"Rise Above. That is all."
Here is a song about fixing your eyes on the light when walking through the dark places that threaten to drag us under. 
Produced by Jordan Azor. Photos thanks to Dana Weeks.

THEY'LL SAY

To the moment between the bitter and broken in us when we find peace. I wrote the song about letting go & about finding purpose in a force greater than yourself.

LAY IT DOWN

This track is dedicated to the artists of Kailua & Oahu. I worked in an Art Gallery when I first got approved to work in the USA. The gallery was sadly shut down by a large corporation that raised the rent after the store had just gone through covid. After many decades of creating a space for local art to be appreciated the local arts hub was sadly forced to close. This song also touches on the experience of isolation & quarentine through covid & the yearning to find freedom in the middle of lock down life. Written in 2022 by Mel Kay. Recorded in 2023 with Imua Garza in Hawaii.

HEAVEN

Did you ever lose yourself trying to chase what you never realized you already had? CLASS is a song about finding yourself again and remembering who you already were after years of self abandonment.

CLASS

Phoenix is a song written about rising from the ashes. This song is about using destruction as a tool to get up stronger.

PHOENIX

Queen was written about knowing your worth. "When you own your worth everyone else does."

QUEEN

UNDONE

1940 was written when I was 17 and is about equality. Recorded with some of Perth's finest musicians & WAAPA graduates from big band Liberte.

1940

Dedicated to the moment between breaking & healing & to the world wide pause we are all experiencing due to covid19. (Produced by Jordan Azor & Featuring Jordan Azor - Guitar)

THE INBETWEEN

Since graduating WAAPA in 2015 Mel Kay has so far toured WA & has also been flown out to perform through Big Skye Entertainment. She has toured the Pilbarra, and Darwin twice successfully.

Mel has had multiple songs that she has written played nationally & internationally on commercial radio. Her recent track PHOENIX was nominated top 6/1400 in EDM music in WA at the WAM awards 2019. The song was also picked up by 98.5fm & played nationally on radio show Aussie Grown Across The Nation. A recent international collaboration with UK producer BACKFALL has also made it to the top 12/6000 entries for EDM music in the international songwriting competition: Unsigned Only. She is currently working on a new album ~AFTER THE WAR ~ about healing and overcoming Lyme disease. She is also currently in the running to play The Hollywood Bowl at "We Can Survive" Festival. Voting opens July 11th- So watch this space!

Tracks by Mel Kay_Music