 2002 ) Bermuda Triangle ( 2002 ) Electric Tears ( 2002 ) Bucketheadland 2 ( 2003 ) Island of Lost Minds ( 2004 ) Population Override ( 2004 ) The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell ( 2004 ) Enter the Chicken ( 2005 ) Kaleidoscalp ( 2005 ) Inbred Mountain ( 2005 ) The Elephant Man 's Alarm Clock ( 2006 ) Crime Slunk Scene ( 2006 ) Pepper 's Ghost ( 2007 ) Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot ( 2007 ) Cyborg Slunks ( 2007 ) Albino Slug ( 2008 ) Slaughterhouse on the Prairie ( 2009 ) A Real Diamond in the Rough ( 2009 ) Forensic Follies ( 2009 ) Needle in a Slunk Stack ( 2009 ) Shadows Between the Sky ( 2010 ) Spinal Clock ( 2010 ) Captain EO 's Voyage ( 2010 ) Electric Sea ( 2012 ) Bucketheadland 5 - 13 10 31 ( 2018 ) Extended plays KFC Skin Piles ( 2001 ) Special releases In Search of The ( 2007 ) Acoustic Shards ( 2007 ) Bucketheadland Blueprints ( re-release ) ( 2007 ) From the Coop ( 2008 ) Videos Secret Recipe ( 2005 ) Young Buckethead Vol. 1 ( 2006 ) Young Buckethead Vol. 2 ( 2006 ) Demos Bucketheadland Blueprints ( 1991 ) As Death Cube K Dreamatorium ( 1994 ) Disembodied ( 1997 ) Tunnel ( 1999 ) DCK ( 2007 ) Monolith ( 2007 ) Torn from Black Space ( 2009 ) Notable songs `` Big Sur Moon '' ( 1998 ) `` The Ballad of Buckethead '' ( 1999 ) `` Spokes for the Wheel of Torment '' ( 2004 ) `` Jordan '' ( 2006 ) `` The Landing Beacon '' ( 2009 ) Related artists Alix Lambert & Travis Dickerson Brain and Melissa Reese Brain and Travis Dickerson Jonas Hellborg & Michael Shrieve Related bands Colonel Claypool 's Bucket of Bernie Brains Cornbugs Deli Creeps Frankenstein Brothers Giant Robot Gorgone Guns N ' Roses Praxis Science Faxtion Shin Terai Thanatopsis Buckethead & Brain ( Pieces ) Related articles Buckethead discography Book Category MusicBrainz : 8c8a0eca - 0a1b - 4dce - b847 - 36c36eae03d3 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melissa_Reese&oldid=849477585 '' Categories : Living people American electronic musicians American heavy metal keyboardists American rock keyboardists Guns N ' Roses members 1985 births Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages Use mdy dates from April 2016 Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk View source Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Español Français Italiano Português Русский Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 9 July 2018, at 08 : 43 ( UTC ). 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