Edinburgh Unplugged

I am the opening Act from 8pm - come along!

The Listening Room

Well after a few months off in the snow, and 3 fantastic weeks at home in New Zealand, I returned to Edinburgh and we quickly made plans for our move to our new home, which has a perfect space to set up my new studio. I'm really excited to get that underway and the recording space set up, so that I can get back to work and get some new tracks up ASAP. I should have tracks up in March, and here is also the next gig!

Sunday March 13th - Featured act at the Listening Room (Blue Blazer)

2 Spittal Street, Edinburgh

Open mic from 8pm - come along and play some tunes!

I will be on at approximately 9:15. Look forward to seeing you there.

xxx

Kat

Two gigs next week!

Exciting plans for next week!

First I play at The Lot Acoustic Showcase on Wednesday 27th October.

It's from 7pm at The Lot, Grassmarket, Edinburgh. Should be a great evening.

Then...

I'm extremely excited to be involved in a Leonard Cohen tribute evening at the Captain's Bar on Saturday 30th October.

I hope to see some of you at either/both!

Electric Circus gig tomorrow night!

Gig tomorrow night -

7pm doors

Electric Circus on Market Street

Awesome night out!

Dress theatrically!

Secret CDs at Phoenix Cellar Bar

Hopefully some of you Edinburgers (and visitors) can make it!

Fanbase update

My lovelies!

So after a little bit of Facebook advertising, my fanpage has a new shiny total of 294 fans. 851 listeners have been streaming my tunes on Last.fm and 150 folks have been on my new ReverbNation page, playing my tunes 70 times. I'm #16 on the ReverbNation pop charts for Edinburgh, and the gig bookings are coming in, being arranged, and looking very fun.

If you'd love to see me play in a town near you, speak up! If you'd love me to cover a favourite track, let me know.

And don't forget the site (I'm trying to make it more interesting soon!) at http://www.katmckenzie.com and I'm on Twitter, too!

I also hope you enjoyed the video I posted recently, where I play a little bit of what I'm working on... watch it here.

As always, thanks for listening, keep following, and I promise to deliver.

xx

Kat

Acoustic Edinburgh

Most of you who follow Facebook/Twitter, etc, will be aware, but tomorrow night I am playing a short set at Acoustic Edinburgh.

Acoustic Edinburgh (at the Medina bar at 45-47 Lothian Street) is a monthly evening of great music from local artists.

Doors open at 7:30 for an 8pm start, and it should be a great night.

Hope to see some of you there!

::May12:: Progress Report

I have kinda missed doing these updates!

For those of you who just follow the blog, I'm more up to date with my Facebook and Twitter (both on the sidebar) than I am here, and I apologise.

It has been a whirlwind of a time lately. After the piano arrived I had a trip to Australia planned with family, so that took up a few weeks of my time, but I am back now and on a writing schedule. Now that I'm into my 2nd year in Scotland, the gigs are going to be coming through, the songs will be written, and hopefully hopefully, the album will continue as planned.

What I'm working on...

In progress:

Call Them In

Gone

Trigger
On the Line

Hello, I'm in Wellington

Any more and my brain might explode. A few untitled pieces are also floating around; half-finished morsels, lines and tunes. I'm thrilled to be back in the full swing of creativity, and can't wait to share some of it with you.

♥

Kat

New layout.

I'm playing a bit with Blogger's new Template Designer, so you may find some changes around here too. I hope you are enjoying the site.

Please sign up to the mailing list here!

Hopefully have a tune or two up in the next few weeks. The new piano is fantastic!

xx
K

New website!

Lovelies!

My new website is up and running at:

http://www.katmckenzie.com

Please check it out! Much more to be added soon!



♥

Kat

Artist woes.

So I don't really use this blog/site as a place to express what's really going on. Mainly because I already have that other blog, and now the Twitter, and I don't want to seem like one of those musicians who is constantly spouting out rubbish on the internet.

But 2009 was a tough year for me as a musician, because I didn't create any music. I think every artist needs a break from things, but I'm now at the point where I feel like the things I would usually convey and try and put to music to express myself are building up inside and waiting to come out.

