Today we’d like to introduce you to Savannah Walters.
Hi Savannah, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I grew up in the world of musical theater and worship leading. From a really young age, I knew I wanted singing to be part of my life forever. I just wasn’t sure what that would end up looking like.
For a long time, I thought theater was the path. I ended up studying music at a Christian college in Tennessee instead. I think there was a big part of me that wanted to be “discovered.” I had been a big fish in a small pond back home, and moving to Nashville was a quick reminder that I wasn’t the only one chasing that dream.
In my late teens and early twenties, I actually stepped away from pursuing music for a while. I discovered other strengths I had and built a life outside of it. But somewhere along the way, I found my way back. I stopped chasing music for what it could give me and started loving it again the way my childhood self did. That’s when I started writing, and a whole new chapter opened for me.
As I began writing with other people around Nashville, I realized something. As much as I loved what I could create on my own, collaboration always seemed to make the songs stronger. There was something really special about meeting someone where they were, hearing their story, and building something beautiful together. That was the moment I truly fell in love with songwriting. Not just the finished song, but the process itself.
That brings us to today. After years of writing, I started dreaming about making my first album. Now it’s finally out in the world, and I couldn’t be more proud of it.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Not exactly. Haha.
I was diagnosed with endometriosis at 24, but I’d been living with it since I was about 14. For years I was in debilitating pain that doctors couldn’t explain, and not being believed was almost as hard as the pain itself. It took a huge toll on my mental health.
From 17 to 21, I was having episodes that doctors thought were seizures. I struggled to hold a job because I was in so much pain, even after my surgery. Looking back, I was grieving a lot. I felt like I’d lost so much of my college experience, and I carried a lot of resentment over how long it took to get answers.
Eventually I hit a breaking point. I felt overwhelmed by the pain, work, bills, and the life I was trying so hard to hold together. So I sold almost everything I owned, bought a van, threw a bed in the back, and drove to the first place I wanted to see. What I thought would be a short escape turned into about a year and a half on the road. It gave me space to breathe and, in a lot of ways, rebuild.
Around that same time, I had another major shift. I studied theology in college, and as I asked more questions, many of the beliefs I’d built my life around began to unravel. Leaving the church meant walking away from something that had shaped so much of my identity. It was incredibly lonely, and it created a lot of tension within my family. There was a season where I felt like almost everything familiar had fallen away.
As difficult as those years were, they shaped who I am as a songwriter. They taught me to sit with hard questions instead of rushing to answers, and they gave me a much deeper empathy for other people’s stories. I don’t think I’d write the way I do without having lived through all of that.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I’d lean into the connection between the two creative disciplines, because that’s actually a pretty unique part of your story.
While music is what most people know me for now, photography is what carried me through my young adult years. When music lost its spark for a while, photography became the creative outlet that reminded me how to see the world again. It taught me to notice light, emotion, composition, and the quiet moments that often say the most.
I’ve photographed everything for my music project myself, from album artwork and press photos to visual storytelling across social media. I love having my hands in every part of the creative process because it allows the visual world to feel like a true extension of the music.
More than anything, I’m proud that I’ve built my career by following curiosity instead of staying in one lane. Whether I’m writing a song or taking a photograph, I’m chasing the same thing: honesty. I want people to feel seen. I want them to walk away feeling like someone put words, or images, to something they couldn’t quite explain themselves.
Looking ahead, one of my biggest dreams is to blend music and photography even more intentionally, creating projects where the visual storytelling is just as meaningful as the songs themselves.
So, before we go, how can our readers or others connect or collaborate with you? How can they support you?
If you’d like to support what I’m building, the biggest thing you can do is join my mailing list at SavsMusic.com. Social media is wonderful, but email is still the best way for me to stay connected with the people who genuinely want to follow along. Beyond that, streaming the music, buying the album or merch, coming to a show when I’m in your area, or making a donation all make a real difference as an independent artist.
I’m also available for collaboration and freelance work. I still work for hire as a songwriter, vocalist, photographer, and vocal coach, and I absolutely love collaborating with other artists and creatives. Those projects not only help me sustain this wild, beautiful music career, but they also keep me inspired and connected to the creative community.
Whether you’re listening to a song, wearing a t-shirt, hiring me for a project, or simply sharing the music with a friend, you’re helping make this dream possible. I don’t take that for granted.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://Savsmusic.com
- Instagram: @savs.music
- Facebook: @ily.savs
- Youtube: @Savsmusic
