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Life-changing revelations can come at odd moments. For Rachanee, it was during a job interview.
Unable to choose between pursuing a career in music or a career in photojournalism, her interviewer Nancy suggested she flip a coin to decide which one to focus on for a year. “But,” Nancy warned Rachanee, “picking one means completely giving up the other. So if it comes up photography, you stop writing songs, you quit the band, you put away your guitar…. Are you ready?”
Rachanee replied, “Don’t flip the coin.”
Seven years, three albums, and several national tours after that fateful interview, Rachanee still loves to tell stories – not only through music but now also through acting.
“I’ve always loved the theater,” she says. “What started as a hobby during my non-touring months became a new passion.”
That passion would take her from her native Michigan to Los Angeles, California, where she has already been gaining notice in both worlds. As an actress, she has steadily been booking work in theater, film and TV. As a songwriter, she has been working on her next full-length album while venturing into writing for musical theater.
Career Highlights:
- “With Me Always” is featured in the 2011 film, Stay Cool, starring Hillary Duff and Winona Ryder
- Awards in regional and national contests for her music, including “Here With Me” (IMA Best Contemporary Christian Song) and “From Here” (2nd Place, Great Lakes Songwriting Contest)
- Accepted as one of 12 songwriters in the ASCAP Pop Songwriters Workshop in Nashville, TN
- “Ordinary Girl” reached #1 on WPFF (MI/WI). The song stayed at #1 for three consecutive weeks and to date is still one of the station’s top 10 most requested songs
- Multiple appearances on “Tuesdays with Morrie” author Mitch Albom’s nationally syndicated radio program
- Has opened for national acts such as Warren Barfield, former Caedmon’s Call member Derek Webb, Paul Wright, and Brian VanderArk of the Verve Pipe
