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“…So if your gonna do it, do it well. If you’re too scared, then you can bail. Go Big Or Go Home!” Not only the lyrics from a new song co-written by Katie Austin, but a motto that she has always lived by no matter what she finds herself up against. This “Give it all you got” persona has led Katie numerous career accomplishments in a short span of time.
Katie’s up-bringing involved many dance, theater, acting, modeling and voice lessons, which was extremely helpful in preparing her future as a well-rounded professional entertainer. Competitions, talent shows, festivals and honky tonks are where she spent most of her younger years. Even as a teenager, she was lucky enough to have a song she recorded featured on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. Shortly after, she left her hometown of Ponchatoula, Louisiana to head for the big city lights of Nashville. Young, but strong-willed and independent, Katie did all she could to start networking and learning the inner workings of the music business.
Briefly after the first move to Nashville, Katie was offered a permanent spot headlining in “Cowboy’s Dance Hall” venues located across the great state of Texas. For two years, she performed in front of thousands of two-stepping, beer drinking Texans and gained experience that every performer hopes for. She had the pleasure of opening for artists such as Joe Nichols, Rodney Atkins, Big & Rich, Chris Young and many more.
While performing in Texas, Katie caught the eye of several very well respected country music stars, such as Collin Raye and John Rich. Each of them encouraged Katie to make the move back to Nashville to start the next chapter of her musical career.
Since moving back to Tennessee, Katie has spent the past year reconnecting with writers, producers, and music executives. She performed at the “Get Rich Talent Contest” hosted by John Rich, and has also made appearances at several writers’ rounds around town. Busy with her writing and tracking new material in the studio, we will definitely be hearing more from Katie Austin!
"Bad Habit LIVE"
I want to invite you and some of your friends to see John Corabi and Jared Blake at 2nd Ave Live above Cyote Ugly and Buffalo Billiards this Thurs Dec 10th. Doors are at 8, i would get there early if i were you. Tell the guys at the front door you are friends of mine and they will let you and your peeps in free. Trust me, you don't wanna miss this party.
There may be days when you get up in the morning and things aren't the way you had hoped they would be.
That's when you have to tell yourself that things will get better. There are times when people disappoint you and let you down.
But those are the times when you must remind yourself to trust your own judgments and opinions, to keep your life focused on believing in yourself.
There will be challenges to face and changes to make in your life, and it is up to you to accept them.
constantly keep yourself headed in the right direction for you. It may not be easy at times, but in those times of struggle you will find a stronger sense of who you are.
So when the days come that are filled with frustration and unexpected responsibilities, remember to believe in yourself and all you want your life to be.
Because the challenges and changes will only help you to find the goals that you know are meant to come true for you.
I’ve been a music journalist for more than 10 years. Over the years, many artists and managers have asked me what the best way to break into the European music market is.
Here are some things you can do:
Publish artist press releases, news, and tour dates to the CountryHome Forum on MySpace, http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazine , CountryHome Forum is part of CountryHome, http://www.CountryHome.de , Germany's Premier Country Music Online Magazine. Everything you publish to the CountryHome Forum will be published in my weekly Newsletter which has over 80,000 readers.
Send me CDs and DVDs for review and set up an artist interview with me. All reviews and interviews will be submitted to the magazines I'm writing for. More information for which magazines I'm writing can be found at http://www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
Upload artist videos to http://www.MyVideo.de and http://www.ClipFish.de . Both websites are like http://www.YouTube.com and uploading videos is free. The websites are completely in German. If you don’t speak German and need assistance, I will help you open an account and upload a video for 25 Euro. Each additional video upload for the same artist name and at the same video website is 10 Euro.
If you have more questions about the European music market or about any of the information I send to you today, please contact me at Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de too.
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany
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