Happy 2023! Hope its been kind to you so far. 

It's that time of year again... where I donate to the local animal shelter with 10% of the proceeds that were received from my VIP community in the previous year(2022). 

I wanted to let my VIP members know (in case you missed it in the community post) that I just sent the donation over to Homeward Bound Humane Society in Middlebury, VT for 2022. 

Homeward Bound is a community-centered shelter that supports the human-animal bond through compassionate care, adoption, education, and advocacy. Your support of my music has made a difference in the lives of vulnerable animals.**high five!! Here is a link to their website if you would like to learn more about them. 
https://www.homewardboundanimals.org/ 

If you are not in the VIP community, I would like to invite you to join! You get access to my entire catalog of music - stuff you won't find on Spotify or the other major platforms plus lots of other stuff - too much to type out so its easier to visit here to learn more. 

Thanks for all that you do and for being you! 💜 

All the best, 
Melissa D

I've recently updated my social media handles and my Bandcamp site so that they reflect better what I do and are now the same on all the platforms. Heads up: You might notice some broken links if you have me favored in any of your web pages. A bit of an inconvenience at first but will make it easier for people to find me in the long run. 

So all my social media platforms now have the same handle @melissadsings and the Bandcamp store and listening room is now melissadsings.com(you can also access my store thru the main website melissadmusic.com) 

My Vermont Made Songs custom songwriting business can be found at melissadmusic.com/custom-songs which is a page on the main website. 

I hope that you are having a wonderful holiday season so far. I appreciate you and your support and helping me find myself ;-) 

All the best, 
Melissa D

Just a quick note to let you know that a stripped down mix of my song Justice is now streaming on most major platforms and is now available at my store. 

To listen at my store go here 

To listen on your favorite streaming platform go here. 
Thank you for being you and for your support.

All the best

Melissa D 

On February 27th I will be releasing my last episode of Crooning & Coffee, my You Tube show, for awhile. I might pick up doing the show again at a later time, but for now I am headed down a new path, focusing on some other projects. I will keep you posted on updates and will still post random video clips and shenanigans 😉 I have enjoyed doing this series since 2019 and it kept me sane during the toughest months of the pandemic. Most of the episodes will be available for binge watching on You Tube for many years to come. 💜☕🎤🎵

I hope that your 2022 is off to a good start.  

I wanted to let my Crooning & Coffee Club supporters know (in case you missed it in the community post) that I have recently made a donation to Rutland County Humane Society with 10% of the proceeds that were received in 2021 from this community.(I'm a bit late getting it out this year.  Usually I do it the first week of January.)  

RCHS is a shelter in Vermont that rescues dogs and cats(and other small animals too like bunnies) and finds homes for them.  Your support of my music has made a difference in the lives of vulnerable animals. Here is a link to their website if you would like to learn more about them. https://rchsvt.org/ 

The other cool thing is that our donation was made as part of the #BettyWhiteChallenge that the shelter was part of and they doubled everything that went to them under that campaign.  

If you are not in my subscription community, I would love to have you! You get access to my entire catalog of music plus bonus tracks and lots of other stuff(like helping homeless animals) too numerous to fit into this post. Visit here to check it out. 

Thank you so much for your support and for being in my world ❤😁🐾🎵 
Peace 
Melissa  

My new song Justice is officially out in the world and now available on all the major streaming platforms.  Go here to have a listen! 

To celebrate the occasion, I had some cool t-shirts made up. A shout out to Mandy Wheeler(Vermont artist who does my graphic designs and cover art) who did an amazing job on them!  You can check those out here.  Purchase of a t-shirt comes with a digital download of the song! 

💜
Melissa

Spring is FINALLY here in Vermont. There are infant green buds on the trees and Spring peepers chirping.  Some areas, they are so loud that it is ear piercing! 

I wanted to let you know that I created a dog playlist on YouTube.  It is a playlist of 30 songs to honor our canine companions.  A mix of nostalgic favorites and some new hidden indie gems. I had so much fun putting it together. :-) You can listen here.

Speaking of YouTube, I have added 3 new videos since my last blog post, all covers of some of my favorite songs including an Island vibe song(Bob Marely) to help coax Spring here a bit quicker.  I think it worked ;-) 
peace 
Melissa

P.S If you enjoy my music and what I bring to the world and would also like to help out homeless animals, I would love to have you in my Crooning & Coffee Club. Link below if you want to learn more. 
>>>Crooning & Coffee Club<<<

If you like dogs and Spring weather, then I think you will enjoy my new video that I released recently for my song Belly & Boots. 

It's a sweet little song about the joys of being out in the warm sun and hanging out with dogs. It was inspired by an early Spring walk with my dog named Roosevelt.(his belly is low to the ground and collects mud...lol) You can check it out here. 

I also wanted to let you know that I created a video page on my website with all of my official videos so that you can watch and enjoy them on a quiet little corner of the internet without getting interrupted by ads and other distractions that you tend to see on the mainstream platforms.  That link is below 
>>quiet little corner for videos<< 

peace 
Melissa

***Music for the Slower Parts of Your Journey***

I sure am looking forward to Spring! Its been a cold and snowy winter this year in Vermont!  

I have been tucked up indoors keeping warm and writing songs and making videos.  I have added 5 new videos to my YouTube channel since the start of 2021.  You can visit my channel here to check them out.  

I did a Prince song on my uke and a couple of other covers plus 2 original song videos. 

Speaking of original songs, One of the videos is an episode of Crooning & Coffee and it is a new song that I wrote called Justice.  I am working on making a studio recording of this and will be releasing as a single this year so stay tuned.  For the raw version of the song go here.  

Hope these videos brighten up your day and keep you warm! (one video literally has a fire in it!!..lol)  

xoxo
Melissa

In case you missed it, I wanted to let you know that I have released a new official video for my song "Letting Go" off the Little Girl EP. If you like snow and nature then you will definitely enjoy this. You can check it out here. 

I have released 2 new Crooning & Coffee episodes since my last update.  The most recent one was a brand new song that I wrote called "No, I Won't."  You can find those here at my YouTube channel. 

I have never been one for Black Friday. I prefer to stay home the day after Thanksgiving and enjoy animal snuggles, movies and leftovers preferably in my PJ's.  However, I still want to offer my most loyal supporters some kind of deal. 

So I have decided to offer 20% off everything in my store until December 8th. A kind of non black Friday deal.  Type in "peace" as your discount code at checkout. 

If you have been wanting to support my work but haven't had a chance yet, now is the perfect time with this deal to grab something special.  Along with CDs and downloads(Christmas album anyone? Its officially ok to start singing Christmas songs...lol) I also have unique stuff like pillows, journals and bean bag chairs! Here is the link 
>>>My Store<<< 

Wishing you a relaxing and warm holiday season.  Stay safe and take extra good care of you. 

peace 
Melissa

***Music for the Slower Parts of Your Journey***