Get inspired as Melody Davis shares her music journey, new singles, and peace-protection tips

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00:00 Introduction
01:32 Melody Returns
03:00 New Singles Journey
06:21 Protecting Your Peace
17:55 Upcoming Music Video
21:08 Future Plans
25:33 Final Advice
27:44 Conclusion
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00:00I'm getting ready to interview Mel and she doesn't know I got her grab bags though I am

00:11definitely unbothered protecting my peace look at this a coaster okay and then I have

00:24protecting my peace key chains going on my keys definitely on my keys I have some more grab bag

00:31stuff no I didn't want to tell you but you bomb I'm special here's the interview

00:54be good be very good

01:24hey Mel can you still hear me I can and now I can't hear you

01:29hey guys it's me Yaya Diamond what's up people's how you doing it is a great day and I'm so very

01:37excited to be here you know what I'm excited about I'm excited about Melody coming back and being on

01:43the show again she's got a new single I'm so so very excited to have people when they come back

01:49and see progress for people this really gets me I don't know if I'm a geek yes I'm a geek I am a

01:55nerd a geek and and and that's who I am and I'm not going to make any any excuses for myself because

02:01I am happy to have her back Melody welcome back to the show girlfriend hello girlfriend Yaya I'm so

02:08happy to be back so happy to be back I'm so happy to have you back okay so you have a new you have

02:15two new singles since we talked you've been busy I've been busy a good busy though I'm sure you

02:22understand it's been a good busy yes anything dealing with your passion is always a good busy

02:27right oh always always yeah we're talking about that today so if you guys haven't seen our first

02:33interview you need to go back I'm gonna go ahead and link it in the description box or even in the

02:37link above if you're on YouTube so that way you can see it okay so but it says here that we are

02:43to discuss two different singles yeah yeah so unbothered and that feeling so let's go through

02:52it what what was it that that got you like you know unbothered and and getting into that feeling

02:58I know I know so unbothered was birthed as we discussed during our last um podcast um I decided

03:06to leave a corporate job and um I accelerated the date um and I released unbothered on March 28th of

03:14this year 2025 and that's how unbothered because I was totally unbothered I was stressed at my job

03:20and I just took the quantum leap and decided to leave a great paying corporate job no regrets

03:26to pursue the passion since then like you mentioned I released another single keep pushing and also I

03:32forgot to mention that another single called that feeling so uh so yeah and then um I know we're

03:39about to get into this but uh recently last Thursday well November 13th I believe that was

03:44last Thursday I released my latest single and it's called peace so yeah yes I got it up here on the

03:51corner that is so nice I love that yeah I love that logo wow that is just beautiful all right so

03:58so that feeling is that is that the single or is that on the EP or how does that go

04:05no that feeling I released I'm sorry I went from keep pushing to peace but it was actually another

04:10single in between that and that was that feeling so that feeling came out prior to peace being released

04:16oh okay and so yeah yeah sorry I got you I got you yeah let's talk about that let's talk about

04:22uh that feeling first because I want to kind of go into into in a sequence and make sure that sure

04:28touch all the points so sure that feeling what was what was the angle behind writing it because I

04:35know you're you're hands-on I know that yes your hands-on person always been always will and so I

04:42know that there's a theory behind the actual madness of all of the things that we have to do

04:47yeah no so that feeling pretty much the concept behind that was what motivates you what is that

04:54feeling you know and so for me it was really me taking that quantum leap and you know it could be

05:02kind of scary you and I touched on a little bit um the last podcast leaving a great paying corporate

05:07job having that steady every two week paid good good paying you know a job there and the paycheck and

05:13all the benefits that go on with that but it was like still that missing piece I really wanted to

05:18take a dive full time into the music and so that song was really heard from that feeling you know what

05:25motivated me to take that quantum leap so the title of that song was that feeling so it was really derived

05:31from that yeah that is so cool that is so cool yeah you know I I find that when you're writing from the

05:38heart it really makes a big difference it really makes a big difference to write um you know

05:44throughout like your life what's going on so people can relate to and you can use that in so many

05:50different contexts so many different contexts wow agree agree agree yeah so I wanted to touch you know

