Meliki is Ashley Meliki Shoup, an active 23 year old musician with broad tastes and interests in music. A multi-instrumentalist who began on piano at 3 years old, she later added guitar and bass while still in primary school and messed a bit with trumpet, clarinet, percussion, violin and voice.

Meliki studied classical guitar, jazz piano and bass guitar at the Victorian College of the Arts. After the VCA she went on to study Music Industry Business at Victoria University transferring to NMIT mid 2007 to obtain concurrent qualifications in Music Business and Music Performance (keyboard).

She has played in music theatre orchestras, worked as a session musician recording on original artists albums, accompanying singers and composing music for multimedia and film projects.

From 14 years old she won awards at the Frankston International Guitar Festival 3 years in a row. She has received further awards for her performance and composition skills. She often goes out busking with her guitar around Melbourne.

Meliki regularly performs her original instrumentals and as a solo vocals/acoustic guitar performer. She has also performing her original songs around town as a band called Meliki Pana in 2007 in acoustic duo or power trio format.

She has collaborated in a number of duos and bands writing and playing originals and also performing covers. Performing at festivals and pubs around the Bay and rural Victoria either as her original act, in coverbands or backing other original artists, she has played premier Melbourne venues like Federation Square, Palladium @ Crown , Rialto and the Arts Centre as well as the regular circuit of bars, hotels and clubs that make up Melbourne's live music scene.

In 2008 she embarked on interstate touring to promote her original CD release with 10 shows covering Canberra, Sydney, Tamworth, Albury, Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour, Bangalow (Byron Bay area), Eumundi and Mooloolaba (Noosa area). She also played shows covering Tasmania and regional Victoria.

2009 introduced overseas touring with shows in Hawaii, USA and New Zealand while creating original music scores for SYN radio and TV shows, animators, commericals and short film productions. In 2010 she is producing a guitar instrumental CD titled The Elements, toured California USA in November and began writing a musical.

She is an experienced performer at corporate and wedding functions, public events and festivals, clubs and pubs having played in front of small intimate groups and crowds over 1000 people.