Louder Than The Music

Mariee Murphy is a talented singer and songwriter who has just released her new single 'If It Weren't For Grace'. Louder Than The Music spoke to her about discovering his voice, writing her own songs, and her plans to release an EP later this year.

For those who haven't heard of you before, can you tell us a bit about yourself and how you got involved in making music?

Hello everyone. My name is Mary Murphy. I changed the spelling of my name for the stage to Mariee because there are SO many Mary Murphys.
I have been singing for as long as I can remember. My mother used to write songs and my four siblings and I would sing them. We would perform skits and plays. My two sisters and I would imitate the girl groups of the day like The Pointer Sisters etc. It didn’t occur to me until I was an adult that I would always choose to be the lead singer and my sisters would choose to be my background singers.

When I was about 10 years old, I realized I could really sing. I sang a line from the song “Always” by Atlantic Star (It must have been sent from up above). I said to myself, “That sounded really good”

I got distracted, however, in middle school because sports attracted me and I was very good at any sport I played. I didn’t sing all through middle school and high school.

It wasn’t until I met my husband that I started singing again. He helped me to understand that not only am I a good singer, and have a passion for it, I’m anointed for it. I’m called to sing, and THAT changed the game.

I started leading worship at my husband’s church that he launched and have led worship at all of his church plants for the last 26 years.

Now, I’m a teacher, singer, author, and entrepreneur. I work alongside my husband, planting churches, traveling, singing, preaching, and leading worship. I began my singing career singing on church albums as a lead and background vocalist. Later I was part of a group called Nu Flava that traveled and sang regionally and recorded a studio album. I became a solo artist in 2003. I won a Dallas, TX competition and was featured on The Inspiration Network. I had the opportunity to sing in the presence of Michelle Williams (former Destiny's Child singer), Russ Lee, Sheri Keagy, Brian Free (an award-winning vocalist), and Clifton Davis from the classic T.V. show Amen. I have had the opportunity to open for Vicki Winans, Mary Allesi, Alvin Slaughter, Shawn Slaughter, Mynista, Jesse Duplantis, and Bishop Wiley Jackson, Jr.. My most recent accomplishment was a Broadway tour where I performed all over Florida; traveled to Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.