Melinda Joy Music

Melinda Joy is an award-winning singer-songwriter and bass player, based in Austin, Texas. Her new single, Out of the Blue, a rock duet with Son of Cormack, has won several awards and nominations for Best Music Video, Best Original Song & Best Music in film festivals in the US and Internationally. 

Her songs interweave poetic lyrics with bass and melody lines that draw from a variety of genres. Soulful, jazzy, and lush, her sound has been described as "Southern Gothic." She currently writes, performs, and teaches both solo and with Son of Cormack, HoneyBones (a new duo project with Juro Kosec), and Ravens 5. She has released two full-length studio albums, Beautiful Illusions (2020) and Unbound (2004 - M.J. Baby & The Last Word).

Melinda is the creator/host of The Syncreate Podcast: Empowering Creativity, co-founder of Syncreate (@syncreatecreativity4550), as well as the bestselling author of two books on creativity.