Dorothy Savage
Dorothy Savage launches into Christian music with her debut album, End of Me, as a fresh exciting voice that is a powerhouse in more ways than one. She can coax a song or belt one but she also has a voice to speak strength to her Christian sisterhood in living out a new chapter in a life that has already lived more than one amazing ‘dream come true.’ From earning her music degree in college to the bright footlights of the Broadway theater stage in New York—and now the recording studios of Nashville—the spark of kinetic energy and bright “can do” spirit that is Dorothy Savage has won the personal battles in her own young life with the simple realization that real strength comes in letting go of her own agenda and letting God have His way.
Freedom is a theme that resounds through her music and message on the new project. It’s one Dorothy is passionate about.
“When I wrote the song, ‘End of Me,’ I was at a very frustrated point in my life. I’m a perfectionist who has always been motivated to work harder, reach higher! Nothing I did was good enough to me—inspite of the praise of other people—I was always empty and exhausted by having fallen short of my own expectations. I remember one day falling in a heap and crying out to God, ‘Why can’t I just get it right?’ What He said back to me, changed my life. In my heart, I could hear Him saying, ‘Dorothy, I never asked you to be perfect–or anything more than you are—this glorious mess you think you are—is exactly who I created you to be! When I got over myself and my own insecurities—when I came to ‘the end of me,’ I came to the point God could use me.”
For her first project, Dorothy has enlisted the help of some of Nashville’s best talent to create an album as multi-faceted as she herself can be. Producers Marty Magehee, (of 4HIM) has creatively worked with her in studio over the months it took to assemble the music. Chris Omartian (Rubyz, Atomic Blonde) produced two songs. Great song writers contributed the content to Dorothy’s voice – including: Chris Sligh (American Idol), Dan Muckala ( Backstreet Boys) Jill Philips, and Cindy Morgan.
The musical diversity of this project provides an appropriate auto-biographical lifeline of songs that trace Dorothy’s journey through rich waters as different as “Beautiful Savior” or “As Long As It Takes” To have a new artist, unencumbered by genre or format, bring her voice to these songs is an exciting and dangerous proposition. Dorothy does it with style.
Dorothy Savage’s message in her music is to tell what life looks like ‘over the wall’ in God’s light. It is a place of extraordinary freedom that invites us to stop expecting more from ourselves than God does. “I came to realize in my own life, God not only can look beyond our weakness—He can look beyond our perceived ‘strength’ and give our hearts a place to rest. I hope my music will encourage others to find that place.”
