So, have you ever been sick and had things to do? This week has been a example of that! I was so excited for all that was booked and planned for my week in Nashville. Co-writes, playing out, demo work, voice lessons, just cool stuff in general! To my surprise, I wake up on my day of departure from Arkansas to find that I'm feeling terrible. Thankfully, I've gotten to do almost all of what I had planned!!
Co-writing has been great this week. I've gotten to write with great Nashville songwriters Trent Jeffcoat, Rich Eckhardt (Toby Keith's guitar player!), Mason Douglas and Jamie Nattier from Indiana. I'm excited about what we have written! And I still have one more tomorrow with Eddie Heinzelman, who plays with Julie Roberts and Billy Yates! Tuesday night I played at the Commodore Grille with Ashley McBryde, Matthew Huff and Benny Reiner on drums (they are all AWESOME btw). We're all from Arkansas, so we had fun for sure. I'm going to get to play there one more time on Saturday night before I leave for home!
Today, I went with my Dad and looked around the Middle Tennessee State University campus where I'm starting college next fall. It's a weird transition time, but exciting at the same time. I like the campus a lot. I'm now starting the housing phase, registering for dorms and all of that fun stuff. I'm interested to see who my roommate will be considering I don't know any students :/ but I'm sure it will work out great!!
I think the worst part of this sickness is the ear infection because I don't know how loud I'm talking or when I turn up the TV or radio if it's too loud for other people! hahah I'm glad it will pass soon!
My Reverbnation account is updated so go check that out! I hope you have a big Friday Night planned like me, resting and MOVIE NIGHT hahah. I love that. Really, I'm excited, but I'm not sure what we'll find to watch. Hopefully, no scary movies. I can never handle those.
Tomorrow is my last day in Nashville and then I'll be back in a week so, really, I should never unpack my suitcase haha :p So much great stuff happening, though, so it's all worth it. Keep coming back to see new updates and blogs. Thanks for taking the time to read!!
Love, Katy
Friday, January 27, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
GRADUATION YEAR 2012
Hey everyone! How were your holidays?? I had a great time with all of my family and going from one Christmas to the next then having a New Year's Eve get together with karaoke and homemade pizza. It was a great time and break. I also finished my senior year of high school a semester early to be able to travel to Nashville and write more often before I begin college in the Fall at MTSU (Middle Tennessee State University).
I just got back home after a week of songwriting in Nashville, where I had a lot of productive things happen and got to see and meet many talented people!! I'll be back in Arkansas for a week then back to Nashville for a week ... that's pretty much the game plan until the Summer. One week here, one week there.
I'm also excited about the Cotton Bowl win by the Razorbacks!!!
I'm looking forward to going to college and the changes that come along with it, but I'll also miss these years and how fast they've gone. I'm thankful for the support from everyone special to me and will stay close to them no matter how far we go!!! I'm also equally excited about all of the new things in my life. I've been growing as a songwriter as well as figuring out who I am as an artist. The title of my latest album, as I've mentioned before, is "Find Yourself" and I believe that term applies greatly to this time in my or anyone's life. Seventeen is a big time of change and figuring out who you are and who you're going to be as well as realizing you're growing up. As long as I have people I love around me, I know I'll get through it and stay true to who I am.
The weather has been so weird here too! It's warm one minute and cold the next but has never been extremely cold for too long, which I guess is a good thing. I've heard the saying "if you don't like the weather in Arkansas, wait five minutes." Hahaha. I like that saying, it's funny and very true.
Last Friday night I got to play in Jackson, Tennessee at Music Highway Crossroads in Casey Jones Village, I'm so thankful they keep asking me back to play there!!! Plus the food is AWESOME!! I'm very fortunate to have Steve Patterson, a great guitarist, accompany me whenever I go there. And my very talented friend and co-writer, Diana Kelley, is playing there Friday, February 3rd, so go check her out, if you're around!
Also remember to visit my website at www.katybishop.com to see the other dates that I'm playing, as well as links to Facebook, Twitter and to get my music through iTunes, CD Baby and directly through my website!!!
