Star of Bravo’s hit series “Blood, Sweat & Heels” and model Melyssa Ford discusses her eclectic taste in music and her latest rolling out cover shoot. Ford recently had the opportunity to interact with the public and shoot for an upcoming issue of rolling out at the Family Dollar Fabulous event in NYC.
Melyssa, what’s it like for you to shoot in this environment after hundreds and hundreds of shoots if not thousands?
There’s been quite a few … a lot … more than I can count. This is different; usually my sets are closed. They’re just very intimate. There’s just glam, the photographer, assistants and that sort of thing. I really wanted to try something different. I thought it would be fun to kind of feed off of the energy of what’s going on in the other room.
What was it like the first time you shot with rolling out?
It wasn’t actually that long ago and I shot with DeWayne Rogers who I’m shooting with right now and it was, I love the fact that it was so collaborative. I’m not just a clothes hanger. I don’t walk on set and say just do what you will with me. I’m very involved in the process and DeWayne was really, really accommodating and we just really fed off of each other’s spirits and just literally wanting to keep shooting with each other just for fun. So I took the opportunity to shoot with him again, jumped at it actually.
DeWayne has that effect on people. Do you have a say in the music?
Yeah, hell yeah. It’s me in front of the camera. I’ve got to be moved. So right now we’ve got like a 80’s playlist going.
It’s so funny when people see you, they think Melyssa Ford, she’s been in all these rap videos and they’re like, she probably plays Rick Ross and a little Jay Z.
Not even a little bit, like never. I play alternative music like Little Dragon or Tokemon, Massive Attack, Bonobo or then I listen to 80’s music like Tina Turner and Crowded House, Cutting Crew. My musical tastes are kind of extensive, like when I’m driving in cars I’m always listening to classical music because it keeps the anxiety level down. I’m kind of like a walking contradiction a lot of the time.
What brought on that music choice? Who inspired that?
It just makes me think of driving in the car with my parents when I was a little girl. 80’s music, I think, was like the best decade for music. Just take your pick of any artist; black, white, rap, hip-hop, you know, pop, it was awesome.
Music not hair.
Yes. Music not hair. The 80’s was rough.
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