Right now it's just me (Kara), though I collaborate with other musicians for my various projects.
Influences
Tori Amos, Eric Whitacre, Gabriel Faure, Vienna Teng, some of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sarah Slean, Danny Elfman, Loreena McKennitt (and more, I'm sure)...
Sounds Like
"I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues."
When I was a child I stood in the crux of a yellow birch tree, laid my hand on the smooth, round surface left by a trimmed limb, and swore that I would be an angel. I have a difficult time explaining whom I was making this oath to, but I've tried to hold myself to that promise. As it turns out, being an angel is a lot harder than a ten-year-old kid might think.
Like every songwriter out there, I write music because I have no other choice. It is a wonderful tool that has helped me to connect with others, but sometimes I almost resent that I know no such thing as silence, in dreams or in waking life. When I walk, I step to the pace of music. Melodies spring from my emotions, and my thoughts are haunted by metaphors that tell me that everything in this world mirrors the world of music. There is no escape.
Simultaneously, I am the willing slave of music, for only it can grant me liberation. Happily am I under its watchful eye, for it saves me from my solitude.
Hey Kara! It's Kristen, Jens Kristen! Kara, Your Voice is beautiful! I just listened to your songs and ther're absolutely enchanting! :) before Jens wedding I never thought that such a;....... penetrating, deep, soulful..entrancing sound!, could come out of someone so small:) (I absolutely mean that as the deepest compliment I can give!!! ! :D I hope everything is going great! ~Kristen!
Hi Kara! I'm bugging everyone in the office tonight in myspace, and I figured you shouldn't be immune. So hello there and enjoy your Friday! Mwah ha ha! :) - L
