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Upsidedown Cat

About Me

Once upon a time, Feb 5, 2005, I had my very first songwriting lesson.

October 20, 2007- First show with Half-Handed Cloud, Lake, The Beauty, and Kelli Schaefer at Urban Grind. It was such fun!

April 5, 2008- second show with LAKE and P.E.T.S. at The Artistery. yes. so much fun.August 17, 2008- recording for the upcoming album...May 12, 2009- third show at the artistery with kelli schaefer, metal, a.w. feldt, and me.june 09- group show with sound ghost collective in st. helens for the kids. (two upsidedown cat songs) and i helped sing on jonathan's two songs. august 17, 2009- still recording... august 28, 2009 Sound Ghost Collective group show at the Red Sea.I also have also helped make many (140ish) improv songs with my friends at Ink Brethren Upsidedown Cat has sometimes been described as lo-fi indie-pop craftcore community college rock. it might also be described as twee-ish, casio-pop or nostalgic, though mainly it's just stories and sing alongs.

a HUGE thank you to Todd.. for being the best songwriting teacher ever and my friend for more than two whole years! And to Abbi, of course, who is a great friend and helped play my first two shows. And to all of you guys who like to sing along to my songs, thanks for being my friends, and thanks for all the encouragement!


Norway song- Upsidedown Cat from Laura Cat on Vimeo . the first official Upsidedown Cat music video filmed and edited by Brianne Friend!!! Yay!

Check out the Soundclick site for Early Recordings(!), random stuff i've made with fruity loops, and the complete collection of recorded Upsidedown Cat songs...

Here's a quote from our friend, Jonathan of the Tuniverse :
"Upsidedown Cat is exactly the kind of pop music I love to discover: fun, catchy, original, quirky, and smart. It just works. Once you hear it, you're hooked! You can't get these songs out of your head. It's refreshing to hear something so melodic and nice without being in any way saccharine or over-produced. If you need to see proof that it's possible to take a casio and create something of true melodic genius, look no further."

A Day in the Life of Upsidedown Cat Part 3: Library Books from Sound Ghost Collective on Vimeo .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/02/2006
Band Website: http://www.soundclick.com/upsidedowncat
Band Members: Laura Cat- songs, vocals, casio keys, and other stuff. and Special Guests on the album... Mike , Jonathan , Chris , Ben , Abbi Valentine, Alan, Alissa, Becka, Dave, Kendra, Kristen, Kyle, Vanessa and...?
Sounds Like: portland and hanging out with your friends all day
Record Label: Sound Ghost Musical Collective
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Show tomorrowwww!!!!

Upsideown cat plays with sound ghost collective group show. fridaythe red sea7535 N chicago7-10 pmUpsidedown Cat BruhnImaginary AirshipLittle Czar and the PsalmistBen Michelyay, this should be lots of...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:31:00 GMT

recording 3.7.09

hey all,so the website for Sound Ghost, the studio i've been recording at, is up and it's pretty amazing. so feel free to check it out. myspace doesn't let you link websites anymore so you'll have to ...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:38:00 GMT

sound ghost studios 9.1.08

how is it september already? i'm so thankful i have about a month left before school really starts. so i still don't really know what to talk about, though we've recorded at least 4 times s...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:12:00 GMT

new cassette 8/21/08

hello friends, so... seeing as i'm starting to record my first album, i spent a while going through old tapes i've recorded over the last 3 and a half years. and i've been thinking for a while of put...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:09:00 GMT

Recording...8/18/08

yep, i'm pleased to announce that we started recording my first song for the album yesterday! hooray! and since my casio doesn't tune we were happy to find out it's in tune with the accordion and a fe...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:59:00 GMT

yay! 7.8.08

hooray! i think i've finally figured out the issue with my mp3s sounding hissy/echoy/gross. so that's exciting, cuz i was getting kind of frustrated. i just uploaded the 3 top songs and i'm not even s...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:43:00 GMT

summer dreams 6/23/08

hello friends! i'm pleased to announce the new summer line of upsidedown cat pillowcases! yay! i just posted a bunch of photos of them. some of them are handsewn and have cat screenprints, others are ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:23:00 GMT

ecoutez 5.31.08

Yay! so tomorrow night is the next episode of Captain Greybeard's Etherwave Radio Show, and there's going to be an interview with me on it, because he's playing my song. Also, i suggested a few musica...
Posted by on Sat, 31 May 2008 19:09:00 GMT

la radio 5.19.08

Hey friends, one of my songs was played on the radio last night! and by radio, i mean the online kind, "captain greybeard's eatherwave radio show." so here's the  archived show  if you misse...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 00:10:00 GMT

happy holidays cassette 4.8.08

Last Friday, on April 4th, Todd recorded Abbi and me, (with some help from Kelli!) We recorded seven songs in Todd's living room, front porch and on the sidewalk. It was super fun, and we kept th...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:40:00 GMT