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New Album “Soundtrack of Your Life”
Discover the story behind my debut album “Soundtrack of Your Life” – 12 songs about coming home, fighting for dreams, and living authentically.
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Welcome to March Winds
An Album Journey Through Spring, Heritage, and Transformation Hey everyone! I am SO excited to finally share this with you. My new album “March Winds” is coming in March 2026, and honestly? This one feels different. This one feels like me. Why March? Why Now? Here’s the thing: I’m planning to release a new album…
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Behind the Music: “Keep Showing Up”
My 4:30AM Victory Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 4:30am, my alarm goes off. It’s dark. It’s cold. My bed is warm. Everything in me wants to hit snooze. But I don’t. I get up, I get dressed, and I drive to Orange Theory Fitness. I’ve been doing this for a year now, and it’s…
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Behind the Music: “Ghost of Who I Used to Be”
Making Peace with Past Versions of Yourself We all have ghosts. Not the supernatural kind, but the ghosts of who we used to be. The girl who said yes when she meant no. The woman who made herself small to make others comfortable. The version of you that you outgrew but that still haunts your…
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Behind the Music: “Roots and Wings”
The Parenting Paradox There’s this saying about parenting: “Give them roots and wings.” Roots to ground them, wings to let them soar. It sounds beautiful and simple until you’re actually trying to do both at the same time. “Roots and Wings” is my meditation on this impossible, beautiful balance of holding on and letting go.…
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Behind the Music: “Coffee Shop Stranger”
The Love Story I Never Saw Coming Fifteen years ago, I agreed to meet a stranger from an online dating site at a coffee shop. My plan? Thirty minutes max. Just long enough to be polite, then I could say I tried this whole online dating thing and go back to my life. I was…
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Behind the Music: “The In-Between”
SPOTIFY • APPLE MUSIC • AMAZON MUSIC • DEEZER • PANDORA • YOUTUBE Living in Life’s Transition Spaces We spend so much of our lives in the in-between, don’t we? Between who we were and who we’re becoming. Between goodbye and hello. Between the ending of one chapter and the beginning of the next. “The In-Between” is my love letter to those transition spaces that…
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Behind the Music: “The Hug Collector”
The Hardest Song I’ve Ever Had to Write Some songs flow easily. Some songs fight their way out. And some songs, like “The Hug Collector,” have to be written through tears, one line at a time, because the grief is so heavy that the pen keeps shaking. This is my song for my dad. The…
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Behind the Music: “Borrowed Light”
When Your Own Faith Feels Too Heavy to Carry There are seasons in life when your own light dims. When the path ahead looks dark and you can’t quite remember why you believed things would be okay. When faith feels less like a certainty and more like a fragile hope you’re desperately trying to hold…
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Behind the Music: “Where I Stand”
The Most Honest Introduction I Could Give You When you open an album, the first song is like a handshake – it’s your chance to say, “Hi, I’m Melanie, and this is who I really am.” I didn’t want to start with something flashy or try to impress you. I wanted to start with the…
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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
