in the shallows

My music pieces are all piano improvisations expressing emotions. It is music telling stories without the words. In my earIy years I sang and played piano in piano bars or fronted bands of different styles, from country to heavy metal and to 40. I've been composing, teaching and performing most of my life.  I'm getting old(er) now 😔 but the great thing about creating music is it gets better the longer you play, and you have more to write about! 

This is what I leave of me to my generations to come who wonder where their desire to make music comes from. My mother, grandmother and great grandmother were both accomplished pianists when they were young. My son is also exceptional.  My great grandmother and gr grandfather sang and danced in minstrel shows (vaudeville) in the early 1900's. Kids today have no idea what life was like before moving pictures.  I now have great-grandchildren. They will know who I am through my music. When I am gone my music will still be here. What a wonderful thought! 

There is a great community here. I really enjoy listening to your music. I'm also happy when someone listens to mine :)

I make music because it is where I let go of the have-to’s, and become part of something larger than myself. The language I speak on the keyboard when I improvise expresses a part of me that only comes out there at the moment of creation - when I’m fully connected and in the flow. In those moments when I disappear in the music, those are where I’m most fully alive. The musical question I pose to myself when I play is largely this: how can I release my inhibitions and let go of patterns sufficient to bring something entirely new, unexpected, and enlightening into the world, with structure, precision, clarity, and depth of expression. These pieces are meditations that are of me, but more precisely, they come through me. When I’m in the flow, I’m channeling the energy and only moderately directing it. The challenge is to be open to take risks while maintaining a structure, melody, and tempo that makes it interesting and satisfying enough to keep listening. I keep doing this nightly because it’s a language, because it’s a connection to something greater than myself, and because it’s very very relaxing.

Melinda Klotz Mercer is a songwriter, music producer, television producer, professional photographer and creative entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of Argyll Music, Isle of Myth, Spirit Sound, and Sound Vault—four distinctive labels producing faith-inspire, across multiple genres. Her dream is to work with performing artist to hear her lyrics brought to life on 
Stage. Seeing the artist and fans loving her music is the ultimate reward. 

With over 330 original songs registered through ASCAP and Song Trust, Melinda’s work is featured across Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, Pandora, Deezer and more. Her lyrics and compositions blend storytelling with deep emotional insight, crossing genres like contemporary Christian, indie pop, country rock, EDM, and cinematic instrumentals.

She is the creative force behind several signature
 virtual acts to demo her songs, including:
	•.    Pink Pixies – girl group, pop, kpop 
	•	The Retrievers - boy band - pop
	•	Artemis & Nymphs – EDM, Alternative, Pop
	•	Duke Campbell – Country, Rock
	•	Apollo, the God of Rock – classic rock 
	•	Kitty Carmichael – country and indie
	•	Mills Harrison – Indie 
	•	Pepper Bluebird – Indie 
	•	Andromeda Galaxy – R&B, Pop
	•	Aten Khufu - R&B, Hip Hop, Soul

She also created Sound Vault, a boutique instrumental catalog perfect for chill, romantic, zen, and cinematic moods, ideal for licensing, background scores, and mindfulness playlists.

Originally from Bracknell now Swindon Based.  I 
Write compose and play all my Tracks at Home using only Keyboards. Love all types of Music as long as it makes the hairs on my neck stand up. 
I record using  Logic pro and all or Arturia software and effects , Recently added  Omnisphere 2.8 software suite,  Spitfire Albion 1 and BBC Orchestra,Kontakt suite. Love to compose sound tracks and  if anyone wants to work on collaborations on tracks - projects my time is free please message me .

in the shallows

Chris Bright