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Members: Brad / Sam / Tyg

Fans credit Melodime with the genre defying versatility of Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, the song writing intricacy of Tom Petty and a clean, intriguing sound that is comparable to Dave Matthews. The band's multi-genre sound is an eclectic mix of rock, blues, folk and country.

Melodime is Bradley Rhodes and brothers Sam and Tyler Duis. Introduced by a mutual friend, the threesome began jamming together in the fall of 2005. Since, they have gained merited attention winning Washington DC's acclaimed battle of the bands and having their hit Sweet Contentment played on two episodes of Fox TV's So You Think You Can Dance.

The band recently self-produced and released their second full length album, The Bathroom Diaries, Vol. 1. They continue to receive rave reviews by fans and critics alike; The Washington Post praises their music as "sleekly contemporary but suitable for easy-listening venues."

Melodime is currently performing across VA and DC with plans to tour the East Coast later this year.

"I don't classify as a Southerner," cautions Rhodes in "Orange People," and the group offers two versions of "NoVa Love," a song that puts its origins right in the title. Still, Southern-rooted styles are integral to Melodime, which owes something to Charlottesville's Dave Matthews Band and more to Memphis, Nashville and New Orleans. With their New Agey lyrics and intricate production, tunes such as "Twisted Fairytale" are up-to-date. But there's a lot of musical history in them, too." - Mark Jenkins

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/01/AR2009010100797.html