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KAT'S STORY

Hi this is Kat here. Just wanted to tell you a bit about myself without sounding too formal.

I was born and raised in Sydney, Australia and have been living in Brisbane for the last 19 years. I have been in music ever since I can remember, but unlike most female artists, who establish themselves and then decide to start a family, I did it all back to front. I met my husband while touring Australia in 'The Rocky Horror Show'. I had my family really young, in my early twenties, which put a huge halt on my singing pursuits, even cancelling an international tour. Money was very tight, my husband worked nights and I had no family in Brisbane. Hiring a babysitter was often half the gig money so it wasn't worth it, so I didn't do many gigs. When my marriage broke up the girls and I lived on spam and mashed potato for months, and somehow I still managed to study jazz at the Queensland Conservatorium, and get a Bachelor's degree in Politics and Ethnomusicology (double major). .

While not being able to do massive amounts of gigs, I haven't been idle. I worked extensively in the jazz field both as teacher and compiler of 'The Female Vocal Real Book', (now out of print) known as 'the pink book' which was sold to many jazz conservatoria throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the U.S..

So when people say, 'how come I haven't heard of you?' I say 'well any album money I had went on more important things'. It's takes money to be known as an independent artists and I didn't have it. But you get that, I have no regrets doing things this way and looking back now, I believe it was meant to work out like this. I have more to write about in my songs. Now my girls are old enough to allow me to do my own thing, and I can look at my established peers, smile and say 'your turn'. Dirty nappies, colic, sleepless nights.....

Have you ever put the things you love on the backburner for such a long time that when you ask yourself what do I really want to do with my life, that you can't answer it? You become unsettled, frustrated, angry because you can't find you niche, your life's mission? I did a finance seminar a few years ago, and although I'm not mega rich, the one thing I took away from that seminar was that if you want to succeed, you have to do whatever it takes..

So here I am, with a second mortgage on the house, mortgaged the kids, sold the grandmothers to do this album. Then as you make life-changing decisions, people who you thought were friends fall by the wayside and a new undergrowth of friends develop that accompany you on the next leg of your journey. It's hard, but worth it. People think that I'm distant, but I just don't get too close to people unless I know that they're going to be around for the long haul..

Zoltan is my biggest support and this album certainly wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for his love, support and belief in me, as well as the love and support of the band and my inner circle of friends.

The album, 'Don't Panic' is out now through Ridiculous Records/CD Baby. The really exciting things is we have had the honour of having the gorgeous and legendary Mr Mike Garson (David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, No Doubt) playing three of the tracks. So please buy the album when it comes out, otherwise we might be living in a cardboard box, or better still, lobbing at one of your houses LOL.