I relocated continents and hit some financial difficulties, and had to give up my piano in the move (as I was expecting to get a new one fairly quickly!) - now nearly 9 months later, it still hasn't happened, but I am putting all of my energies into making it happen. 2010 is going to be a positive year of making some things happen.

As always, I appreciate you being here and I wish I had something to give you. But I promise you, with patience (and a little cash), it hopefully won't be too far away at all.

Thanks, guys. Really.

♥

KM.

26 days and counting..

..until I get my new keys and will be able to complete recordings.

Album release before my birthday, I suspect! I'm hoping to spend nearly 6 months getting the record complete and perfect, with a few song releases here and there beforehand.

You'll also notice that http://www.katmckenzie.com now points here, as the domain expired and I wasn't using my old host too much.

MySpace is still going to be the best place to find new tunes.

Also watch this space for information about gigs in the new year.

Updates will follow, patience, my pretties..

::May15:: Progress Report

Not a lot of changes, but I have just moved countries (hemispheres!), so bear with me..

In progress:

Cut it Out
Gone

I Love You So Much, I Hired a Ninja to Kill You [to record]

Call Them In
Trigger
Peace, My Love
Lay Her Down
Arise
Blame Dave
On the Line [to record]
Get Yourself An.. [to record]
The Alphabet Song
(I Wish I Was) Ben Folds

Covers

Incomplete/put aside (but will go back to):
Goodbye to You

Alive
Untitled [Waltz]

Dark Horse

Hello, I'm in Wellington
A Thrill
Rush
Fake

♥

Kat

::February22:: Progress Report

In progress:

Gone

I Love You So Much, I Hired a Ninja to Kill You [to record]

Call Them In
Trigger
Peace, My Love
Lay Her Down
Arise
Blame Dave
On the Line [to record]
Get Yourself An.. [to record]
The Alphabet Song
(I Wish I Was) Ben Folds

Covers

Incomplete/put aside (but will go back to):
Goodbye to You

Alive
Untitled [Waltz]

Dark Horse

Hello, I'm in Wellington
A Thrill
Rush
Fake

♥

Kat

::December4:: Progress Report

In progress:

I Love You So Much, I Hired a Ninja to Kill You

Call Them In
Trigger
Peace, My Love
Lay Her Down
Arise
Blame Dave
On the Line
Get Yourself An..
The Alphabet Song
[I Wish I Was] Ben Folds

Covers

Incomplete/put aside (but will go back to):
Alive
Untitled [Waltz]

Dark Horse

Hello, I'm in Wellington
A Thrill
Rush
Fake

♥

Kat

::October31:: Progress report

In progress:
I Love You So Much, I Hired a Ninja to Kill You
Trigger
Peace, My Love
Lay Her Down
Arise
Blame Dave
Alive
Untitled [Waltz]
On the Line (re-recorded finally!)
Get Yourself An.. (same deal)
The Alphabet Song
[I Wish I Was] Ben Folds


Incomplete/put aside (but will go back to):
Dark Horse
Hello, I'm in Wellington
A Thrill
Rush
Fake

♥

Kat

News!

So. An album is in the works, which is exciting. Expected release date is March, but I'll keep you updated in that. For now I'm going to get some old tunes fixed up, some promised tunes delivered and some new tunes written.

I'm also working on a series of unconventional covers, so if there's anything strange you want me to try, let me know.

I better get some CDs sent to CD Baby as well, they appear to have sold out of the EP!

Puts a smile on your dial..


xx
Kat

Operation Melody

Well I did alright last year. Considering my mad life, I'm rather impressed that I got as much done as I did. It's less than I'd like to have out, but it was an effort. And I intend to be more focused this year.

My list is just as long as it was below, and I am continuing to add to it. I'm giving myself a bit of a writing boot camp over the next 12 days (as I am not working), and we'll see what comes out.

I'll keep updating if you keep listening...


xxx

Kat

You sexy thing, yeah.

xx
Kat

Farewell

An update, while you're waiting on progress from that list a few posts back..

Farewell is now the first track on my MySpace.


xx

Kat