A Story for Jonathan

a brief snapshot of STORMHistory...

Yesterday, I shared "The Robert Justman Story" with an accomplished Actor whom I greatly admire. I met him before he began work on a new Star Trek series and was fortunate…

STORMLore: The beginning!

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…

“A Symphony of History and the Cosmos: 
The Story of T Corona Borealis and Dominick H. Melillo, Jr.”

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…

Only for Now on Amazon
Only for Now on Apple Books
 

Thoughts on ONLY for NOW
1978-2024

For teens and people who love them. 

There’s only 1 way to be 65 years old and resurrect a book written while you’re…

The “world” constantly unleashes its wars, its divisions, its dictates against reason, its fomenting of hatred, and a list you well know.  Now imagine LOVE unleashed, a Love of Humanity, a True Romantic Love, a Timeless Love.  

The “Ahab, &…

Photomementi in PDF here.

SAM “Uncle Sammy” RING, a Great Man Always

18 JAN 2025, on the Birthday of Sammy

"The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering."

Sam Ring’s life is beyond “story.” He was born…

On the 22nd Anniversary of the STORMWORKS Chapter 3: WAIT of the WORLD Recording
with Maurice Hamers & The Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy

Thoughts on Death to Moby Dick, a Love Story.   

“Just another hill, Isaac.…

For those of you whose Hearts are still glowing young; for those of you with children, you will enjoy this letter from Santa!

Originally received in a dream back in 2009, it was later corrected by Santa!

It’s yours to…

26 MAR 2012

http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-to-picture/id503874009?mt=13

Because ONLY for NOW, a young adult novel composed on 27 January of 1978 needed reformatting for uploading as an ePUBlication, the work was revisited.  Within its 33rd anniversary, it is getting a reprinting by the publisher! 

The…

Piece #1000 was premiered in a Beautiful German Hall with fine players and chorus.  Thank you!

Here is an article translated from the German Magazine:

“I love the German Language”

Stephen Melillo

and his 1000th work

by Klaus Härtel,…

Father Peter M. Rinaldi and the Escape from Plato's Cave 

Father Peter M. Rinaldi, in 1993

A SYNChronicity of Events: 

Neatly nestled between the birthdays of John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith, my Son will make his Confirmation this year.  As…

What a Week it has been… 

This Veterans Day was also the 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower Landing.  This week saw the 245th Anniversary of the US Marines, during the 250th Anniversary of Beethoven and the 335th Anniversary of J.S…

Prelude by SLM:  At the time of this analysis, Robert McDaniel, then 16-17 years old, was living in Rome, Italy. This close analysis is based on his investigations and work with his private teacher in Rome, whose name I…

What does a pebble from Burma in 1944 have to do with discovering another WWII Melillo vet on 1 July 2024?

Upon returning from Luxembourg after recording Chapter 89, I didn't unpack. Instead, I composed "In You I Live Again,"…

Alone Again… Naturally
Father's Day
A Timestorm Epitaph

"I remember I cried when my father died, never wishing to hide the tears."

In 1971-72, I was the smallest, youngest player on Iona Prep's undefeated, un-scored upon "Fighting Irish" Frosh football…

The Beautiful Rats
By © Stephen Melillo, IGNA 2 FEB 2023 
Dedicated to Sir Edward Lisk

“Hey, you ever heard the story of the ugly duckling?” 

“Nope.” 

“Okay, so once upon a time there was this rockin' rat named Rocco.” 

…

December 2021

from a letter edited by Santa Claus

SET UP:

On 1 December 2009—fresh home from Todd-AO in Los Angeles after the film-mix for Dwegons & Leprechauns—I had a dream unlike any other. Santa Claus himself visited me…