There are those rare artists among us who are destined to mature, blossom and grow into superstars. Their journey is what takes them there, but experience is what keeps them on top. Cady Mcclain is one of them.

Cady McClain is an actor, writer and musician. She began her career as one of the "stick on us" kids in the Band-Aid commercials. Born in Burbank, CA and reared in Laguna Nagel, CA, she currently lives in New York City, where she plays "Dixie" on the ABC's soap hit, All My Children (AMC). She was voted one of daytime TV's "Most Beautiful Women" and won two Emmy Awards for her current role on All My Children and previous role as "Rosanna Cabot," the rich, beautiful vixen on As the World Turns.

"Dreams come true by listening to the little voices from within and believing in yourself," Cady says. "I found my inner strength from having to live with death because my mother was ill for a long period of time." She has been writing music since her early twenties and through the support of friends and loved ones she continues to write music that will soon inspire us all. Since 1993, Cady has been performing in clubs in New Orleans, recently assisting artists who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. "Writing songs is like writing a poem," Cady says. "Songs are rhythmic stories... like prayers. I tell truths inside of riddles."

Cady is most inspired and influenced by the music of Grammy winner Shawn Colvin and recently collaborated with Emily Lazar on her debut album, Blue Glitter Fish. Emily is best known for her outstanding mastering, editing and studio work and has also worked with David Bowie, Lou Reed, and Madonna. Cady is also working with multi-award winning producer George Walker Petit. "The very first time I heard Cady's music we connected," says Petit, "she's been writing all this great stuff for years, songs about life, love, loss and the journey. Cady can express her ideas and paint her pictures in so many genres... Her lyrics caught me first, expressive, vivid and at times, heart wrenchingly beautiful."

BlueGlitterFish, is a compilation of a series of musical collages and journeys through her inner life. The title of the CD is from a painting Cady made of a girl sitting in a cafe surrounded by swimming fish. "I have often felt as an actress that I was in a fish bowl, that my person was a product, and that (among a few other things) has been difficult to live with, ergo, the girl is blue. Inside, though, that girl has been swimming with ideas and magic music is the magic that has been dying to get out." The original songs on her 11 track CD include "Silence," a love song, "My Guitar," a heavy rock song, and "Dreamer," a dark dance tune about a guy who can't move forward. Her favorite composition, "Africa," is evocative of the mystery that is Africa. "We all have our Africa inside of us which alludes to the mysterious, dark and unexplored," Cady says.

Blue Glitter Fish was recently launched at the Kitchen Club in Manhattan, where Cady was joined by her AMC castmates Chrishell Strause, Levin Rambin, Walt Willey Hunt Block, Sidney Penny, Thorsten Kaye and Bobbie Eakes. Marja Samson (Executive Chef and owner of The Kitchen Club and Chibi's) created the sake and dumplings menu for the evening. The CD was also recently played on Sirius Satellite Radio when host Larry Flick featured Cady on his show. This was a delightful success to Cady and her many fans, many of whom have not heard this other wonderful talent possessed by their favorite soap opera star.

One cannot but wonder at the beauty and essence of this remarkable and talented woman, who says she has "learned to appreciate all that is beauty and the humbling quality of love and being in love and making creative and harmonious music."

BlueGlitterFish is available on www.cadymcclain.com.