Scott Melker

"'Scott Melker" is a DJ and musician living in New York City. Born and raised in Gainesville, Florida, Scott began playing the piano and singing at the age of 5. He won numerous piano competitions as a child. At the age of 18, Scott moved to Philadelphia to attend the University of Pennsylvania. Melker's DJ career began in Philadelphia, playing records at local nightclubs and college parties.

In his 10 year career, Scott has played gigs around the world alongside notable DJs and acts, including DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Cash Money, King Britt, DJ AM, Public Enemy, Slick Rick and Dougie Fresh, Biz Markie, Raekwon, Kanye West, Wu Tang, 9th Wonder, Pete Rock, Evil Dee, Q-Tip and many others. In the past two years alone, Scott has performed with an eclectic variety of acts including Ne-Yo, TI, The Ying Yang Twins, Jet and Daughtry. Scott was also the DJ for the Summer Haze Tour [ [http://scottmelker.typepad.com/blog/2007/07/summer-haze-tou.html www.scottmelker.com: SUMMER HAZE TOUR - G. Love and Special Sauce, Slightly Stoopid, Ozomatli and Scott Melker ] ] in 2007, alongside G. Love, Slightly Stoopid, and Ozomatli. In addition to entertaining crowds live, Scott is hard at work producing critically acclaimed mixes. In alliance with The Rub’s Cosmo Baker as “The CMB,” the duo released “Live at the Spotlite,” [ [http://www.turntablelab.com/cds/0/0/18044.html Cosmo Baker & Scott Melker - Live At The Spotlite (New Jack Swing) CD - Turntablelab.com ] ] flexing their proficiency in the genre of New Jack Swing to the delight of music aficionado’s worldwide. Scott also released “Live in Tokyo,” a mix recorded live during the "We For Real" [ [http://windy.air-nifty.com/note/2006/07/post_2910.html windy's note: 久保田利伸“WE FOR REAL”コンサート ] ] show, a 38 city stadium tour in Japan in support of Japanese soul superstar, Toshinobu Kubota. The mix received rave reviews and became one of the fastest selling of the year. [ [http://www.turntablelab.com/cds/0/0/21722.html Scott Melker - Live In Tokyo CD - Turntablelab.com ] ]

At the present time, Scott is working with numerous recording artists as part of their stage shows, including Izza Kizza, Jazmine Sullivan and Toshinobu Kubota.