1) KMELZ is a talented R&B singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and performer who is gaining national recognition with his debut single "Let Me Getcha Number" on BSE Recordings. 2) Born into a musical family, KMELZ taught himself various instruments and began performing in his uncle's band, citing veteran artists as influential teachers. Inspired by D'Angelo, he also taught himself to sing. 3) KMELZ's full-length debut album on BSE Recordings is due out in October and aims to continue the legacy of artists like Teddy Pendergrass, Barry White, and Luther Vandross by focusing on timeless love

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With the plethora of carefully crafted and
synthesized artistry in today’s R&B, it’s not
only refreshing but also heartening to hear
Number move was from playing and singing to
producing. He created full-blown tracks
on his little basic Yamaha PSR530 and a
a genuinely talented triple-threat, straight By Sidney Miller, III Tascam 4-Track cassette recorder. “It
R&B crooner who can get had no internal memory
down like KMELZ. The and would erase songs,” he
rest of the country is feeling laughs now, saying, “I got
his vibe too as KMELZ, better equipment as time
born Carey Mellers, is went on, but I am glad that
already among the “top five I started on that. A lot
indie artists in the country” of people claim that they
with his debut single release make beats but don’t know
on BSE Recordings called anything about music. They
“Let Me Getcha Number.” can’t make beats without a
How did the country get computer.”
his number? Where did this Not so KMELZ. With his
360 artist come from? repertoire complete, as a
Born into an artistic singer, songwriter, musician,
family who was always producer and performer,
very into music, KMELZ, it was no surprise when
originally interested in Stratford, Connecticut-
drawing and art and rock based BSE Recordings
music, laid his musical decided to sign him. The
foundation by teaching acquisition was a no-
himself to play guitar, brainer for Lou Humphrey,
keyboard, bass and drums founder/CEO of Big Score
to become a musician in Entertainment, LLC (BSE),
his uncle’s band. “Being whose mandate is to fill the
around and performing with void in the industry today
veteran artists made me a with real music with today’s
better, well-rounded artist, edge. He describes KMELZ
producer, writer and vocal as “like a Brian McKnight
arranger,” explains the self- with a Tyrese edge.”
taught artist who credits Explains KMELZ, who is
learning from people “who doing “some real personal
have done it” as one of his writing” on his BSE debut
sources of inspiration. album, “I tried to make
Then along came “Brown the music so that even if
Sugar.” a person doesn’t listen to
“I was just used to being Nobody is talking about love anymore, R&B/Soul music, they will
a musician. I hadn’t even like the way Teddy Pendergrass, Barry still love this album.” The
thought of singing until I overall direction of the
saw him,” KMELZ recalls of White, Luther Vandross and them did. album follows KMELZ’
singer D’Angelo, “the artist outlook on the music
that first inspired me to sing. industry too: “Nobody is
I thought, ‘I need to learn how to do what he is talking about love anymore, like the way Teddy
doing’.” Determined to emulate him “as soon Pendergrass, Barry White, Luther Vandross and
as I could, I taught myself to sing by listening them did. There is a void out there in music
to records and then moved to breaking down today and I want to fill it. I want to continue
harmonies by ear. I had to work twice as hard on their legacy of timeless music. I am not
at it though because I didn’t grow up singing. It following trends.”
didn’t come natural to me.” That did not stop Look for the album this October but catch
him from excelling at it though. the single, “Let Me Getcha Number,” now
Having trained his ear and his skills in for a look at ‘back to the future’ as real music
performing and playing music already, a natural resurges.
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