Nick Hmeljak

Open Channel is a collective of musicians in the Kansas City area formed by Nick Hmeljak in 2024 that plays original music and standards drawing from Jazz, R&B, Rock. With a rotating instrumentation of vibraphone, guitar, synths, trumpet, bass, and drums, Open Channel constantly explores new textures and group dynamics creating a fresh perspective every show. 

Open Channel shares the band's lived experiences with its audience, dedicating songs to core memories, transformative experiences, and times worth remembering. Open Channel embraces the full scope of human connection in its performance, creating a time and place for raw emotional expression to manifest through music. Open Channel's debut album, ALIVE, distills the bands live sound into an archive of tracks, capturing the moments that make them ALIVE.