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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 18/10/2026

Pebbles says, *vote early* and return your ballot to a drop box or to a voting location rather than using USPS!

Black and white pitbull mix dog sitting in front of a ballot drop box.

Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 10/10/2026

If you're a voting member of the Recording Academy, please consider my "The Audacity" for Best Classical Compendium and Best Engineered Album, Classical (Alberto Hernandez, engineer, and Jett Galindo, mastering engineer) #fyc

Text: GRAMMY Awards. For your consideration: Classical Compendium, Engineered Album, Classical. The Audacity by Meerenai Shim.
Images: album cover for "The Audacity" and photos of Alberto Hernandez (engineer) and Jett Galindo (mastering engineer)

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 30/09/2026

Pebbles and I went to our trainer’s house today for scent work. Here she is at the end of the session.

Black and white pitbull mix with a tennis ball in their mouth. On a shady patch of grass.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 14/08/2026

New photos for A/B Duo! (Doing literally anything other than the items on my to-do list...) (Photo by Nissa J Photography in Grand Rapids. We highly recommend!) Fall concerts coming up in Oklahoma City and Grand Rapids. Featuring world premieres by Kevin Day and Marie A. Douglas.

Publicity photo for A/B Duo. Man holding a Thai gong. Woman holding a bass flute. Light brown background.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 10/08/2026

My best performance at the flute convention this weekend:

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 14/07/2026

On my way home from Michigan. Ate only pizza for days. Luckily the vegan pizza situation in Grand Rapids is amazing. The best vegan Detroit style pizza is made at Quarantino’s in Grand Rapids!

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 31/05/2026

An excerpt from last Sunday’s West Oakland Sound Series concert. This is “Etude for contrabass flute and TI83+ calculator” by @kineticturtle.bsky.social Listen to the rest on my “Pheromone” album. Streaming everywhere and at meerenai.bandcamp.com/album/pherom...

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 18/05/2026

Next Sunday, I’m premiering a cool new piece for two flutes with glissando head joint by Diane Grubbe, with Diane. Also playing some contrabass flute etc. If you’re in Oakland, check it out: www.sfsound.info#may-24-2026 Also, you can check out my midlife crisis haircut.

Two flutists standing in front of a green curtain. One holding a contrabass flute and the other holding a normal flute and a flute with gliassando head joint.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 08/05/2026

Does it count as an influencer video thing, if I don't include my face? LOL. Anyway, I'm very pleased with how this CD package came together. I hope you get a chance to pick one up: e4tt.bandcamp.com/album/el-tie...

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 19/03/2026

My friend Natalie Haworth-Liu and I are getting the band back together. We have a concert coming up on April 25th in Palo Alto. Here’s a video from one of our concerts 17 years ago. 😱 Blitheduo.com

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 19/03/2026

We skipped spring and went straight to summer. High of 89°F today.

Black and white pitbull mix dog on green turf

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 09/01/2026

The only thing (besides my dog) that gave me joy today was listening to the piece that @andrewkrycek.bsky.social wrote for Friction Quartet. I can’t wait for you all to hear it too. (Coming soon!! March!!)

Black pitbull mix dog with white paws and chest on a fake grass patch with green tennis ball in their mouth.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 28/12/2025

Apple pie, out of the oven! Now we wait for it to cool.

Photo of an apple pie on a pan lined with aluminum foil.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 08/10/2025

Timeline cleanse. Here’s Pebbles, sunbathing while keeping an eye out for squirrels.

Black and white pit bull mix dog, wearing a pink collar, lying on artificial turf with a wood fence in the background.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 03/10/2025

AAAANNND.... Time to pre-order the next Aerocade release! I'm so excited about this new album from composer Nicolás Lell Benavides, Friction Quartet, and mezzo-soprano Melinda Martinez Becker. Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/can... Bandcamp: nicolasbenavides.bandcamp.com/album/canto-...

