I am delighted to tell you that “Mountaintops and Oceans” received more recognition in the 2023 Great American Song Contest! This song, honoring my mother, was written by Nancy Beaudette and me, and was a finalist in the Christian/Inspirational category. There were more than 1800 songwriters from forty-two countries participating in the competition. It is always wonderful to receive compliments about our songs, and this affirmation from industry professionals is quite rewarding.
I’m so pleased to let you know that TWO of my songs were chosen as FINALISTS in the prestigiousMid-Atlantic Song Contest in the Gospel/Inspirational category. This competition is one of the largest and most distinguished in the country. Both Mountaintops and Oceans, and Cradled by the Moon have been recognized for excellence in songwriting. Thank you so much to my writing partner, Nancy Beaudette, for co-writing these songs with me. I’m honored and grateful! (listen to the songs here: https://janblaising.com/video/)
I am so grateful for the response to Mountaintops and Oceans! The song and video had over 47,000 views on Facebook over Mother’s Day weekend, hit top 20 playlist on PlayMPE radio, had almost 22,000 views on YouTube, and was featured on numerous blogs and national playlists!
With gratitude, Jan.
Panoramic Shot of Cannon Beach, Oregon. View from Ecola State Park in Cannon Beach, Oregon.
Thank you WRCT Radio for including Mountaintops and Oceans on your Mother’s Day Playlist! It’s wonderful to be on a playlist with so many wonderful artists, including Susan Cattaneo, Joe Crookston, and so many more!
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We are celebrating Jan’s Mountaintops and Oceans charting on PlayMPE’s Christian Top 20 radio streams, along side Matthew West, Tauren Wells, Elevation Worship, and other fabulous artists.
I’m EXCITED to announce that the award-winning Women of Substance Music Podcast is featuring my song today. Mountaintops and Oceans is one of sixteen songs chosen for this special occasion. It has been included on a special Mother’s Day playlist that is now live on the following streaming sites:
Thank you to Louder Than the Music for this Press Release. I really appreciate the support!
“Jan Blaising has released her latest single Mountaintops and Oceansto celebrate Mother’s Day. It’s a song she wrote to honor her Mom and it tells the story of a woman who overcame significant obstacles in her early life through love and faith.
It describes the ways Jan’s Mom brought gifts of grace and grandeur from her early home in Washington state to the Indiana plains, where she met and married a minister and raised a family. Mountaintops and Oceans is a great track for any upcoming Mother’s Day playlists, and honors mothers everywhere.
“Such a beautiful song – like a fresh mountain stream and your voice and the production are impeccable!” ~ Beth Nielsen Chapman (bncmasterclasses.com)
Jan Blaising grew up skipping rocks in Indiana – a preacher’s daughter with a rebel’s heart. Her first songs were Crayola scratch marks on her blue notebook of staff paper. Though Jan’s had her share of reasons to stop believing, this rebel heart has finally come home to her faith in God in her debut EP, Faith, Hope and Love.
Graduating from Crayolas to crafting songs, Jan’s new song, Mountaintops and Oceans, won an award for “Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting” in the Great American Song Contest in the “Christian/Inspirational” category.”
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I am completely humbled by the response we’ve received to recording and video of It Wasn’t a Silent Night After All. My deep thanks to everyone who listened, viewed and shared this Christmas song on social media. It garnered near 60,000 plays and 1,000 shares on Facebook alone! Here are a few comments from friends and fans:
“Not only are the lyrics and melody wonderful, but I love the art/video too! My new favorite Christmas carol!”
“Woke up singing this in my head on Christmas morn.”
“Yes, this is more like it was in reality, so beautiful.”
“Beautiful voice giving an old favorite a different perspective. Thank you.”
“Though I’m not religious in the least, I am familiar with the Christmas story of Jesus’s birth. I found this piece deeply moving. Thank you for sharing it.”
I’m pleased to share with you the premiere of my lyric video, “It Wasn’t a Silent Night After All.”
This song was a true gift. I came home from a Christmas Eve service at our church, and Something was pushing me that I recognized as a “song nudge,” so I sat down at my piano in my living room, and this song just came out.
The idea of the song is that when God chose to enter the world and become human, God didn’t choose perfect circumstances – so the song tries to capture the difficulty and the hardship of that holy night – because if God didn’t choose perfect circumstances when God came to earth, then that means God can enter into our imperfect circumstances too.
I brought the idea to my co-writer, Nancy Beaudette, and together we crafted the idea into a song that retells the Christmas Story from a different vantage point.
Maybe it can be a reminder that God didn’t come for perfect. God came in person – to real people and for all people, to show us how much He Loves us, and to save us with that Love.
