User:Seblime/Maylee Todd

Maylee Todd is an independent musician based in Toronto, Canada. She released her first solo album, Choose Your Own Adventure, on the Do Right Music label in June, 2010. Todd’s band, Pegwee Power, includes Andrew Scott (trumpet & synth) Eric Woolston (vibraphone & drums) and Chris Kettlewell (bass & accordion). Prior to launching her solo project, Todd was a member of Henri Fabergé and the Adorables, Woodhands and The Bicycles.

Todd’s music covers a wide variety of genres including pop, indie-rock, soul, jazz and bossa nova. She has a taste for exotic instruments such as the Paraguayan harp and is further distinguished as a stage performer by her flair for comedy and the dramatic arts. She has been known to appear on stage with a full jazz band dressed in stuffed animal costumes, and her viral video Aerobics in Space further demonstrates the diversity and fearlessness of her creative palette. The single 'Aerobics in Space' was featured on the limited Do Right Serato Pressing, released in May 2011, along with a remix of the song by Christian Prommer & Alex Barck (of Jazzanova fame).

Her uniqueness as a performer may be attributable to her diverse backround. Born to a French mother and a Filipino father, who Todd spent her formative years around influences ranging from “The King” (her father was an Elvis Presley impersonator) to Gilberto Gil. She is an alumnus of the comedy program at Toronto’s Humber College, and was the special musical guest of acclaimed Toronto sketch comedy troupe The Sketchersons on November 11, 2008.

Maylee Todd has shared the stage with numerous well-known Canadian and international artists, including: Janelle Monae, Esthero, Aloe Blacc, and The Budos Band. In July of 2011 she performed at the Canadian Blast showcase at the Barbican in London, England.