bio

     Eric Myers has been making music all his life beginning with piano lessons and recitals at age 6.  He holds a Master of Arts in music composition.  As a composer, Eric has scored music for piano, voice, flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, 'cello and Chinese instruments including erhu, yangqin, gu-zheng, dizi, sheng, pipa and pai-gu (Chinese drums).  

     Eric has served as managing director for San Francisco-based Melody of China since 2008.   Several of Eric's pieces have been premiered by Melody of China, including Meandering Streams (2007), Butterfly's Beginnings (2008) and Standing at the Gate (2012).  Eric has also performed as keyboardist with Melody of China premiering new works by composer Yuanlin Chen in 2007, 2008 and 2014, and performed Chinese popular songs with the ensemble in 2016.

     In 2013, Eric wrote, performed and produced his first album, Static Planet, which features his original solo piano pieces. Eric has also instructed music privately for many years.  In 2016, he founded Goldrush School of Music, a music lesson studio in Blairsville, Georgia where he and other instructors teach piano, guitar, drums, violin, ukulele and voice.  From an early age, in addition to piano recitals, school concert band, orchestra and chorus, Eric played rock music with his older brother and later had a basement band with friends.  Eric plays piano, keyboard, drums, guitar and sings. 

     In 2021, during the pandemic, Eric released his second album Be, a set of meditative, nature-inspired melodic pieces featuring acoustic guitar, ukulele, bongos, shakers, kalimbas and vocal harmonies. 

     As a songwriter, Eric has written many tunes in various styles from rock to pop to jazz.  He is currently  working on his third album featuring original songs and a full line-up of instruments including drums, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, synthesizer (Casio CZ-1000), MIDI controlled software organs, and vocals.   

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