About Mars Kelsey
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Born Marlaena Kelsey Moore in Vancouver, BC, Mars, as she is known to her friends, relocated to Edmonton, AB with her family in 2000, when she was seven years old. She picked up the guitar at the age of twelve when her dad's decision to learn to play meant there was one lying around the house. Mars learned to play guitar the way she's learned anything she's had an interest in, from ice-skating to riding a unicycle: she taught herself. Mars believes her love of music started at three, when she heard Ariel singing "Part of Your World" in Disney's "Little Mermaid". However, her mom knows that it began way before that when, as a baby, she would only take a nap if Annie Lennox's "Diva" was playing on the stereo. So, though it wasn't surprising to anyone that Mars had musical ability, she did impress her family when less than a year after first laying her hands on a guitar, she presented the song "Planet Mars" to them. Her participation in an alternative schooling program meant she was left to pursue her own interests at school and at home. More than anything, the freedom from homework allowed her to spend hours and hours alone in her basement bedroom listening to everything from the Beatles to Janis Joplin, Feist, The Rolling Stones and Radiohead, some of which were on scratchy old vinyl records culled from garage sales and thrift stores. These were her "History" lessons. A lover of almost all forms of music and a self-admitted "ham", Mars enjoys each part of the creative process and is utterly involved in all aspects of her music, from writing and arranging to performing and even marketing. Her demo CD with 10 of her own songs was completed in January 2009. With her beautiful melodies and introspective lyrics, Mars provides an insightful look into the human experience that is seemingly well beyond her 15 years.
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