Update….!

Hello again!

It really has been far to long since I have checked in and said hello. If I was to give an excuse for this, all I could say is it has been a very busy last couple of months, not only just for me. Jessie Farrell has been heading back and forth from Vancouver to Nashville, writing for her

Signing a guitar at the BCCMA's

much anticipated sophomore album, and if you haven’t already heard, she has also been nominated for her first Juno award! Nominated in the Best New Artist category, I could not be more proud of her. She really has had a stand out year and if this nomination is any indication, she’s in for another! The cherry on top of this great news is that the Juno’s will be held in our home city of Vancouver this year! The band and I are getting pretty excited to take in all the festivities of this national event.

As for me, since the recording of the bed tracks for my recorded before Christmas, I have been in and out of the studio laying down vocal tracks and putting the icing on the cake! One thing I have learned about recording an album is that it doesn’t happen over night. Though we are nearing the end of recording vocals, lead/solo tracks, and over dubs, there is still more work to be done. Next comes mixing, then mastering, and then the actual production of the CD’s. As much as I am anticipating the completion of this album, I really will miss it when all is said and done. I love working and the studio and the whole creative process of making a record.

The view from my hotel room in Lake Louise!

Aside from all the recording, I am still a working gigging musician. Fortunately, I have been quite busy through this typically slow period for gigs, January through March, but December was slamming. After playing over a dozen Corporate Christmas parties over a three-week period I was pretty Christmased out. But we ended the season on a high note. This was our second time playing the New Years Ball at the Fairmont Château in Lake Louise. Three days in a beautiful hotel, taking in the spectacular views, and playing an amazing show is exactly how I wanted to spend my new years. Three hundred dollars a ticket and the place was sold out…and I swear I saw Patrick Sawyze on the dance floor! “No one puts baby in a corner!”

Lately I have been gigging locally in and around the Vancouver area. I have had the chance to play a few gigs back home on Vancouver Island. Having grown up and started my first band on the island, playing the local clubs over there is always a bit of a reunion and a blast from the past for me. A few weeks ago I had an opportunity to play a weekend gig up on Mt. Washington at Fat Teddy’s which was the first bar I every played at. I practically lived on the Mountain during the winter season growing up. After a day of boarding I would stop by Fat Teddy’s and having known all the guys in the band, I’d get up on stage and start singing. This routine continued for three years before anyone realized I was under age! Then the

Singing up at Mt. Washington in the year 2000...

rules changed and I would have to be escorted to the stage by the bouncers and hang out in the green room when I wasn’t on stage, but I didn’t mind. I was just happy to be there, I loved to perform and fell in love with the stage. I had performed plenty in my life already, having been involved in a competitive dance program from a young age, but this was different. People were dancing, shouting your name, and having such a good time. I knew I had found what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.

Singing up at Mt. Washington in the year 2009...

Darren Harry and I playing the "Beach Party" at Fat Teddy's on Mt. Washington (2009)

Whistler...four days ago!

I am happy to say, present day not much has changed. I still love to snowboard (by the way, so thrilled about the much needed dump of snow Whistler received this week!), and I still love to sing!

Kylee xo