The album, Smalltown Girl has produced a couple of great tracks for Melissa Bajric. Not least of all, Blue Mountain Melody’s airplay in the UK & European sector, while here in Australia, the self-penned Luckiest Girl registered good rotation in the southern states on radio and television, pay-tv and community channels.

This week, the third single Sunshine Rain another remake of a Jean Stafford hit, has had a six week long run in the CMC Top 50 charts. Produced by Ross Wood, and filmed on location at a majestic old terrace house in Cooks Hill in Newcastle in early April, the clip aired in late May after landing in the new additions programming.

Melissa’s held her own, steady in the month at 45, 49, 46 and 47 over respective weeks, and still there at 50 in this week’s charts.

The news caps off an otherwise hectic month in June with stage performances at Bluewater Festival’s Port Stephens Winery in early June and weekend gigs in Rockhampton and Bundaberg. It’s big news for the petite singer from Maitland in New South Wales.

Melissa appears at Lord Howe Island in August, resuming the Queensland tour with confirmed dates in Townsville and Mackay in September.

Melissa Bajric’s third single Sunshine Rain a remake of the Jean Stafford hit was filmed on location at an old terrace house in Cooks Hill, a suburb of Newcastle in early April.  The clip aired on CMC over the weekend.  

Melissa says she fell in love with the song from the very first time she heard it on a Jean Stafford CD.

‘It's one of those songs that never ages and with the mix of old and new songs on my last album it just suited perfectly. In the studio there are always a few special moments while recording and this song was one of them for me. It just felt right and from the very beginning, everything just seemed to work.’

‘I knew Lindsay was going to do something really great with the production and when I heard the final mix I was so excited and couldn't wait for people to hear it, and I KNEW that Ross Wood was going to be the perfect video producer for this clip.  When he told me his ideas I couldn't wait to film. On the day of filming, the location was like stepping onto the set of a fairy tale, everything was so pretty. The whole house has so many beautiful things in it and is furnished in a beautiful white and pink theme. It was a really fun day.’

Sunshine Rain on CMC, follows quickly on the heels of her latest NfS release Too Long Between Drinks. 

Radio presenters and pay television won’t be the only ones having a lot of fun with both tracks from her current CD Small Town Girl.  Melissa’s management soon found out what it was like keeping up with the inventive producer on the set.

‘Prior to the shoot Ross kept mentioning an idea he had about scenes through glass with water running over it, and although we couldn't quite picture it he continually maintained that he had a clear vision of it and how it would work.  You have to trust the bloke, don't you?’ he joked.

‘When we arrived he opened the boot of his car to reveal the ‘props department’, which consisted largely of a sheet of glass about 1metre square housed within an old metal frame; and he then promptly gave me the job of cleaning the glass. He said he wanted a rustic effect, so not to make the whole sheet of glass too clean… shooting that scene was an all in effort from there on, on the upstairs balcony of the terrace house, with me holding the sheet of glass at a particular angle so as to reflect the leaves from the trees opposite; with Ross then sprinkling water from a watering can over the glass - dropping the watering can and starting to shoot - stop shooting and more water - drop the can and shoot some more etc.

‘Well, you see what you think for yourself; the bloke's brilliant!’