Its been a minute..

Hey yall. I dont really have news tonight but felt like I should say hi. I recently made the trek to Nashville where I now reside. I have already had some great visitors to this city and some memorable weekends! I am playing some writers nights and doing the music dream hustle. I have met a lot of great people and have seen some incredible artists/songwriters in my short time back. I am also putting the finishing touches on the album. I will have the Master Mix in my hand this weekend and I am making final approvals to the cover and etc as well. I hope to have a date on the release by the next week or so. I am also starting to write again.. I have ideas flowing and I am setting up write appointments with brand new writers this coming week. I am nervous and excited I tend to be a habit girl, and if it works I dont usually deviate. But I feel like opening the horizons on the writing front and see what it produces. Dont worry the writers I have co-wrote with wont ever change, and I WILL write with them again. Well if anyone makes a trip south let me know, Ill show ya around. I will be doing some more video blogs soon as well. Have a fabulous weekend!!
"Rock me momma like a Wagon Wheel.. oh momma rock me."

~K

Moving on

Hey yall. Its been awhile and I wanted to check in. A lot of things have changed, some for the better, some well some have just changed. I have had some time to do some good thinking and soul searching of what is important, what matters, where I am headed and what I want. After months of discussing, and many pros/cons lists......

I have decided to move to Nashville, TN. This is a permanent move I will be making, one that makes me very happy and excited for the future. It is one that has taken many hours to come to and it will be VERY hard to leave the people that are important to my life, but I know for certain it is where I am supposed to be. For the last 3 years I have made WI everything it could be. I made some incredible new friends, some very important music contacts and some life changing choices. I know that some of you are a little shocked by this decision(and some of you will be like,  well duh!) but it is one that makes me smile from ear to ear. 

The band that I was able to rock with in 2010 helped me grow as a musician, as a person, as an adult. I will forever be grateful for their talent, time and effort in all that has happened. I appreciate every moment I had with them. Some of them I will even get to rock with this coming year and many years to come in other opportunities that arise.

I will be back for many shows this coming Spring/Summer and hope to catch yall then. Thank you for the support and love all my KBelievers have shown and continue to show.

Also, I have some shows coming up in Feb the very last ones I will play as a WI Resident!

Hope yall have a great week ahead. Thank you for taking the time to read my news!
~K

Here in lies the rest of my life.... Record deal SIGNED!

I cant believe its here the moment I have dreamed of, thought about, replayed and recreated in my head 100 times. I'm about to embark on the only thing Ive ever truly wanted to do. I'm about to leave my family, friends, bed and comfort zone for the unknown, to pursue this dream. I never knew what it would feel like when I got here, I couldn't imagine if I would even know when it was here. Its here and I feel like I can take some quick breaths...but all I want is more. I want the next step, the next push, to cross off the next bucket list item. I think I will always want more, strive for more. I am not sure I Will ever get to a place where I will feel complete. I don't know if my dreams will all feel full filled. Will I know when I'm there? Who will be there with me? Who will have dissipated?

I always knew I would accomplish this ...now that its here I cant believe I did it. I am getting to live my dream, this small town Merton girl, raised by a single mom and with nothing.. is here. I am making the impossible possible. When I think about how I got here I know I did it. Alone. Without direction. Without help. On my own accord. With my own rules. I pushed me. I thought of the next step, the next course. I believed in me, always without fear, without doubt. I'm here cause of me.

I am not saying I didnt have people behind me rooting for me all the way cause I did, I do and its AAMA-zing. The team of KB writers, band members, fans, managers, family and etc is incredible and they have rallied all the way. "I wouldnt be the woman I am today if not for those I've loved along the way"

I know that the "real work" is just starting but the thing this all changes is this.... I have spent the last almost 7 years convincing clubs, festivals, booking agencies, band members, radio stations and everyone in between I am good enough, I am worthy, I am worth the risk.
NOW all I have to do is produce on that risk, and rock it. -Done and Easy.

Prove the risk takers right and the dream squashers wrong.
Here in lies the rest of my life.
 
*All you gotta do is believe. *
~K

This business, this dream can change in a blink of an eye.

David Allan Coe was this last Saturday night. We had an incredible time, we were treated like royalty and I want to give you some insider info. We arrived at 430 to do our sound check, the sound company was really nice and respectful of what we needed. At the end of our sound check one of DAC's band members told us we could help ourselves to their catering. Crazy, we weren't even really supposed to be back there and now we are being given the green light. Awesome! I then went to get ready, and we got to hang out in a back area while waiting to go on stage. The show started, my heart was a little fluttery. You never know when your not the main act how people will respond. We opened with Gun Powder (My 1st of 3 secret weapons) and it all seemed to settle in. Half way through the set I couldn't believe how fast it was all going. We then played a MJ song, which in hindsight even though it was slightly booed was definitely a correct choice. DAC got to where he is by doing it his way, not following the path that everyone else took and being a wave maker. Well I may not be the hugest DAC fan but all I could think at this time was...well for 5 years of chasing this dream and well....my whole life of being ME I aint ever let anyone tell me how to do it, or what I should or shouldn't be doing. And, well I aint gonna now. So whether your a fan or not; Thanks DAC for being who you are!

We got to our 2nd secret weapon- Wanted Dead or Alive and I think at that point "we had them." Its crazy, how receptive people were to hearing new original music from a girl. It was SO refreshing to know that there are people out there who appreciate original music in Milwaukee. By the last song Wild Ride(my final and best weapon) it was apparent  that the girl that walked on stage that the audience wasnt so sure of in the beginning was the "right" girl for the job.

It was a very rewarding night.  I think the Beavers rocked it and I am really proud of them!
I absoloutley loved that people came up afterward, told us how great we were, bought cds, took pictures and wanted to come say hi! Every show we play small or large, meeting the people we are playing to is one of the best parts. So I want to say thank you to every single person in that room, whether your a fan or not I appreciate you. I love that you listened, gave me a chance, and clapped us off stage! THANK YOU!

We were also given the good news that night ......we nabbed State Fair. Since this dream has been dreamed I have had some very big goals I knew I had to accomplish, this being one of them. I am so excited about this, and cant wait to play there! This is very exciting, and I really appreciate the help it took to nab this show. So thank you to the person who pushed us for that!

As for dissapointments and things changing, I just got the news that a show I have also been looking forward to is no longer. Normally a show being cancelled wouldnt be a huge deal but it was kind of a homecomoing for me and I really wanted to be able to do that. Master Z's on May 1 was double booked so we will NOT be playuing that show. Its unfortunate but you gotta keep on trucking right. RIGHT.
Well enough KB rambling, wanted to keep yall in the loop. Its gonna be a couple weeks till Im here again but until then..
Dont Stop Believeing
~K

FM 106

What a cool way to end a weekend. Listening to my song on the radio tonight was one of the coolest things to date on this ride. Hearing what 10 or even 100 other people were hearing at the very same moment. ME! Un describable. An aspiring artist always dreams of being on the radio, and every time no matter the circumstances its always as cool as the first time! I am so blessed and humbled by all the people who text, post, tweet and say Good Job to me. I know I am not great with spoken words, so I thought maybe writing a blog would be a great way of letting anyone who is even reading this know how much I truly do appreciate you loving me, this music, and this ride. Until next time. Goodnight.

Rock on

~K

I used to write a journal when this crazy music ride began, and put it down for awhile. Lately I have been wondering why. I don't know what this will be about every time I write but I know it will be an inside look at my life, this ride, the music business, successes and failures, and everything in between. Come along with me, and see it from my eyes!
~K
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