05:57just not just for me but encourage others to identify that feeling what that motivation is what causes you

06:04to pause and say hmm should I be doing this or I'm not happy doing this what is that feeling and for others

06:11to you know like I said take a deeper uh dive into thinking you know what is it that motivates you

06:17that causes you to wake up and and and just have that smile on your face or you know so that was again

06:25what derived from the the title of that feeling gotcha gotcha and now we go on to peace peace dropped

06:31November 13th guys and I have I have to ask you a few questions because obviously again

06:38hands-on am I correct oh you're absolutely right you're absolutely right yeah yes so you know peace

06:46I mean I think it's in the name but yeah right now who doesn't need peace I need peace you know it's

06:53still that residual from the leaving the corporate job and then just still you know personal life just

07:00life happening events and sometimes you just have to take a step back and identify what peace means

07:07to you how do you protect your peace you know and so I had to ask myself not just once but multiple times

07:14you know how am I protecting my peace and so obviously again that's how uh the title of that song uh was

07:21derived from me asking myself what brings me peace um and how do I protect my peace so yeah right

07:27so what does peace mean to you like I know that peace may mean something different to everyone

07:33I mean that there are commonalities and you know what I mean but at the same time there is you know

07:38your circumstantial life your your your living what does that mean to you no great question so peace

07:47for me and it may be different in next week you know but right now is the absence of chaos I didn't

07:54really realize how chaotic my life was um and how a lot of things was triggering the absence of peace

08:03and so I had to ask myself that question pray about it and I had to set strong boundaries so

08:10basically after I identified those triggers and what was that uh what was uh bringing um

08:18what was not bringing peace to me and so I started setting boundaries um you know and that could be

08:25and this is is really personal uh number one the trigger that was not bringing peace to me was

08:31my job you know and so got rid of that March 28th done check you know and then um you know I had to

08:38really bring it home it was um some family you know sometimes you create this um chaotic you know you

08:46you love your family and I do I love them and they love me and they support me 1000 percent

08:52um but sometimes you have to set boundaries you know um you have to set boundaries I'll just leave

08:59that right there and then sometimes with with friends and sometimes with just life in and of itself

09:05you know sometimes you have to and I had to realize it's it's okay to put yourself first you know and

09:11I think also as women we we we take care of others and it's almost like on the plane I know

09:18you've heard that cliche put the seat belt on you for or put the the mask on you first and all that

09:23and I struggle with that you know because I love I think one of the other gifts I have I love to help

09:29I do I do I love to help but sometimes that was again I allowed it to destroy my peace so

09:36I had to sometimes create um boundaries and to take care of me take care of my peace you know this

09:45this mental peace and and again that's what I was not protecting I was not protecting up here uh when

09:51I was working my job and sometimes you know sometimes I would have to take a pause and like

09:55you know I can't talk now you know we can pause and talk later because you know I was just not not

10:02setting boundaries for myself and then I found myself I'm an organized person I know you are too

10:07and I found myself you know just sacrificing a lot for others and not taking care of melody

10:13so I had to do that and and at first it was hard it was really hard because I love help

10:18helping others and then I also found myself you know feeling guilty like well maybe I could have

10:24taken like five ten minutes and now yeah yeah it's it's really and I still got you know a ways to go

10:30but I'm probably 80 percent there is now easier way easier for me to set that boundary and say you

10:37know what let me take a pause you know I'll talk to you next week I'll talk to you next month you know

10:43and make sure that melody is taken care of first you know yeah yeah I got you I got you I have

10:48calendars for that yes I have calendars for that it's like right I'm off are you working no I'm not

10:56working exactly yeah exactly yeah yeah you have to yeah but isn't it crazy sometimes the guilt I'll

11:04speak for me the guilt was there you know when I didn't take that pause and took taking you know

11:09decided to take care of me then I started like feeling guilty you know and my husband he would he

11:15always is on me and is like you know take care of yourself you know get a massage you know do do do

11:22you you know it's okay you know if we have to order grubhub or whatever it's okay if you don't

11:28cook this morning you know or for dinner you know and he is so supportive in that respect and in every

