Kellee Maize's Friends Who Have Helped Her Every Step Of The Way

Here is a list for now ... as days go by I'll be adding pics and descriptions of
how important each and every one of you are ...

I'd like to give a very special thanks to my new friend Brett @ americanbuilt.us

Ali Pace, Angela Fec, Benji Grinberg, Bonics, Catherine Reel, Charon Don,
Christina, Classic 1824, Deizel, Detonate, DLake, Edan, Gene Stovall, Miss
Dig, Molly Spurk, Nathan Grant, Nicole Justus, Paul Dang, Phelan, Phinesse,
Rebecca Cooper, Roxanne Banks Williams, Sara Chang, Sara Radcliff,
Scottie B, Huggy, James Brown, Jeannette Kaczorowski, K.Renee, Kaaren,
Terpack, Laura Petrilla, Laura Toten (Sage), Leigh Yock, Liz Douglas,
Summer Haston, Suz, taleen, Vanessa German, Kate Gittings, Katie Funaki,
Kayla, King Tutt, LaKeisha Wolfe

Brooke Schooles, Website Designer
supageni.us
Kellee first communicated with the fashion designers and photographer Laura
Petrilla to get the look of the archetypes down. The design for these pages
were all based off what came of the photo shoots. For the 'main' navigational
pages - I tried to translate all of these characters into one. Kellee's a colorful
chick, both in wardrobe and in essence. I observed these things about her for
the design and headers of the main navigational area. We had a great team
of interns and 2 other professional designers – Sara Radcliffe and Sara
Cheng to get the layouts and designs in motion. I am amazed by the
'enourmousness' of the production Kellee put together. From start to album
release (and beyond), she visualized and manifested with much hard work. I
believe there's about a year and a half of prep and I am really excited to
watch the success of her efforts grow. I never really understood what wildly
intelligent talent we have in this town in terms of fashion and photography until
I worked with Kellee on this site.

Erin Brubaker
http://current.com/users/rocknrollfever.htm
DV recording, editing ( Final Cut 3 Suite), cataloging. Basic DVD authoring.
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator..and more.

Gerry Florida
http://www.pittsburghartistregistry.org/gerryfloridarecycledoriginals
Gerry Florida calls herself a recycle artist who salvages the “unsalvageable”
to create what she describes “paintings with beads”. As the former owner of
Florida’s Estate Gallery specializing in estate jewelry, she had a 40-year
passion for jewelry collecting extraordinary estate pieces many of which
influence her designs. As head glass designer for several stained glass
studios in Pittsburgh she developed a fascination for glass and light which
later translated into her obsession for vintage glass beads.

Kari Kramer
iroNiece.com
iroNiece clothing designs, custom made clothing, and alterations (sometimes).

Lani Redinger
Kellee and I met in college while studying media at Pitt. While our paths
crossed many times and we ran with the same circle of people, our friendship
really blossomed when I began working at the City Paper while Kellee was the
Promotions Coordinator. As I began helping out in the Marketing Department,
we began to realize how much we have in common. Soon we joined a local
women’s group, Gather the Women, and even after I left the City Paper, we
always made time to spend some spiritual time together. I was there when
Kellee stayed up for a week straight to concive Nakturnal, and as the
company grew I worked with them and volunteered my time, to be a part of the
revolution they were creating. I see Kellee as a soul sister, a soul I have
spent many lifetimes with at this point. Her love in unconditional, her patience
abundant and she would give you the shirt off her back if it would help. I have
been working intimately with her for over a year now at Nakturnal, as the
Operations Director, and I have never had a better job in my life. Kellee
makes sure I am happy and satisfied with everything I do. She has taught me
to remain calm and create my own reality to bring peacefulness and
abundances into my life. Spiritually we both have heavy interests in new age
philosophy, metaphysics, eastern thought, astrology, tarot, and crystals. We
try to meditate and do yoga together whenever we can. We took an amazing
trip to DC to see Ani Difranco and Amma the hugging saint, and while we were
there she wrote Third Eye right before my eyes. I watched on, listening to the
beat over and over as she developed lyrics and matched them to the beats. I
felt so honored to see this intimate side to her work. I think I align with all of
her archetypes, I am certainly an activist, trying to save the planet, a HUGE
conspiracy theorist always questioning the man, a Pittsburgh girl born and
raised, a Nak Owl working 24/7, and deeply spiritual Pisces just like IPF. I don’
t know where I would be without Kellee, in all aspects of life we are a rock for
one another, guiding each other when the other feels weak, motivating each
other to be the best we can be. I am so grateful for having Kellee in my life,
and so excited to share her energy with the world. I truly love you Mama
Maize!!!!!!!!

MAC Dancers
Megan Melville, Alyssa Fulmer and Cristina Padierna
Megan Melville, Alyssa Fulmer, and Cristina Padierna are currently dancers at
Point Park University. They have all been well trained in jazz, hip-hop,
modern, ballet and many other styles of dance. Recently they have been
seen performing with Kellee Maize at Fate Lounge, Altar Bar, and the August
Wilson Center and with Gene Stovall at Mr. Smalls Theater. Currently, they
are all available to perform, teach, and choreograph for any event.

Meredith Calfe
Meredith has been honored to be part of the Nakturnal team for nearly a year
now. As a consultant with the company, Meredith is currently working on
several projects, including the organization of Kellee’s first national tour and
the conceptualization of numerous creative branding techniques to promote
Kellee’s music. In addition to her work with Nakturnal, Meredith has a
background in economics and law, and sits on a committee for WYEP and the
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as well as the Allegheny County Bar
Association’s Arts and the Law Committee. She shares Kellee’s belief that the
412 is a city of visionaries, and looks forward to expanding her reach into
Pittsburgh’s artistic community throughout the next few years to provide
support to more of the city’s dreamers.

Shani Banerjee
Myspace.com/shayontani
Shani Banerjee is a singer, songwriter, violinist and visual artist. Embracing
the arts at a young age she wrote her first song at the age of four and delved
into her roots studying Indian Classical voice and dancing, while also
participating in school choir,orchestra and musical theater. Raised in and
around the folk scene in Pittsburgh, Shani began to explore a variety of
musical styles, applying her vocal and songwriting abilities to local hip hop
artists. Starting with features on How Burgh Is That? Vol. 1 by Priceless
Recordings, and more recently moving on to features on Ron Noodles' Boy
Toy LP, and Kellee Maize's Aligned Archetype LP. Shani has yet to formally
release her first demo EP, Eating Spiders, produced by Mock UL, though it
can be heard on her Myspace. She is currently writing and producing a full
length Indie Folk album.

Shelby Star
Shelby has been making dope folk since 02 and will be happy to email
tunage. You can contact her at dopefolk at hotmail.com.

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