Music & Lyrics by Katie Strand
Music & Lyrics by Katie Strand
Katie Strand started singing and performing at age 3. Her favorite songs to perform were "Tomorrow" from Annie and "Somewher Over The Rainbow." Strand simultaneously fell in love with singing and movies/stories! Mama Strand sang and played piano the whole time she was pregnant and had a business teaching piano out of their home. Katie began piano lessons at age 5 and writing songs at age 12. At age 15, Katie was accepted into the Minnesota Center for Arts Education (Arts High, now called The Perpich Center for Arts Education) in Minneapolis, Minnesota... home of Prince!
In 1997, Katie moved to San Diego and played all the local music clubs as a singer, songwriter, playing piano or guitar and singing her original music (and weaving in some cover songs). In San Diego, Katie met one of her favorite people and collaborators, Augie Alexander, producer/engineer on Strand's independent debut album in 1999, Catalyst.
From 1999 to 2008, Katie Strand recorded 4 original albums with a variety of talented collaborators. From 2009-2017, she started producing her own music with the help of her late partner Marcus Lovemore, but publicly released only a handful of songs.
It was kind of a gestational and explorational period in her creative life.
The Widow Lovemore is Katie Strand's primary project, weaving original (and a few select cover) songs into the remarkable story of her relationship with and caregiving
Marcus Lovemore until his death in 2017.
Strand works as director, writer and editor for projects like
"I Love Trees" Neighborhood Forest and is always
brainstorming, creating and producing creative projects!
Strand is actively seeking projects, collaborators, and mentors, and would
LOVE to work with YOU or be connected by you with someone you recommend,
if there's creative chemistry. Please utilize the "contact us" form below.
Strand is especially interested in working with the following talented humans:
Rick Rubin, Mark Ronson, Pharrell Williams, Andy Slater, Jake Gosling,
Susan Rogers, Andreas Schuller, Finneas O'Connell, and Susanna Melvoin.
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” - Viktor Frankel
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