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The Halloween Album: My Son Wrote Songs for It (And They’re Incredible)
I need to tell you about my son. Because part of my story in 2026 — and a very exciting part — is that the Halloween album I’m releasing in October includes songs that HE wrote. My son. Who has inherited, apparently, the songwriting gene and then some. I am not going to overshare because…
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Introducing the “Quilt Anthems” Album: What It’s All About
Okay. It is time. Let me OFFICIALLY introduce you to what’s coming in July. Quilt Anthems — an album by TheMelanieGrace, celebrating the art, community, love, and legacy of quilting. I am a quilter. Have been for years. And when I started thinking about what kind of music quilters have — songs that really celebrate…
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The Texas Playlist That Basically Wrote Itself
There’s a funny thing that happened on the road trip. We’re hours into Texas. Everyone’s kind of in their own world — family road trips have this rhythm where you cycle through talking too much, then silence, then someone asleep, then everyone suddenly hungry at the same time. And I had my earbuds in for…
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Why I Believe in Seasonal Music (And Why You Should Too)
Here’s a thing I believe strongly enough to build my whole 2026 release schedule around it: seasonal music matters. There is a reason “All I Want for Christmas Is You” gets streamed a billion times every December. There is a reason summer playlists exist. There is a reason people reach for cozy acoustic music in…
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Sneak Peek: A Song Called “Stitch by Stitch”
Okay. I promised quilting teasers and I am delivering. One of the songs on my upcoming July album is called Stitch by Stitch and it is — I don’t say this lightly — one of my favorite things I’ve written all year. The concept came from thinking about what quilting really IS at its core.…
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On Collaboration: How Claude and I Write Songs Together
I promised to be open about my creative process, and that means talking honestly about something that has become one of my favorite parts of making music in 2026: collaborating with Claude AI on lyrics. I know this is a topic with strong feelings on all sides. I know some people bristle at the idea.…
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The First Day of Summer and What It Means to a Songwriter
Happy Summer Solstice! The longest day of the year. Maximum daylight. The sun at its most full-of-itself. I love this day. Not just because summer is my season — though it absolutely is — but because there’s something about the turning of a season that always makes me reflective. Every season is a chapter. And…
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Everything Is a Song (A Love Letter to Songwriting)
I want to write a love letter today. Not to a person — to a process. Dear songwriting, You have been the one constant in every season of my life. You were there when I didn’t have words for what I was feeling and somehow you had the words. You showed up at inconvenient times…
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Something Quilty This Way Comes…
Alright, let me tease something for you. You know I love to celebrate the unexpected in music — the things nobody thinks are worthy of a song until someone writes the song and suddenly everybody agrees it was long overdue. Don’t Get My Hair Wet? Overdue. Thanksgiving Traffic Memories? Overdue. The 5AM Crew? Absolutely overdue.…
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Something Quilty This Way Comes…
Alright, let me tease something for you. You know I love to celebrate the unexpected in music — the things nobody thinks are worthy of a song until someone writes the song and suddenly everybody agrees it was long overdue. Don’t Get My Hair Wet? Overdue. Thanksgiving Traffic Memories? Overdue. The 5AM Crew? Absolutely overdue.…
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Singer-songwriter turning 10+ journals of songs into reality ✨ Classical soprano gone indie | Transparent about AI collaboration | “Through It All” album Feb 2026 | Mom of 2 | 5:30am fitness | Also quilts sewmelanie.com