Album cover image and CD face image of "Canto Caló" by Nicolás Lell Benavides on a white background.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 03/10/2025

Second, it's FYC season! The GRAMMYs first round voting starts today. Please listen to this album I produced and consider it for 👉 Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance and 👉 Best Engineered Album, Classical tr.ee/wn0pLZ7UEs

Album art for "Moxie" by Chamber Winds of South Dakota

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 03/10/2025

Big day today! First, it's Bandcamp Friday! A great time to pick up my new album. meerenai.bandcamp.com/album/the-au...

Image of "The Audacity" CD cover and CD face on a teal colored background.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 26/09/2025

Timeline cleanse. Here's Pebbles, the most beautiful doggie in the world. As an only child, Pebbles gets her own professional photoshoot. Photo by Ellen Shershow Photography.

Black and white photo of a pitbull mix dog wearing a leafy garland on her head and looking to the side.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 18/09/2025

An excerpt from “Whispers on the Wind” by @ebakermusic.bsky.social from my recital on Sunday night at the Center for New Music in San Francisco. #contrabassflute

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 22/08/2025

Don't forget the mastering engineer! @jettgalindo.bsky.social put the finishing touches on this album so that it will sound good no matter the device or service you use to play/stream it.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 22/08/2025

The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker (@ebakermusic.bsky.social) wrote "Whispers on the Wind" for this album. We share the philosophy of using the recording studio as an additional instrument rather than just a tool of preservation. One of the many reasons I love her!

photo of the Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker at the piano with many colorful balls on the piano strings.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 22/08/2025

Featured in "O Sapientia" is the beautiful countertenor voice of Carl Alexander, aka Adore. Chicago peeps know him but he's in the SF Bay Area now. Check him out! www.alexandercountertenor.com

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 22/08/2025

I was in composer Janice Misurell-Mitchell's music theory and history classes at DePaul. I'm so grateful to have professional relationships with my mentors after all these years. Her piece, "O Sapientia" brings a lot of substance to the album.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 22/08/2025

Brent Miller: composer, Managing Director of the Center for New Music in San Francisco, Aerocade Music board member, guitarist, and all-around nice guy! He wrote "Miniatures, Book 4: Preset Etudes" for my album. It's a cool+crazy piece. If Animal from Sesame Street had a drum machine...

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 22/08/2025

Next up: @ahernandezaudio.bsky.social: Hands down the best audio engineer in the world. I'm known for my hyperbole, but this is no exaggeration. He's worked on all 4 of my solo albums. The man has infinite patience, an amazing, ear, and is experienced in so many styles of music.

Action shot of audio engineer Alberto Hernandez adjusting some microphones in a recording studio.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 22/08/2025

Starting with @megwilhoite.bsky.social: Actor, organist, composer, electronic musician, podcaster, writer, editor, vocalist, and so many other hats! Is there anything she CAN'T do?? One of the coolest humans ever. One of her songs is the featured track on my album: "You Don't Belong Here."

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 20/08/2025

Just chillin’ with @andrewkrycek.bsky.social at Skywalker Sound for Friction Quartet’s sessions. Tracking works by Michi Wiancko and Alex Dowling today!

Andrew Rodriguez and Meerenai Shim in front of a tv screen that says “Skywalker Sound” and a Neve console.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 15/08/2025

Pebbles says, "please listen to my human's music so that she can be happier."

black and white pitbull mix sitting on grass with pink tongue hanging out.

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 20/06/2025

🎉"Moxie" by Chamber Winds of South Dakota is out today!🎶 Traveled to South Dakota State University to record local and regional woodwind professionals rock this awesome collection of compositions! Listen on your fave streaming site and here: aerocademusic.com/moxie

Album cover for "Moxie" by Chamber Winds of South Dakota, conductor Don Linn, and flutist Elizabeth Robinson. There's a 5 star pull-quote that reads: "The best large woodwind ensemble album Meerenai has EVER produced! -Meerenai Shim"

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Meerenai Shim @meerenai.bandcamp.com · 20/06/2025

Took Pebbles for a temperament evaluation at a doggie daycare. They said she passed, but they still have to consider it a “conditional pass” because she’s a pitbull mix. Ridiculous.