Welcome to the Music Thursdays segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, Music Thursdays will feature music related content. Music Thursdays will feature an artist or band and their latest song and / or music video. People love music, and we here at Geek Alabama love featuring artists and bands!
Born in Nairobi, Kenya & having grown up all over the world, Melody DeBraux spent her formative years in the DC area where she taught herself to play piano by ear while being trained in classical voice. She began writing and performing her own music at the age of 10 but her love of songwriting flourished during her college years while singing and touring with several local bands out of Nairobi, Kenya. She also began recording her music in studio at around the same time. Once back in the US, Melody spent several years singing and playing guitar and piano in a duo and a few years later started performing solo around her native Houston, TX.
In 2021, Melody released her first solo album, Blue Skies, recorded during the pandemic, when many artists were unable to perform and tour due to the pandemic. While the album has a definite country/pop flare, some songs do reflect an international upbringing with heartfelt ballads expressing a life full of ups and downs. Melody’s combination of sass, strength, and vulnerability are something we all can relate to. Melody currently resides in Tulsa Oklahoma.
BEHIND “YOU DO YOU” – MELODY DeBRAUX
“You Do You” is an ode and dedication to people that go through a difficult relationship. The music video portrays my reflections on a past romance. I often thumb through pages in my notebook as an outlet of expression. in doing so, the lines I had written “Sun rises moon sets days go by so slow…” seemed to capture my feelings. These lines inspired my composition of the lyrics for the song. Beautiful music can come out of hardship and hearbreak.
The music video captures the raw moments of writing and performing the song “You Do You”. The guitar and the faded snapshot suddenly discovered in the guitar case in the music video serve to remind me of the romance years ago. As I reminisced, flashbacks unfold to reveal and re-live the heartfelt and nostalgic moments of the relationship. I am transported back into whirlwind scenes of the romance. Although the connection seems unbreakable, it is also proved to be fragile.
I always want someone to get something out of my songs, whether funny or sad. I think that from a universal standpoint songs about breakup actually help people heal and move on. The line “and maybe.. I can still call you baby” reflects the glimmer of hope that things might somehow work out. These moments form the love story that inspire the original song “You Do You.”
MAKING OF THE MUSIC VIDEO:
When we set out to make our music video “You Do You,” we came together as passionate artists from a variety of backgrounds. This project was a chance for emerging voices to carve out space to share an intensely personal story through music and film. We attempted to capture the raw elements of the heartfelt song in an authentic manner in an urban setting. Fueled by grit and love, we watched in awe as our labor of love took on a life of its own. Our talented cast embodied nuanced characters with both empathy and honesty. Our crew of fellow dreamers gave everything to ring true human emotion from each scene. Our goal now is to connect with audiences who crave poignant, human stories.
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