"Set For Love" Album Release

Updates from composer / performer Mavis Pan

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Set For Love by Mavis Pan

Dear Friends,

Happy Mother’s Day!

Since I dropped my first single on Valentines Day, many people have expressed their impatience to hear the rest. I am happy to announce that the long-awaited full album “Set for Love’’ is officially released today.

Though I am not a mother, as a composer, I see each composition process as giving birth to a child. This album was birthed in a lot of labor pain. Two of the songs are written many years ago but some were written right after a recent break-up. There is a mix of emotions when someone walks out your life: betrayal, anger, bitterness, sadness, loneliness, and jealousy – but none can be compared to the intensity of missing someone. I realize I can’t escape such pain with drugs, alcohol, or jumping on a dating site to find a rebound. I decided to embrace my pain, alone in my basement apartment, writing songs. After a year of recovery, I thought I was well enough to finally move on, but depression came back right before the recording sessions began. I felt like a ballerina with split toes who nevertheless has to put on her pointe shoes and go onto the stage. Although the delivery process of this album was quite painful, I am still a proud mother presenting this beautiful baby to the world. During this project, I have learned that pain is as sacred as joy. Pain is what a woman has left to prove to the world that she has loved. It is the receipt she can hold to prove that she has paid the price of love, regardless of how imperfect her love is. Yet such pain can be transformed into something beautiful in an artist’s hands, it is not suffered in vain.

Set For Love by Mavis Pan

Although the main theme of this album is Love, it celebrates more than romantic love. During my time of grieving over the loss, I realized I am still very blessed with family and dear friends who cared deeply about me and surrounded me with love while I battled depression. Every track has been created by a loving family of friends, musicians, coaches, engineers, lyricist and producer. At the moment of losing of my faith or hope of finding love again, their love for me has helped me to regain strength to move forward.

I would like to take this special moment to thank my dear mother, who has showed me the greatest love on a daily basis (cooking, shopping, free laundry:-)) while I worked on the album. This album would not have been born without her tremendous support and sacrifice. She is a role model of a strong and hardworking woman and I celebrate this special day by dedicating this album to her. If you can, present your mother with tickets to my CD release concert on June 1st. I think she will enjoy it!

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Best regards,

Mavis

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