Home sweet home

Last night we arrived home at sundown. I was so happy to see my dogs...and sleep in my own bed! The tour was a blast...and almost every town we went to I wanted to move there. haha. I still haven't made up my mind where I want to live after I graduate high school. The beauty of it is that I could move almost anywhere...but it's also a little scary to have to make such a decision. Anyway...I'm heading to Fort Worth today (my hometown!) to see my sisters, and to start recording tomorrow.

peace,
Kate

p.s. Above is a photo from last weekend when we played in Lousville, Kentucky.

[Listening to: Anita O'Day - This is Anita]

Rise and shine!!!

My least favorite thing about touring is the early mornings. Above is a pic from a few days ago. Haha...I thought it captured my thought on this subject pretty well.

Today was our last gig...it was in a park in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. One of the coolest towns I've been in. We played at 2, and then after that we went somewhere to cool off and there was live music there. Tiffany Christopher was playing. Very cool chick. She knows her instrument well. and she uses a loop! (I got one on my last birthday...but haven't practiced enough with it. She definitely inspired me to work at it!) Very cool voice too.

It'll be so nice to be home....but I'll only be home one night before I go to Fort Worth for a week or so...I'm recording my first record. We haven't decided if it's going to be an EP or a full record. We're just going to record and see what happens. I'm really looking forward to it. Also next Friday I'm playing lead guitar for Denice Franke at Poor David's Pub in Dallas. So that will be a blast for sure. It's her CD release. If you're in the area stop by and buy a few dozen of her new CDs. :) They're great for christmas presents...and it's a great CD to listen to while you're driving.

I'm exhausted. Good night.

peace,

Kate

Learning is powerful

Today i was lucky enough to receive a voice lesson from a professional opera singer. She's been teaching for years now, and is very good at it I might add. Her name is Jayne Sleder. It was amazing what she was able to get out of me. Stuff that even I didn't know I had in me.

I try to learn as much as possible from people I cross paths with in life ... and let me just say, I've learned a lot I know from others. Watching, learning, and working hard after you learn something to perfect it is the most important part, I think.

Take every opportunity you get to learn. What do you have to lose?

Peace,

Kate

p.s. the pic above is from the beach the other day. It was on Lake Michigan ... absolutely gorgeous.

Sutton's Bay, Michigan

Last night we played a house concert in Sutton's Bay, Michigan. It was a wonderful experience. After the concert we jammed with friends. A good friend of my dad's from college that plays the saxaphone was there and played beautiful sax. It was a great night to start out this little tour. Very soulful.

Tonight we went to see the musical Phantom at a local theatre. The singing was breathtaking. Everyone on the cast was around my age, so it was very inspirational. Also today I was very grateful to witness a voice lesson from a professional opera singer. It was amazing. I had never heard anything like it. I didn't know that the human voice was capable of doing such magnificent things.

Tomorrow we're going to the beach. :) This is kind of like our vacation until Wednesday. Starting then we have a gig every night until we get back to Texas.

Peace,

Kate

The first pic is from a walk my dad and I went on Friday morning. One of his favorite hobbies is taking pictures. I thought this was a cool pic he took of me shooting him the peace sign. :)

Kentucky / Michigan

Humidity. There is no such thing in Michigan. I'm typing this as I enjoy the cool breeze while sitting on a screen porch in Sutton's Bay, Michigan. For the last few summers Adler & Hearne (Lynn and my Dad) have been booking a summer tour in the North for many reasons, but one is to get away from the heat. This is the second year I've come with them, and the first time that I've opened and played lead for them. The first time I came was in '05. That was a year and a half after I had started playing, and I hadn't even begun writing songs yet. I played lead on a few blues songs if I'm remembering correctly. :)

Our first gig is tomorrow night. It's a house concert in Sutton's Bay, Michigan. Most of the concerts on this tour are house concerts. They're always fun because you get to know the audience more then you would at a club or a coffeehouse.


Two nights ago we stayed on a house boat on the Kentucky River in Frankfort, Kentucky. It was an adventure. Right as we were about to go to bed, the carp started banging on the bottom of the boat! We were so tired that we finally fell asleep. It was quite comical though. I was so tired, all I could do was laugh and put a pillow over my head to try to drown out some of the noise. I survived, and I can now say that I've slept on a boat!


I'm being called for dinner. We're having Ahi Tuna tonight. Mmmmmmm! (One of my favorite things about staying at our friends house in Michigan is that every night with dinner we have a big plate of hydroponic tomatoes!)


Peace,
Kate


Pictures at the top of post are taken by Lindy Hearne.
1)taken from the boat as we were floating down the Kentucky River.
2)standing on the edge. :)

2-23-08: A night I won't forget

Last night was amazing. I opened for Terri Hendrix (my idol!! - check her music out by clicking on her name) at Crossroads Coffeehouse. I sang 7 songs. Among those was a song I had written two days before the show, and I sang a blues song for the first time onstage -- Stormy Monday. So I was a little nervous. But it al ended very well. I had the time of my life up there, and it seemed like the audience received my performance pretty well. I got a standing ovation..which felt great! They video taped the whole night, So I'll get some videos up on my Myspace within the next few weeks.

It was fun to get to hang out with Terri and Lloyd again. It's always fun when Theyre around. I always seem to get Lloyd to teach me a few licks :). So that's always a blast. I've learned a lot from both of them just by watching them at their shows and listening to all of Terri's CDs.

Lately I have had a lot of doubts about what I want to do with my life, and what is the "sensible" thing to do. But after last night, I know nothing else I could do would make me as happy as I was last night. Last night helped me realize to stay on the path I am and just work as hard as I can everyday to be the best I can be. And if I do that, then I'll be happy.