Okay -- in continuing with my childhood reminiscing, here's another one to help us celebrate 3/21, and perfect day for countdowns.
3-2-1 Contact was a Children's Television Workshop show that ran in the 1980's -- just in time for this kid to enjoy it. Though, I have to be honest -- it wasn't exactly my favorite show. It was one of those I'd watch if it happened to be on. They did show some cool things. It was the first time I saw a demo of a personal computer. I think it was a color Apple II-E computer.
But on the most part, I just loved the intro music. And now, you get to, too.
Hey. Mel Windham here ... and I know. It's been five years since my last music video. I've been a little busy. So I thought I'd take this moment and just talk -- catch you up on what I've been doing, and give a preview of things to come.
In the more recent past, I've been spending my time on two main ventures. One is my music business: Melkim Publishing, which started in 2016. I publish sheet music for church services, and also classical music: piano, organ, choirs, and more. I've written much of the music I sell, including some of the pieces you've seen performed on this channel. And I've also published music of some big-named composers as well. It's a new fledgling company, so it needs a lot of time and attention. It's doing okay, but I'm working on some big projects right now that may help it grow even more in the near future.
I invite you to check out my website here and see what we have to offer. While there, feel free to sign up for the newsletter, so you can keep up with future developments.
And the second venture is ... another YouTube channel! Instead of music, it's a series of self-help videos geared to help us all become better people. I call it "Always Be Better." As in: no matter how good we're doing, we could always do better. I pull from my own experiences, using logic, the 7 Habits, economics, music, science, religion, and other random aspects of our lives.
And get this: if you watch my videos in order, you can actually see them get better with time. I've learned how to make better recordings, how to master the sound, and other new talents related to making videos. I still have a long ways to go, but I'm enjoying every minute of this journey.
I invite you to check out my new series. And that's not all. You can start with this video here, where I give a tour of Melkim Publishing, and demonstrate how I put together a music book. You can kill two birds with one stone: check out my new channel AND my new business at the same time.
Now, what does this all mean for this music channel here? Well, over the past few years, I've been improving my piano technique greatly -- doing things the right way this time. And I've been composing more. I've been making friends and doing more collaborations as well. So it makes sense for me to start making music videos again.
You may see a few Melkim Publishing related videos pop up.
But I'm also thinking about doing a regular live series called: "Mel at the Piano." It'll just be me over here at this clunker piano, but I'll make it interesting. Many have asked me what it's like for my family to listen to me play music. So, maybe I'll give you a taste of this. I'll mix in some talking, demonstrate sight reading, perform some pieces I'm working on. I'll touch on technique -- how we can all get better at the piano, tell some stories, and so on. Instead of happy trees, I will promise happy keys. And these will be live events -- no editing -- just whatever happens, happens.
But first I must test my current technology -- see if it can handle live video. We'll see -- I'll run an experiment in a couple of weeks. And if it works, I'll kick off the series. I'm thinking Thursday nights.
Whatever comes next, I thank you for watching my videos over these last 15 years, and invite you to fasten your seatbelts, because we're going to have fun.
This is Mel Windham signing out, and I'll catch you soon.
A couple of weeks ago, I said goodbye to Burt Bacharach, and presented one of his songs from my childhood. And here's another big one from around the same time (for me) ...
The Bee Gees: How Deep Is Your Love.
You might laugh, but the local Channel 46 in Atlanta provided me the biggest exposure to this song. Whenever they had technical difficulties, or just plain killing time between shows near the top of the hour, this is the song they played. And they seemed to have a lot of down time.
So much that I started looking forward to the next time Channel 46 would go down, just so I could hear the song again. And just like people get big kicks from that certain logo bouncing directly into a corner of the screen, I would live for the day when the channel was down long enough for me to hear the part they rarely got to.
And there you have it ... random childhood memories. Music bringing back the memories!
