Off the back of the Aotearoa Music Awards, indie folk star Mel Parsons has been planning out her next steps.

She's released her new single Brick by Brick and she's been touring her way through New Zealand before making some stops in Australia.

She says she feels 'lucky' that she gets to create her music independently - and she's experienced plenty of growth.

"With the way that our industry's changed, everything's based around streaming and social media - and it's frustrating at times, because not everyone loves being on social media all the time...but we just have to accept that it's part of what we do."

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