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Sara Melson grew up in West Lafayette, Indiana, the child of two professors, in a house crammed full of books. “I’d spend hours in my room writing. I have stacks of journals, full of lyrics, poems, random bits of stories,” Sara says. She was also obsessed with her parents’ record collection, memorizing every note and word of her favorite records: The Stones, The Beatles, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Dylan, The Band, Neil Young, Bowie, and Van Morrison.
Classically trained on the piano, Sara taught herself the guitar. “I started on acoustic, and was itching to rock,” she says. “Pretty soon I had a really loud amp and a bunch of pedals, and began making lots of noise. I could only play the proverbial three chords at first, but was putting my words to music almost immediately. Interestingly, it was through discovering guitar that I realized I could actually write my own songs on the piano as well, instead of being wedded to reading off of sheet music.”
Sara began recording first on four track, then on eight track. “When I write a song, I can’t sleep until it’s recorded. I don’t know if I’m fatalistic, but if something happened to me, nobody would ever hear it. As soon as I get it down, I feel better.” In 2003, she released Five Song EP, self-produced at home and in the studios of friends. Launch/Yahoo made it a Top Ten Pick in its Cool as Folk Radiocast. Songs from the EP aired on Indie 103.1, XM Satellite Radio, and KCRW, and were featured in the ABC television show Men In Trees, the new Viacom show South Of Nowhere, and the independent film Spectres.
Classically trained on the piano, Sara taught herself the guitar. “I started on acoustic, and was itching to rock,” she says. “Pretty soon I had a really loud amp and a bunch of pedals, and began making lots of noise. I could only play the proverbial three chords at first, but was putting my words to music almost immediately. Interestingly, it was through discovering guitar that I realized I could actually write my own songs on the piano as well, instead of being wedded to reading off of sheet music.”
Sara began recording first on four track, then on eight track. “When I write a song, I can’t sleep until it’s recorded. I don’t know if I’m fatalistic, but if something happened to me, nobody would ever hear it. As soon as I get it down, I feel better.” In 2003, she released Five Song EP, self-produced at home and in the studios of friends. Launch/Yahoo made it a Top Ten Pick in its Cool as Folk Radiocast. Songs from the EP aired on Indie 103.1, XM Satellite Radio, and KCRW, and were featured in the ABC television show Men In Trees, the new Viacom show South Of Nowhere, and the independent film Spectres.
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Dirty Mind
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Feel It Coming
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Dirty Mind (Full Length Release)
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Never Been Hurt
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DIRTY MIND
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Turquoise Sky
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Nuclear Sun
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Rise Up
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hardpressed
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Fall Down
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Don't You Wanna Know
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Anywhere Anytime
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Happy Endings
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Birthday Prayer
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Turquoise Sky [Acoustic]
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Shoutbox
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songprinston wrote:
Loving"Never been hurt".
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maarck wrote:
LOVE HER SINCE "FEEL IT COMING" ON GREYS ANATOMY
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default99 wrote:
Great :3
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NydiaJanneth wrote:
una voz maravillosa, que remonta a un escenario ecepcional!!
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SkianDhu wrote:
Gr8 artist! x3
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cees538 wrote:
briljant album! really love it!
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musicandmisery wrote:
Hey guys, if you love Feel It Coming, check out her truly amazing album 'Dirty Mind' which is available on iTunes and Amazon. :)
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Poppy_x wrote:
:) yep, loved this on GA! yet another artist found through Grey's to add to the very vast list :)
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niux wrote:
awesome pick for Crash Into Me ending!
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DIRTY MIND full track | 3:15 |
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Feel it Coming full track | 4:15 |
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Turquoise Sky full track | 3:18 |
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