All about music!!

“Away in a Manger” is the second collaboration with my friend composer, Geoff Groberg. We also had Julie Bucker, flute player/composer, add in a flute part. I was so impressed with the result that I knew I wanted to sell it when I finally got my publishing company up and running. We performed it for the…

“Ding Dong! Merrily on High” was my first collaboration with my friend composer, Geoff Groberg, who has been our ward music chairman and choir director for the past couple of years. In October 2015, Geoff came to me with an idea. He presented me with a choral rendition and skeleton piano accompaniment, and he asked me…

“Joy” was composed in September 2016, the last of the six preludes I arranged for the collection December. I was looking for an energetic, happy prelude to begin the collection. I played with different ideas: a minimalistic opening, a “Joy to the World” fugue (which almost worked — only a small piece made it into the…

“The Child,” composed in December 2015, is one of the piano pieces in the December collection. I imagined it when attending a band concert just before Christmas, which featured one piece on “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” and another on “What Child Is This?” Being played in such close proximity, I wondered if the two pieces would…

Today, Melkim Publishing/Good Report Music introduces our first non-Christmas choral arrangement: “Where Can I Turn for Peace?” During the rest of December, this piece will be available as a free download to everyone who subscribes to the monthly newsletter. “The First Noel” (choir and/or piano solo) also remains free to the end of the month. It…

Starting today, and lasting for the rest of December, we will be providing the following pieces as free downloads. All you have to do is subscribe to the monthly newsletter. The First Noel – Piano solo (one person license – $2.50 value) The First Noel – SATB choir (one choir license – unlimited prints –…

Today I will demonstrate how to make a piano book. Before starting, I should point out that I do not have the funds nor the resources to use the same machinery that the big name publishers use. However, over the past year, I have researched, questioned my musical friends, etc., and have learned the poor-man’s way to achieve professional-looking results.…

Out of the six preludes in the piano collection December, “The First Noel” is the easiest. Or at least I intended for it to be. As I worked in 2016 to put together my first hymn prelude collection, I was a little concerned that the already existing pieces were on the difficult side, so I…

A week ago, we launched our first ad campaign.  After putting so much work into the product itself, it’s time to seek out the people willing to buy. This first ad is targeted to those looking to add music to their upcoming church Christmas programs.  Our own ward choir is singing two of these pieces…

It’s finally done!  After a year of researching and pulling things together, Melkim Publishing exists and is open to the public. It launches today on October 24, 2016 with five Christmas choral pieces, and a collection of six Christmas piano preludes, and plans to add many more pieces over the next few years. If you…