Hi. I'm Max Belove-Mellman (he/him), and beloved melody is my software design studio.

I'm an elementary music teacher, musician, arranger, and UI designer from New Jersey. I'm also the author of The Bagel Song and the creator of the app I Love a Piano.

I Love a Piano (named after Irving Berlin's 1915 eponymous composition) began as an AI-assisted programming experiment in late 2024, following the conclusion of an online course in UI design. For fun, I'd show it to fellow musicians, non-musician friends, and my students, and each time, they'd offer real feedback: "Needs more instrument sounds" or "Why can't it show a full octave in portrait?" This continued feedback, combined with my own stubbornness and wandering imagination, gave the experiment momentum, and shaped its development through 2025. Now, just in time for the new year, it's a real app — dry and ready to play — starting at $4 on the App Store.

I Love a Piano is guided by the principles that the best technologies are tools made for people, and that access to a piano can change someone's life. Play with it. Mess with it. Make music with it! I'm excited to see what will happen once it's in people's hands.

Please enjoy I Love a Piano.

~ Max

Contact

Have a story, feedback, or a question? I'd love to hear from you. Write me an email. Have a conversation on Mastodon. Share a song on Instagram.