11:34respect because he knows my passion and he's always been supportive and we're supportive of each other's

11:39passion but it was that guilt and I was inflicting on myself you know and not taking that time to create

11:47that peace in my mind to write music or to just just maybe just sit still not in peace and and maybe

11:56just you know meditate you know and I again this was self-inflicted but again I've learned to set that

12:02boundary so oh my gosh it made such a world of difference when I decided to do that yeah it really

12:08does it really does I have learned to say no and smile yes yes and we know no is a complete sentence

12:16right and I was like period it's a complete sentence period period no explanation needed

12:22point as they always say point blank period you know so yeah yeah I was yeah yeah I was I was the

12:32one who was wanting to give an explanation no but no but it's like no just no means no no means no

12:39no they don't need to know all that they just need to know no it's no exactly no exactly no so how

12:46did you put into place because it does take time I mean yeah okay you want to do something for your

12:52grandchildren you want to do something for your husband and your kids and you want to do something

12:55for your friends and you know but how were you able to protect your peace because I I just started

13:04putting calendars in place and then I said no is no and that's it I put the calendar in place

13:10if the calendar says I'm busy no can't do it yeah yeah it was really really simple for me to do that

13:17you know what I mean yeah yeah because calendar it tells me yes or no yeah you know but how about

13:23how did you do it yeah see you're strong in that aspect I'm a calendar person I every day I have to

13:29have something you know now instead of writing it down and sometimes I still do that I have a an app

13:35that I use um to structure and it's actually called structured you know to structure my day

13:40so I had that but I was still allowing myself to be interrupted you you feel me I mean and even

13:48though it was on the calendar I will still pause and say no I can I can still do that no you know

13:53I think what it was I felt like I was I had an S on my chest and I was super woman and feeling I can do

13:59this that and other and then wearing myself out mentally physically and it's like you don't have

14:04an S on your chest you're human and you need to allow yourself to say no and allow that peace to

14:11settle in and that that that I struggled with that you know for years um but now like I said it's come

14:17way easier when I said boundaries like we just said I decided when no when I said no no means no

14:25and no doesn't need an explanation exactly yeah yeah so setting strong boundaries to answer your

14:31question you're setting strong boundaries you know and it may be offensive to others but again

14:35that's that protecting your peace and so your real friends your family that love you friends that love

14:43you will understand you know you need peace it's not like you know and if that if that kills the

14:48friendship or the family ship or whatever ship you know then it wasn't there in the first place

14:53exactly you know so I do I do know you know my husband tells me always be nice yeah yeah be nice

15:01I'm like I am being nice I'm saying no right I mean what's gonna happen is I'm gonna get frustrated

15:08and then I'm gonna be like you do it yourself don't be calling me no more

15:12yeah exactly yeah yeah you know because it's like look if I had the time I would exactly but I don't

15:21so I'm gonna have to say no but it's like okay so you you you did that you wrote about it and is

15:28that what the the the uh the single is about yeah it's about peace and that's my interpretation again

15:34of the song now to be honest um my son he wrote the song you know um but we collaborated and he was like

15:42mom you know what do you want this song to to to to you know basically to discuss and so we always do that

15:49and so he interpreted the song based on what I shared with him as far as what what yeah what

15:55peace meant to me he is so so talented you know in that respect you know there are certain songs we

16:01collaborate on but this particular song he wrote and um like I said he based on the interpretation of

16:07what I wanted the song to be I came up with the title uh again based on circumstances but then he

16:13took it from there so yeah so isn't it beautiful isn't it just beautiful to write with your children

16:19to have something that you can do with your kids even when they're adults that you just you share

16:23these moments it's just yes it's I don't I don't know if there's any words with it you know it is

16:29it isn't ride that yeah it's priceless it's priceless I mean you know he's always been gifted um his you

16:38know title is the official his name is Justin but his title is the official uh J tracks but it's you

16:44know I've identified how talented he was when he was young I mean he can probably play any instrument

16:50never have taken a formal lesson and as a single parent I couldn't even afford it back then you know

16:55for him to take lessons but he started playing you know uh drums first and then piano and then just by

