About
Melody Lau is a music journalist and Ryerson journalism grad currently based in Toronto, ON.
Melody is a regular contributor at MuchMusic and Exclaim! Magazine. She is also the managing editor of Static Zine and a research assistant for the 2012 Best Music Writing book series. She was the Director of Communications at the 2012 SummerWorks Performance Festival.
She is the creator and owner of the Singing Lamb (www.singinglamb.ca), a local music website.
In 2013, she became a juror for both the Polaris Music Prize and the Prism Prize.
She is also the creator and organizer behind the Toronto Indie Blogger Brunch, a monthly brunch event that brings together local bloggers and photographers.
Melody kind of good at Twitter. The National Post named her one of the top Tweeters of 2012, right behind Conan O’Brien (because they were meant to be). BlogTO also thinks that you should follow her.
She has attempted to start various other groups, clubs and projects but, in reality, she’s pretty lazy.
She has also written for:
UNCOOL (2013)
AOL Music/Spinner (2010-2013)
The National Post (2011-2013)
BlogTO (2011-2012)
Wonderland Magazine (2012)
AV Club Toronto (2012)
The Line of Best Fit (2011-2012)
Rolling Stone - Online (2011/2012)
Thought Catalog (2011)
Chartattack (2010-2011)
AUX TV (2010-2011)
Turnupmyphoto.ca (2011)
The National Post (2011)
EYE Weekly (2010)
Sticky Magazine (2010)
The Remote Stylist (2008)
75 or Less (2008)
Truth Explosion Magazine (2008)
The Toronto Star (2008)
Internships:
MuchMusic (2012)
The National Post (2012)
EYE Weekly (2010)
The MuseBox (2009/2010)
The Remote Stylist (2008)
Radio Appearances:
CBC Radio 3 - January 7, 2011
CIUT 89.5 FM Electric Boogaloo Podcast - December 17, 2010
CIUT 89.5 FM Electric Boogaloo Podcast - June 25, 2010
Other:
- Appeared on AUX Weekly’s “Staff Picks” segment as a staff member of the now-defunct Criminal Records.
- Contributed a playlist to The Little Red Umbrella. (Listen here)
- Contributed a playlist to The Artist Mixtapes. (Listen here)
- Was interviewed by the New York Times about Twitter. (Read here)
- Contributed to Resonancity’s T.O Titans: Bands to Chase 2010 list. (Read here)
- Contributed to i(heart)music’s Hottest Bands in Canada list in 2009 and 2010.
- Contributed to Mechanical Forest Sounds’ 1000 Songs project. (Read here)
Frequently Asked Question: What is your real name?
My real name is Melody Lau, not Lamb. Lamb was a childhood nickname that inspired the name of my website, The Singing Lamb. Incidentally, I’m allergic to wool and I don’t eat lamb.
