i can’t wait to play at @moroccanlounge next thursday and el rincon santa ana next friday! ☃️ pic from the smell by @photo.layc
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one week until we play our last shows of the year!!! 💗😳💗 where the heck do we need to play in 2019!? we wanna meet u all! 🐩
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howdy 🤠 :-))))) @theaquadolls have two shows next week in la and santa ana and i wanna c u there 💗☃️
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💛🐶🖤 (at Knott’s Berry Farm)
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come see us play @ el rincon in santa ana dec 28th with @3lh_official @fashionjackson_ & a ton more bands!!! ❄️🎀
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first blog entry in a long time!!:0

hi everyone, melissa here!! lots of exciting things happening in the aquaworld. first off, i am so happy to hear everyone’s feedback on late october’s “the dream and the deception” album. recording and releasing the music had been quite a journey, and it’s so thrilling to know that these songs i once only imagined in my head is now being listened to globally! seriously a huge trip.

that being said, my goal for 2019 (starting this month tho really) is to push myself to explore beyond my creative boundaries. i want to make a music video for each song on the album. the band has filmed one all together in october, and we plan to shoot more this month as well! curating content with my new family of badass girls has been very mind-opening and refreshing to experience. that being said, yes, the aquadolls have a sick new lineup! i’m happy and truly blessed to have my friends jackie proctor (drums), keilah nina (keyboard), and kate rose (guitar) as official members of the aquadolls. nothing has felt better than having such a great support system of inspiring women working and rocking beside me! we plan to make blog entries as a band, so you can get to know each of us and pick our brains, as well as lots of other exciting content! filming music videos, silly clips and covers, fun photo shoots, fan meetups, zines, and of course playing lots of shows!!!

music wise, there’s lots of stuff being worked on behind-the-scenes. fun fact: the new album actually was never mastered and i am currently learning how to do it myself and am in the process of remixing and mastering the album for CDs and vinyl! taking the mixing into my own hands has been such an eye-opening experience and it’s thrilling to learn more and more each day while getting to make fun music. i finally figured out how to master right before i released the aquadolls xmas single, “mrs clause”, which is the first song i ever mastered and released (btw, it will be on all listening platforms december 11th hehe)!! so, the dream and the deception will be re-released early 2019 remastered with some bonus tracks and maybe a remix!

right now, i’m drinking a cup of water on my couch, half watching the nightmare before christmas for the fourth time this month, and mostly sinking my fingers into the keyboard of my sticky laptop keys. i’m signing off for now, but will keep you all updated with more blogposts asap! stay groovy babes.

xoxo,

melissa brooks

throwback to when i shot with @shopbglittz ✨💖 come see me perform this saturday at @thechecafe san diego!
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happy holidays!!! here’s the aquadolls xmas jam “mrs clause” ❄️☃️ tag your ho ho ho! https://soundcloud.com/the-aquadolls/mrs-clause
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just hit 100k spotify stream on the new album 🖤🖤🖤 we can’t wait to see u at @burgerrecords4life tomorrow for our free show!! ALSO everyone wish our drummer jackie a happy bday!! 🎂✨😇 @jjrolla
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back in the stu ☃️
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