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After four years of silence, Meredith Blis returns with Riptide — an empowerment anthem born from solitude, loss, and the hard work of reclaiming herself.
Meredith Blis is an ethereal alt-pop singer-songwriter based in Nashville. Best known for her mesmerizing vocals and emotionally driven songwriting, Meredith has earned a number of awards including "Song of the Year 2019" for 'I Don't Speak Boy', awarded by the Tennessee Songwriters Association International, "Best Pop CD" at the New Mexico Music Awards, and induction into the Tennessee Songwriters International Hall of Fame in 2023.
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From haunting singles like Fire Flies to empowering anthems like Shine Again and Be Your Own Kind Of Beautiful — and her instrumental composition project Tranquil Light, released on German indie label SYWA Records — her catalog spans emotional pop to ambient meditation. She has performed live at iconic NYC venues including The Bitter End, The Cutting Room, and the CMJ Music Marathon, as well as throughout Nashville, and has collaborated with seasoned producers including Juno Award-winning Darryl Neudorf, Grammy Award-winning Larry Mitchell, and multi-gold record producer James Paul Wizner.
As a child, Meredith would sit with her father, Milton Sincoff (a senior VP under Clive Davis at Arista Records). Together they would listen to records and play "what's the next single" — a game that planted the seeds of artist-songwriter long before she even knew that was her path.
Her first calling was modern dance — until two knee surgeries while studying at Sarah Lawrence College closed that door. In the stillness that followed, she began writing poetry, which quietly evolved into songs.
Determined to build a technical foundation — the way ballet underpins modern dance — Meredith auditioned and was accepted into The Juilliard School Extension Division, where she studied classical composition and music theory. And by night she was developing her voice and stage presence at blues jams across New York City and beginning to play out as a singer-songwriter.
Beginning in college, loss arrived in waves — her mother, her grandmother, and then her father, one after another over three years. Clouded by grief, it was music that kept Meredith going. "Making music became such a strong place of grounding for me," she says. "It kept me afloat when it felt like the rest of my life was falling apart.”
Meredith's sound draws from three distinct worlds — the confessional songwriting of Sara McLachlan and Tori Amos, the passionate piano artistry of Elton John, and the bold modern energy of Florence + The Machine, Adele, Sia and Post Malone — all filtered through a classical foundation rooted in Bach and Debussy.
Her Nashville years brought an unexpected turn: a deepening fascination with electronic music and production. She began using Ableton Live, incorporating MIDI controllers and live looping into her performances. Here, she found an artistic freedom in creating emotional landscapes from layering sounds and textures.
Working deeply in Ableton, Meredith developed a passion for sound design and production — which became the impetus for Tranquil Light, an instrumental project that married her Ableton skills with her background in classical composition and her love for yoga and meditation.
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Meredith holds a deep reverence for the unique story that every person has to offer — the shared experiences of joy, angst and chaos that come from being human. In 2017, with the release of her single Shine Again — a song drawn from her own experience of living with Bipolar 2 — she launched the #ShineAgainProject, an online campaign to raise mental health awareness, open conversations surrounding stigma, and remind others they are not alone.
The ethereal pop artist explains: “There’s a special magic in something that has the power to transcend boundaries and bring people together the way music can. It reminds us that we’re not alone. My relationship with music is a love affair that I can’t describe. I just hope my music can help shine a light for others.”