Solo Career
Payne became a solo artist and signed with Sandi Patty's Stylos label (home also of Ben Utecht). Her first outing as a solo performer was with a song called "Reach The Day," penned by her along with Scott Krippayne. The song was written for a young friend of Payne's, who has battled Neuroblastoma since the age of three. It was debuted on Louisville's WJIE 88.5 station on May 21, 2010. A number of singles were released to raise money for Neuroblastoma research. Payne also recorded a duet with Sandi Patty ("When Life Gets Broken") for her upcoming album, The Edge of the Divine.
Payne's first solo album, Sweet Exchange, released September 2010 on Stylos. An album featuring classic hymns with modern, worshipful choruses, Sweet Exchange is a very personal project for Payne. In an in-depth interview with CBN.com, she explained her hope for the record. "My heart is in this record, that it would become something churches could do," she says, "that the body of Christ would be edified and lifted up and brought to the places gratefulness for what God has done for them in Christ."
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