Bio
Stevie Mello a.k.a. Stevie Mello Smoov, was born March 21, 1972 to Sylvia
E. Parker (Wade) and Abe Pickett, Jr. Though his parents did not remain
together, both his mother and father were influential musically and
vocally. Raised in the Kyles Temple A.M.E. Zion church, Stevie first
performed with his vocally talented mother at the age of 4. Stevie
regularly spend time with his father, often listening to jazz albums, and
it was he who first noticed that Stevie could hear and instrument or song
and mimic the style with ease and skill. He then bought Stevie his first
trumpet. Stevie spent the first day with his trumpet learning television
commercials and sitcom opening credit theme songs.
While Stevie longed to play in the school band, financial and logistical
obstacles often stood in the way. It was not until high school that Stevie
would play in the Valley High School band but he still had to learn a
second instrument, the French horn, to be considered since the band was
already full. Playing the French horn soon gave way to rare opportunity to
write his own music since there was not any sheet music for his instrument
and thus his creativity to write was fostered. In addition to playing for
the school band, Stevie also sang in the school choir where he was able to
exercise his vocal talents in a venue other than the church.
Upon graduating from Valley High School Stevie went on to Consumnes River
College to Concentrating on Music Theory, He left the junior college in
1992 to attend Atlanta Clark University. Though life required him to take
an absence from his passion, he returned in (YEAR) to actively indulge
himself in the music that he loves. He made himself available to assist in
any studio, usually with the local rap artists, and lend his talents to
their projects. It was these artists that dubbed him Stevie Mello due to
his smooth mellow voice and musicality.
In 2008 Stevie performed his first headlining gig at Rassales in San
Francisco. Due to the success of that show he went on to perform venues
all over California and is now performing internationally in Japan,
Thailand. . .
