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I've always loved music like it was my best friend. Every summer from age 3 to 9 I'd sing for the Gong Show at a Pennsylvania resort where my dad Tony performed. On the ride there he'd would teach me and my younger brother Bobby to sing Doobie Brothers and the Beach Boys in 3-part A Capella. At 10 years old, my parents got me a voice teacher who sang Gospel Music at a reformed Church in Yonkers, NY. She noticed I loved to sing in a full voice and, although I'm not Baptist, Dr. Brenda Ellis (hope you're reading this!) taught me church and folk songs. She definitely changed my life.Soon afterward I started to write my own songs. I taught myself to play the piano in my high schools auditorium during off-periods. One of my friends (Hi ChristELLL!) introduced me to a writer at a local recording studio and we started writing Pop songs for myself and other signed and unsigned female artists every week after school. Everything seemed to inspire a song (especially when you have high school drama!!). Ric Wake of Casablanca Records (formerly Epic) and his partner Jayne Young got hold of the recordings and forwarded them to every writer they knew (thanks Jayne, Matt and Joey, hope you're reading this too. You definitely jump started my career!). Thanks to them my voice has been featured on recordings with my songwriter idols such as as Carole King, Peter Zizzo, Paul Williams and pop team Sturken & Rogers!Since then I've sung at places like World-Famous Birdland in New York City with Manhattan School of Musics Jazz Grammy A Capella Choir, Lincoln Center (!!), Madison Square Garden where I got to perform at multi-star events as the youngest backup singer for my vocal idols like Patti Labelle, Ray Charles, Alicia Keys and Chaka Khan (and the real Doobie Brothers!), to the Grammys with R&B artist Ashanti, and to Yankee Stadium to sing the National Anthem at a major playoffs game at 16!So here I am, a 5 foot 3 singer and songwriter whose Napoleon Complex lies somewhere in my throat. Singing dynamically seems to give catharsis.. but also revs me up when I'm tired... Music gives and gives until every time you hear a song you take something else from it, whether intellectual or emotional. For anyone who likes music on a home-to-work basis only, please... REALLY listen in and let it do the same for you!

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Member Since: 3/1/2005
Band Website: KathrynRaio.com
Band Members: MD, Keys: Christian Almiron --- Drums: Anthony Riscica --- Bass: Adam Mason --- Trumpet: Kenyatta Beasley --- BGVs: Alia Marie, Liz Marra, Cortney Layne --- BGDs: Shar Adrias & Eric ____________________________________________________________ ____Kathryn Raio- The EKit

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Influences: Corinne Bailey Rae, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Natsasha Beddingfield, Amy Winehouse, John Mayer, Donny Hathaway, Amerie, Incubus, Beyonce, Carole King, Rich Harrison, Mariah Carey, RadioHead, Chaka Khan, Coldplay, Joss Stone, Billie Holiday, Celine Dion, Bloodshy, Whitney Houston, Gavin De Graw, Justin Timberlake, Joni Mitchell, Allison Krauss, Sheryl Crow, random subway chatter and people, the little things, my mom
Sounds Like: Something like Corinne Bailey Rae meets Alicia Keys!.... meets Norah Jones meets Joss Stone meets Natasha Beddingfield meets.. Kathryn Raio lol!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

You know it's a good song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5pP55u9s10 I love this girl! And this song is so great to begin with it translates so well....
Posted by Kathryn Raio on Sat, 24 May 2008 08:48:00 PST

Live a Lil!

New Year, New You. It's my goal to wake everyone up out of their lil routines and ruts and make us all LIVE A LITTLE!!!I did! I've decided to fight the wintertime blues with SKIING!! It (sunshine) gi...
Posted by Kathryn Raio on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:25:00 PST

Songwriters Circle contest finalist

Hey guys! I just got back from the Songwriters Circle contest where I'm a finalist for the song "Back on my Own." All the other songwriters were great, and the low-key concert at the Bitter End was a...
Posted by Kathryn Raio on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:54:00 PST

Video

So I finally posted my EPK on myspace! Filmed and edited by the fabulous Shar of Movements (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewpr ofile&friendid=36393701), the "Katumentary" is f...
Posted by Kathryn Raio on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:46:00 PST

Tabloids and Twinkle Toes

Oh my God!! I finally found my picture on the web! Hahaa good thing they didn't get me later on in the night ;) No, seriously....My mom always warned me about my pics being on the web ;-p SPEAKIN...
Posted by Kathryn Raio on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:12:00 PST

My Grandma is the COOLEST

Check this out- my Grandma had to move to my house in Westchester with my mom so she could be taken care of. She offered me her house (to rent)!! So not only do I have a hot house to live in (of cou...
Posted by Kathryn Raio on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:54:00 PST

I always knew it!!!!!

I swear I have dreams that I'm superwoman. What I would give to actually fly from skyscraper to skyscraper... Your results:You are SupergirlSupergirl 100TD>Wonder Woman 100TD>Superman 85TD>Robin 7...
Posted by Kathryn Raio on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:40:00 PST

All dressed up and nowhere to go

Hey ALL Things lately have been crazy and I haven't been online. Sorry for not responding to all the great e mails and comments! Unfortunately all the work I've been doing lately hasn't panned ou...
Posted by Kathryn Raio on Thu, 24 Nov 2005 06:54:00 PST

NYC SHOWCASE 10/17 OPENING FOR MAMMA MIA COSTAR!

Hey thanks for supporting thus far!! Because of you and my team and other crazy random events in my life I've gotten a bunch of label interest!!! I got called to sing backup for a great talent...
Posted by Kathryn Raio on Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:41:00 PST

DL / CDs / 400th friend!

What a great day for an online celebration. Not only is it my two good friends' birthdays but on the 4th of October we're celebrating another 4-- my 400th friend on myspace! LoL I'm new. So welco...
Posted by Kathryn Raio on Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:16:00 PST