17:02ear and and gift actually from God you know he picked up other instruments and to this day I mean

17:08just an excellent producer writer he produced other artists as well but yeah but um just us

17:13working together in this music realm you're right there's no words to describe it's priceless I mean

17:20he flew here he lives in Atlanta but he flew here and we knocked it out in our studio here um in our home

17:27and um oh my gosh when I say you you can't even put a price tag on it and and we just sell it we just

17:33celebrated it and um yeah I love him so much but yeah it priceless yeah that's wonderful to hear

17:40I like it because you not only are you doing it but the next generation is doing it as well

17:45and of course they're going to pass it down and and continue the legacy you know what I mean and

17:50this that's right that is so important so exactly it really is so you have music video dropping on

17:57November 25th I do I do so we uh went to Northern California we love and we for the last four years

18:06my husband and I've been visiting California we have some extended family in Southern California

18:10and then one year we drove from Southern California to Northern California to Napa Valley

18:15and um last year when we were there I'm like oh my gosh it's I mean entire California scenic

18:22but I'm like I would love to shoot a video here so prior to going um contacted my videographer

18:30and photographer and says hey we're going to be visiting California got this new single piece

18:35coming out you know would you mind flying out here and we can actually shoot the video and so he was all

18:40in so uh we were there about a week and a half and oh my gosh we talked to some locals about some spots

18:47to visit um to shoot that was you know scenic for the video shoot and then based on our prior visits

18:54we identified some places to shoot the video and oh my goodness um let me just say it did not disappoint

19:02we shot in some great locations one of our favorite spots is the PCH and so basically we shot and I

19:11I'm still getting over a fear of heights but I was just like 10 steps from the edge of one cliff

19:16um going through the the video shoot and I told my husband videographer is like don't let me get

19:23excited and start walking backwards because I'd be seeing Jesus sooner than um than I wanted to

19:29but that was my challenge is like I wanted to get that scene of the uh Pacific Ocean and again we we shot

19:40there um on the cliff of the PCH and it was just so beautiful in several other places throughout uh

19:47Northern California and uh oh gosh I cannot wait for it to drop but it was just really really refreshing

19:53so we got some great um some great scenes so can't wait for y'all to see it yeah that is wonderful

20:00that is wonderful I'm so happy for you so thank you you guys like so I mean I've you done so much

20:07music because it's ridiculous okay just just just you've just been with me for three singles that's

20:12all but you've done so many so many other things and so much more music than that but what's in the

20:19future I mean what can I can I count on you to come back oh absolutely absolutely so this will

20:25probably be the last single for 2025 um again just beginning to promote it you know that short

20:31window of promoting your singles and all is all that but next year um what's on the books is for

20:37me to come out with an album so the album will probably right now we're targeting like the spring

20:43of 2026 and it will basically be like a collaboration of the singles that I've released for the last

20:49couple years and some new ones so so yeah that's on on um schedule for like I said

20:55um subject to change but right now we're looking at around like the March April um coming out with

21:00um an album and then probably will drop another single um in January um that I didn't release this

21:08year and but it's already been recorded can so can't wait for you to hear it but just excited now to

21:13to be at peace point intended yeah yeah and be able to release music and and and flow in that passion

21:21it's just priceless yeah it definitely is and I and I thank you so much for being on the show and

21:26sharing this with this you know this is to me it's like it's like opening up something that's so

21:33precious to you you know what I mean like your heart your your your passion your your thing your

21:39your expertise your you know what I mean it's like you don't need to share this with anyone

21:45exactly exactly but you're doing that and I appreciate it what and then like I always ask

21:51at the end of every show I ask what kind of advice do you have for those people coming out with new

21:56music or even wanting to put their heart and their soul in their music and maybe even teaming up with

22:03their children or their grandchildren you know like family members to actually write something like this

22:09yeah yeah yeah just do it just just do it I'm not trying to complicate a really nice answer

22:15you know go for it because sometimes I think what I also had to do early on was determine what success

22:23meant for me you know um if God allows a Beyonce income I'll take it you know but right but right now

