May 30th, 2008

Hi!

Sorry again about the time between my last blog and this one. When I got back home from the tour my pile of post was ridiculous, so I've been busy catching up with things.

I've also spent some time in the studio recording a song for a new British comedy called 'Faintheart' which will be coming out towards the end of the year. It's the first time I've written a song specifically for a film. It came about because the music supervisor for the movie wanted me and Mike to be involved, so I contributed a song and Mike is doing the score for it.

I've also had my Uncle and his wife over from Georgia for a couple of weeks and it was their first time in London. So the pressure was on me to show them all the best bits of one of my favourite cities in the world! I took them to Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. And no trip would be complete without a good theme park, so I took them to Thorpe Park - which they loved!

Until next time,

Love

Katie x x x

April 15th, 2008

Hi Everyone,

I have been out on the road now for nearly three weeks, and it’s great to be singing every night.  
This tour has made me fall in love with music all over again and I have never enjoyed performing as much as I am now.
The audiences have been amazing, and singing from all three albums feels great. Your support has been wonderful, and if you have been to one of the concerts yet, thank you for helping to make it such a great experience for all of us.

Although I have time off in the days, I feel like I haven't had a single second to do anything! Being out on the road is like living in a parallel universe. I am buzzing too much when I get off stage to want to sleep, so the days are becoming my nights, and my sleep pattern is non-existent.
 
Anyway, I must go and catch up on some sleep. I'll try and write more next time.

K x

February 21st, 2008

Hi,

Been in rehearsals for the last two weeks and we've had some spare time to try a few new things out. I can't wait to play in Poland (soon to be announced) as I've never had my own gig there before. I did the Sopot festival a few years back but that was only for half an hour and this time I've got two gigs there.

This week me and Mike have got some serious deadlines to come up with the visuals for the gigs. Theirs some great ideas but we just need to find out if they can work realistically. I used to think it best to just have music and not worry about the visuals lights etc of a gig but now I see it as an opportunity to make the experience even more special for the people that come and see you.

As long as it doesn't take away from the music and compliments it then you can end up creating something really great. It’s so hard to achieve and also do it in an original way that's why we've got our heads into it this week. Well I suppose you'll find out how it went when you come to the shows.

Take care

katie x

January 30th, 2008

Hi all

I’m writing this from Canada. It’s pretty cool to be back and not be getting in
trouble with border immigration cause the last time I was here we were on a
tour bus coming from America. We were traveling overnight and got stopped
on the border, most of the time they get one person in the party to show
everyone’s passports so you don't have to get out the bus but if they're bored
then they get everyone out of the bus and question them.  They were bored.

I was a bit cranky being woken up and was also dying to go to the loo, so as
soon as I got into the building I dashed to the loo.  Later on Mikey our bus
driver told me that it probably looked like I was rushing to the toilet to get rid
of drugs!
When I joined everyone else, they were lined up against a wall looking like a
bunch of criminals.  The immigration officer asked me if there was any drugs
on the tour bus, I said "no" then he asked if there was any drink on the bus
and I said "we're touring, off course there's drink on the bus" as I said this I
heard Mikey give out a groan. They had all decided to say 'no' to everything,
which I didn't know as I’d been in the loo.

Luckily they only gave the bus a light check-over and there was nothing
wrong with having drinks on a tour bus, plus I'm sure they were used to
finding much worse things. As we drove off Mikey turned to me and said in a
Canadian drawl "Katie, the answer is always 'no'!"

Kx

January 10th, 2008

Hi,

Happy New Year!!!
My New Year resolutions are the same as last year, stop biting my nails and write blogs more often.
Not doing particularly well with either resolution, but I haven't given up on them yet.
I did a gig last Friday at a masked ball that was part of a play called ‘The Mask of the Red Death’. ‘Punch-drunk’, which is the name of the production company are incredible and are the ones that put on ‘Faust’ early last year.
It’s always exciting and a bit scary playing in front of a crowd that's not expecting you, so I was a little nervous but it went well and playing the set has got me really hungry for the tour this year.
We've started planning it and I'd say that you could expect something a little different.

Till next time.

Kx