Keep checking the blog and thanks a ton for reading. I hope you have a great week!!!
-Katy :]
I just got back home after a week of songwriting in Nashville, where I had a lot of productive things happen and got to see and meet many talented people!! I'll be back in Arkansas for a week then back to Nashville for a week ... that's pretty much the game plan until the Summer. One week here, one week there.
I'm also excited about the Cotton Bowl win by the Razorbacks!!!
I'm looking forward to going to college and the changes that come along with it, but I'll also miss these years and how fast they've gone. I'm thankful for the support from everyone special to me and will stay close to them no matter how far we go!!! I'm also equally excited about all of the new things in my life. I've been growing as a songwriter as well as figuring out who I am as an artist. The title of my latest album, as I've mentioned before, is "Find Yourself" and I believe that term applies greatly to this time in my or anyone's life. Seventeen is a big time of change and figuring out who you are and who you're going to be as well as realizing you're growing up. As long as I have people I love around me, I know I'll get through it and stay true to who I am.
The weather has been so weird here too! It's warm one minute and cold the next but has never been extremely cold for too long, which I guess is a good thing. I've heard the saying "if you don't like the weather in Arkansas, wait five minutes." Hahaha. I like that saying, it's funny and very true.
Last Friday night I got to play in Jackson, Tennessee at Music Highway Crossroads in Casey Jones Village, I'm so thankful they keep asking me back to play there!!! Plus the food is AWESOME!! I'm very fortunate to have Steve Patterson, a great guitarist, accompany me whenever I go there. And my very talented friend and co-writer, Diana Kelley, is playing there Friday, February 3rd, so go check her out, if you're around!
Also remember to visit my website at www.katybishop.com to see the other dates that I'm playing, as well as links to Facebook, Twitter and to get my music through iTunes, CD Baby and directly through my website!!!
Keep checking the blog and thanks a ton for reading. I hope you have a great week!!!
-Katy :]
Monday, November 14, 2011
CD TIMEEEE
Having a CD or an album with your songs, your name, your face on it. It's all such a dream for an artist or anyone really! I have dreamed of seeing my face on a CD with something I am very proud to say "Hey I wrote those songs and hey this is my music!!!! :]"
I worked on this creation this summer in Nashville, TN - another dream. I mean, how many people get to say they have made a CD in Nashville??? Not only that, but to get to have AMAZING musicians like TAYLOR SWIFT'S DRUMMER and TWO OF KENNY CHESNEY'S GUITAR PLAYERS!! I'm so blessed really. The whole process was so much fun.
I had spent the whole year writing songs with so many great co-writers that make me smile with all of their passion and creativity and it was finally time to go through all of these songs and make the hard choice of what would make it onto the CD. With so many songs I loved, it really was such a hard process. I'm very happy with what I chose and the variety it contains. I'm not just a one-sided person and my personality has depth and many sides. For example, there's track one, "May Be Love," which is up-beat and dance-like (haha) then it switches completely with track two, "You Lie Pretty," a story of a girl who can't get away from an unhealthy love. I'm proud of that variety and hope that it makes it easier for a wider audience to relate and for it to affect all types of people in all types of situations.
The album is entitled "Find Yourself" and, on the inside cover, you'll see a note from me about what all that means. I'm 17, and being that age and growing up you do look for who you really are and hopefully you can find that. The situations I've written about in this CD are what helped shape me and find just that, who I really am. I hope so badly that you will want to be a part of my stories and that they can get you out of a time that has trapped you or give you hope that you will fall in love or just live a life to make a change.
You can find clips as well as buy the CD or downloads on my website at katybishop.com, iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon, any music site, pretty much!!!! Thank you all for your time and support :]]] -Katy
I worked on this creation this summer in Nashville, TN - another dream. I mean, how many people get to say they have made a CD in Nashville??? Not only that, but to get to have AMAZING musicians like TAYLOR SWIFT'S DRUMMER and TWO OF KENNY CHESNEY'S GUITAR PLAYERS!! I'm so blessed really. The whole process was so much fun.