22:34and there is a level of success that I've obtained at at this stage in in my career financially and

22:42that's great but right now what success means to me is peace and enjoying my passion and that brings

22:50me peace so I would say to anyone you know take the quantum leap go for it you know the sometimes the

22:58internet can be a little crazy and you know everybody making videos I made ten thousand dollars in an

23:03hour okay maybe they did but most likely they didn't you know so to determine what level of

23:09success or maybe ask yourself what success means to you and a lot of times it probably isn't money

23:15you know um I remember Steve Jobs the former you know founder of um of um Apple you know he on his death

23:22bed and he was like you know he his regrets were not spending time with his family it wasn't you know him

23:29getting more money and all of that it was spending time with family and again me now having the peace

23:34and the um and the joy of of creating music with my son is is priceless so ask yourself what the

23:44success means to me and then then do it is is it going to be scary I mean as we know yaya's singers

23:51and artists it's not for the faint of heart they're people I told my husband we first got together

23:56singers are a dime a dozen you know and it's not for the faint of heart especially when you're an

24:01indie artist you got to put in a work you know you're your marketer you're your you know promoter

24:07you know you're doing all the creative the content and all that now I'm blessed again to have a son and

24:12supportive husband and all that but most times you know your circle is small I would have been blessed

24:17with uh for the last eight years to have a wonderful videographer and photographer so he's part of our team

24:23now but you know you got to put in the work it's it's not easy you got to put in the work um so just

24:28make sure you're at that space um where you're wanting to put in the work until your team develop

24:33you know and then um again just just go for it you know um you may get you know two streams the first

24:40song the next song you may get 10 and that may be family converse and that back in the day that was

24:45my you know back on the cassette tapes my family were the only ones buying my music you know

24:50I know it grew you know and then when I started going on tour in Chicago and Indiana and other

24:55parts of the U.S. and then then my name you know came out here even when I moved to Texas uh 20 years

25:01ago they're like Melody who and so I went on tour in Dallas for three years you know just to get my

25:06name out there you know and then you know it grew from there so don't be afraid I know one of the

25:11scriptures says despise not small beginnings so I say that to anyone you know you may start out small

25:18but believe in yourself if you're gifted and you believe in yourself then then just do it you know

25:23don't look at the internet or social media just have the belief in yourself the belief in the gift

25:29that you have and what God's given you and go for it oh thank you that is such amazing yes that is

25:36great advice yes yes yes I agree with you 159 percent but a little bit more yeah exactly exactly

25:46yeah well Melody thank you so much for being on the show you guys hey I have a scroll that's going

25:51on the bottom if you've been watching here you can get Melody on all her social media platforms

25:56and it is uh very simple it's Melody Davis and also she has a Melody Davis music and she has it on

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26:12wherever you may want that's it that's it it's been such a pleasure yes please support share it subscribe

26:19to my YouTube channel subscribe to the music download and share it um I'm an indie artist so whatever

26:26support you give is definitely appreciate it and again protect your peace that's right and do me a

26:33favor you guys if you do like the song go and purchase it on her website we're only getting about

26:390.004 cents not even a penny per stream and it makes a big difference when you purchase the dollar 99 or

26:47the 99 cent single on the website even if it's 2.99 purchase it on the website because that helps a lot

26:54more than the zero point sorry 0.004 cents that we get exactly so please do that so melodydavismusic.com

27:05we'll put that link in the description box below make sure you go there and check it out and if you

27:10do love the single you do like it you want to support purchase it on the website yes you can stream

27:15it all day long that's extra whatever a penny or whatever maybe after I don't know how many streams

27:21but go ahead and purchase it on the website it makes a big difference thank you guys so much for

27:25tuning in melody thank you so much again for being here it's just been a pleasure and I'm looking forward

27:31to having you back when that next single drops or absolutely album we got an album exactly oh yeah

27:37we'll definitely be back for the album and definitely probably sooner than that but thank you my pleasure

27:42as always yeah yeah thank you and thank you guys again so much for tuning in don't forget to

27:46there to be different and until next time guys see you later I'm not gonna say bye I'm gonna say see

27:52you later thank you for watching

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