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Katie Strand

About Me

Katie Strand Review:This sultry voiced LA singer/songwriter will immediately begin to tease you with her solo explorations on piano and guitar. Her elegant, easy performance presence will flirt with you through a wide repertoire of original works that will evoke the spirits of light, laughter and sexuality in even the coldest of rooms. A teller of tales and a shameless temptress to be sure, her musical stylings both whimsical and searching, her lyrics often haunting, always insightful, Katie Strand might be best described as “a chanteuse for a summer night, with a crystalline voice, a child’s wit, and a courtesan’s wicked streak.” She is the perfect catalyst for your next seduction date, if her free and moving musicianship doesn’t seduce you first.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/01/2006
Band Website: http://www.katiestrand.com
Influences: Everyone and everything.... Artists worth mentioning: Prince, Johnny Cash, Bill Withers, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Billy Holiday, Fleetwood Mac, Simon & Garfunkle, David Wilcox, Ani DiFranco, John Lennon, The Beatles, Ray Charles, Etta James and Carly Simon. But there are many more than this. I went through a Def Leopard and Poison phase and even spent some time with Iggy and Rage. Try to box me in.
Sounds Like: Someone skirting the lines between folk, jazz, burlesque, bossa nova & blues.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

My Buddha has termites

I sit down each morning to practice yoga. Most days I sit near a wooden table in my home, on which sits a lovely wooden buddha, sitting about 2 feet high, hand carved by some underpaid laborer in a fo...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:01:00 GMT

Nanking - Sundance & Tribeca

Many of you know me fairly well, and still don't know what's happening with my most recent production project, Nanking. Nanking won an award at Sundance and also is having an East Coast premiere at Tr...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:55:00 GMT

The old me teaches the new me.

The thought that got me out of bed last night and kept me sleepless and restless was, "I don't know what to do."Finally, I slept, praying in sleep for peace; praying in sleep for an answer. Somewhere ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:45:00 GMT

The original pain work

As I go through life doing all I can to be the best person I can be and to live the most abundant, creative and love-filled life, there are inevitably tough times - emotionally heavy, lonely, sad, wha...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:43:00 GMT

Songwriting is like sex...

There are qualities about songwriting, that when taken out of context, sound very similar to my other favorite activity.EXAMPLESWhen songwriting, I almost always:Loose track of timeFeel elated, high &...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 11:32:00 GMT

Varietals of tired...

Variety is usually good. At least as far as I'm concerned. But have you noticed that tired is different for different things?Right now I'm tired because I'm over-worked (70 hrs a week right now), and ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 01:02:00 GMT

Pillar of Salt

I read Slaughterhouse 5 years ago, but for some reason this passage stays with me...Kurt Vonnegut talks about Sodom & Gomorrah, and about Lot's Wife, and how she couldn't help but look back. As a resu...
Posted by on Wed, 17 May 2006 13:13:00 GMT

Just say NO to alligators in your sleep...

Last night, for the first time in a year, my dreams of water didn't contain alligators.According to dream analyst experts, alligators in dreams mean there's a problem in your life. For me, the alligat...
Posted by on Tue, 02 May 2006 23:21:00 GMT

Donuts

DonutsSome friends (who will remain nameless so as to protect their identities) told me about a policy...a friends getting action policy that I'd like to spread around the globe...Donuts.Anytime anyon...
Posted by on Mon, 01 May 2006 11:41:00 GMT

The Three Chakra Connection -by Dr. Alex

Something a good friend sent to me by some fellow who calls himself Dr. Alex. Very educational if you have 3 minutes to read...Today, I want to talk to you about breakups, and what they can teach you ...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:31:00 GMT