I had spent the whole year writing songs with so many great co-writers that make me smile with all of their passion and creativity and it was finally time to go through all of these songs and make the hard choice of what would make it onto the CD. With so many songs I loved, it really was such a hard process. I'm very happy with what I chose and the variety it contains. I'm not just a one-sided person and my personality has depth and many sides. For example, there's track one, "May Be Love," which is up-beat and dance-like (haha) then it switches completely with track two, "You Lie Pretty," a story of a girl who can't get away from an unhealthy love. I'm proud of that variety and hope that it makes it easier for a wider audience to relate and for it to affect all types of people in all types of situations.
The album is entitled "Find Yourself" and, on the inside cover, you'll see a note from me about what all that means. I'm 17, and being that age and growing up you do look for who you really are and hopefully you can find that. The situations I've written about in this CD are what helped shape me and find just that, who I really am. I hope so badly that you will want to be a part of my stories and that they can get you out of a time that has trapped you or give you hope that you will fall in love or just live a life to make a change.
You can find clips as well as buy the CD or downloads on my website at katybishop.com, iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon, any music site, pretty much!!!! Thank you all for your time and support :]]] -Katy
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
FIRST BLOG
HEY!! Thank you for coming by, I'm Katy and with this blog I thought we could get to know each other so you can see who you're actually following and if you think I'm interesting at all ... haha!
Well, to start off, I'm a singer/songwriter and I know there are a few of those aspiring to do that right now, just a few, but I work very hard and started my career at the young age of fifteen. I'm thankful for my family and friends with their support and all the amazing people and mentors I've met in Nashville over the last year and a half. I have been blessed to get advice through NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) www.nashvillesongwriters.com and have had many other people and places give me a chance.
As far as just being me, here is a little about me:] I'm 17. I am a senior in high school finishing in December. I love horses. I grew up in Arkansas. I love football and grew up on the sidelines with my Dad being a coach. The lake is my favorite place in the world. God is my number one, no questions asked. I have amazing people in my life. I love being goofy but I have an old soul. I always like my room clean (even though it may not be that way all the time :p) I think I have bad handwriting. I love music in general, it always makes me smile. My favorite movies are "Walk the Line" and "Remember the Titans." I'm sure there will be a lot more I get to share, but that's a start about me!!
Last, but not least ... I HAVE AN ALBUM OUT CALLED "FIND YOURSELF" AND YOU SHOULD GET ONE FOR ONLY $7.00 :]]]] or you can get it on iTunes, CD Baby or my website WWW.KATYBISHOP.COM.
Thank you so so much for reading this and I hope you keep coming back to hear whats going on!!!
:] Katy
Well, to start off, I'm a singer/songwriter and I know there are a few of those aspiring to do that right now, just a few, but I work very hard and started my career at the young age of fifteen. I'm thankful for my family and friends with their support and all the amazing people and mentors I've met in Nashville over the last year and a half. I have been blessed to get advice through NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) www.nashvillesongwriters.com and have had many other people and places give me a chance.
As far as just being me, here is a little about me:] I'm 17. I am a senior in high school finishing in December. I love horses. I grew up in Arkansas. I love football and grew up on the sidelines with my Dad being a coach. The lake is my favorite place in the world. God is my number one, no questions asked. I have amazing people in my life. I love being goofy but I have an old soul. I always like my room clean (even though it may not be that way all the time :p) I think I have bad handwriting. I love music in general, it always makes me smile. My favorite movies are "Walk the Line" and "Remember the Titans." I'm sure there will be a lot more I get to share, but that's a start about me!!
Last, but not least ... I HAVE AN ALBUM OUT CALLED "FIND YOURSELF" AND YOU SHOULD GET ONE FOR ONLY $7.00 :]]]] or you can get it on iTunes, CD Baby or my website WWW.KATYBISHOP.COM.
Thank you so so much for reading this and I hope you keep coming back to hear whats going on!!!
:] Katy
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