"My first public appearance? I used to sing for hot fudge sundaes at the Black Angus Restaurant, I must have been six or seven. There was this nice blonde lady in the bar, that would give me and my sister sundaes if I would sing songs for her. Early [+]"My first public appearance? I used to sing for hot fudge sundaes at the Black Angus Restaurant, I must have been six or seven. There was this nice blonde lady in the bar, that would give me and my sister sundaes if I would sing songs for her. Early on I associated singing with a reward."
Though she no longer sings for ice cream sundaes, Kat White Star, continues to connect with the rewards, only now they are a private, more personal experience. Speaking of her newly released, first solo performance, "The cd is a snap shot taken of my soul in 2002, with a fancy camera I was just beginning to use. The result of the experiment is that I am more confident than ever that I can create from the inside out and the outside in, equally. This album marks a slice of time that I devoted to learning how to let out my inner voice." Her new cd, "Sum of One", seeks the rewards to be garnered with her beautiful, powerful voice and a bundle of songs reflecting her soulful perspective of the world.
Singing since a child, Kat studied with Arden Fowler, was a young apprentice at Gloria Musicae and like any natural singer tried any and all genres before settling on original rock and soul. Longtime Sarasota music fans may remember her start with Blue Earth River. Still, others will know her from Elysian Sex-Drive, when she truly developed as a singer, performer and songwriter. She was with ESD, as the band is sometimes known, for seven years, "it was high energy, high emotions, a big soap opera and always, always really great music." Kat contributed a soulful, jazzy and technically exacting sound to a truly unique live music experience. Their album "Live at the Five-O" and their memorable live shows were nothing to be missed.
Those ESD years provided growth professionally and personally, deepening her sense of self and it was with this band that she began to further her own musical ideas and interests. "As a band we pushed a few edges with who we were and the kind of music we did, especially for Sarasota. But, that made me grow up in lots of ways, because I really was a little chick peeping her head out of the egg. Those years brought me a world of experience about music and life." The band was a modest success and most importantly generated a realization that her
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