ALMA MARES (A Profile by Terry Kew) "Alma Mares is a keyboarist from Ocala in Florida, USA. She has released a CD album enitled "Pendulum" of her own compositions. Her collaborator on the album is Sandeep Sharma, a talented singer-lyricist from Chicago. Alma was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (Now the Czech Republic). She has lived most of her life in Illinois where she studied piano and composition for over 15 years. Her music has received radio airplay in Chicago and on several Voice of America broadcasts to Europe where she has become well known. Alma has sent me a copy of pendulum which is predominantly instrumental but it includes the impressive "Heartbeat" which features vocals by Sandeep. Alma performs all the music on the CD which features 14 other tracks"
