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Catherine Coates

God bless the child who's got his own

About Me

Well, what can I say... I've been performing since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I haven't gotten much taller since then but luckily enough I'm still performing. I studied opera with the renowned contralto Bernadette Greevy and intended to pursue a classical direction until one day I heard Ella Fitzgerald on the radio and decided to travel a different route. I've been lucky enough to work with many of our country's top performers and musicians and have travelled all over the world but my heart has always been here in our fair city.Up until now I've been a performer who has been interpreting other peoples music but I'm currently working on my own songs. Everybody has something to say and hopefully my songs will mean something to someone else, and if they do, then I'm happy.I come from a prominent musical family here in Dublin, as far back as three generations of pianists, guitarists, singers, drummers..etc. and I'm very proud to be part of that history. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/20/2006
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Influences: My influences have been broad and varied, everything from Madonna to Mozart. I do admit I'm partial to a bit of country now and then, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash etc. I love to listen to blues, Bonnie Raitt, BB King.I try to take away a little piece of inspiration from everything I listen to, whether it be Jazz, Classical or Rock and I try not to let any one genre influence me any more than another.Songwriters such as Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits have been a big inspiration to me to start writing my own material which I'm currently working on and hopefully will have ready to upload soon.
Sounds Like: I try to sound like I mean it !
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Meaning of Life

Haven't written anything in a while so here goes.....Doing some serious soul searching over the last little while and I think I finally have it cracked!!! I've been a musician all my life and it has ...
Posted by Catherine Coates on Fri, 04 May 2007 05:10:00 PST

My Celebrity Look-alikes

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Posted by Catherine Coates on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:24:00 PST

Best Christmas Pressie Ever!!!!!

I received the best Christmas pressie ever! A Pro-Tools Mbox.....no more midi thank the heavens (never could get it right anyway) Now that I have the means to write and record, I've drawn a complet...
Posted by Catherine Coates on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:48:00 PST

Songwriters, I Salute You!

I believe the art of songwriting to be a unique talent that a few lucky people posess. I've always been an interpreter of other peoples music but recently I've been trying to work on my own music, an...
Posted by Catherine Coates on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:10:00 PST