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          <div class="message"><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i><strong>STORMLore: The beginning!</strong></i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>At the Boston Conservatory, the requirement for graduation was simple: play a trumpet recital. But for me, that wasn’t enough. I couldn’t stand in front of others as a Teacher or as a conductor unless I first…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories-stormlog/blog/7711899/this-was-the-mission-only-for-now-at-mit-in-1980">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 1st of November needs a special <i><strong>STORMLog</strong></i> entry. &nbsp;Let’s call it <i><strong>“Trial by Storm vs. Genius.”</strong></i></p><p><br>Because it’s potentially meaningful to Composers and Music Educators, I’d like to share… <i>or rather confess</i>… my first experiences with writing. &nbsp;This…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories-stormlog/blog/7657520/trial-by-storm-vs-genius">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>With one foot here and the other firmly planted in Eternity, Ed Lisk the Man left us at 5:30 AM on 14 October 2025. But Ed’s teachings, wisdom, insight, and faith in Music as a vehicle of Love and connection…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories-stormlog/blog/7650369/one-moment-to-eternity-the-continuing-messages-of-edward-s-lisk">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>On 18 September 2025, a band director and fellow composer asked me:</i></p><p><strong>“When you got started, how did you get your first pieces performed?”</strong></p><p>Here’s my response—may it help you, too.</p><p>When I began, I sent <strong>one piece to one</strong>…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories-stormlog/blog/7635987/getting-that-first-piece-played">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p><br><i><strong>Dedicated to "SSIM" (Studio Sound in Motion) and the much larger Story that one day must be told.</strong></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>This article appeared in the June 2019 Issue of <i><strong>"The Journal of the Association of Concert Bands".</strong></i><br><br><br><i><strong>“Never Forgotten”</strong></i> has been played…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories-stormlog/blog/6068995/never-forgotten-forgotten">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Related story here: "</strong><a href="https://stephenmelillo.com/blogs/stories-stormlog/posts/7589395/untold-story-rise-of-the-robots" target="_blank"><strong>Untold Story: Rise of the Robots</strong></a><strong>"</strong><br><br>Ironically, I’ve just returned from visiting an emerging “AI-Studio” where I’ll serve as Composer and Music Supervisor. &nbsp;For those exploring AI, for those who know “Storm” Music, and for…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories-stormlog/blog/7589425/an-ai-dialogue">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br>From 1993 to 1994, Melillo worked as a composer and sound designer at <i>Absolute Entertainment </i>in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.&nbsp;Working within the limitations of 59K (<i>kilobytes</i>) for all music and sound, he composed and sound-designed 11…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories-stormlog/blog/7589395/untold-story-rise-of-the-robots">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>POW Speech for 14 SEP 2023 at PACMOAA</strong></p><p><strong>Speech written to honor the Souls of Bataan &amp; Corregidor</strong><br><strong>by © STEPHEN MELILLO IGNA 11 SEP 2023</strong></p><p><i>Tomorrow, (15 SEP) is National POW/MIA Recognition Day.</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i><strong>The form of the presentation is</strong></i>…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories-stormlog/blog/7272907/speech-for-14-sep-2023">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>&nbsp;</p><p>“A Symphony of History and the Cosmos:&nbsp;<br>The Story of T Corona Borealis and Dominick H. Melillo, Jr.”</p><p><br>Eighty years ago, a 16-year-old amateur astronomer named Michael Woodman discovered something extraordinary—an exploding star system, 3,000 light years away, called T…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories-stormlog/blog/7516249/a-symphony-of-history-and-the-cosmos">Read more</a></span></div>
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