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Oh my god, you never cease to amaze me!!

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Katie, this is GORGEOUS!! Your voice!!!!

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GOOD

GRIEF.

Well now. Singing voice of an angel and mad artistic talents in abundance.

Now I need a cup of tea to steady my nerves. Welcome, the side of Katie we never saw. I believe Substack is now yours - all of it, to fill with music as you so wish. (Nobody tell Hamish & Chris.)

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such a cool project — what can’t you do?! 🥹

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Wow! Just wow!

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Just lovely!!

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ahhh this is sooo gorgeous! can't believe i'd never heard your music before. and i love the mini essay <> mini song format, so creative & intimate feeling!

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also are you going to put them on spotify or something :)

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Thank you for listening ❤️

Ummm maybe if someone builds it and I can it in a few clicks 🙃

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These songs are incredible, and your voice is just so, so good. Wow, Katie. I am so happy these songs are out here for all of us to enjoy. I plan on spending A LOT more time with these in the coming days.

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Means so much, Matt!

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this is so beautiful!!

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What an exciting secret to discover!! Thank you for sharing your gems 💎

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Lail! Thank you for listening ❤️

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I love this format. Amazing voice too! I feel like with the amount of music flooding into the world every day, these kinds of multimedia projects will be what rise to the top. Personally, I grow way more attached to music when I'm able to learn about the artist and how the songwriting process went down. Not to mention how I find myself more and more obsessed with humanness with AI on the way. Song Exploder, studio sessions, and projects like yours are where it is at.

I hope we can create a songwriting community here on substack (or that I can find it if it already exists). I have a desire to both write and consume well-thought out and deeply human music/writing projects.

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Thanks for listening Will! I totally agree. Song exploder is my favorite, I’d listen to it every day if I could, the episodes every two weeks are never enough.

Have you shared any songs of your own?

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Yeah, I am very much in the midst of finding my musical style so I wrote a post about how I've been approaching that process and I put some audio clips in there. It's always nice to be able to go back and listen to old songs, but it feels extra grounding to know I'll always have my thoughts from the time period immortalized as well.

Songwriting is emotionally tricky, I've spent a while trying to be various things that I'm not. So now I'm focusing on getting out of my own way and letting myself be myself in music and in life.

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Just listened to the post and loved it! I hope you share more of the figuring it out, I think it’s the best part.

I hear ya on overthinking. This post sat in the editor for months, mostly done and just my wondering if it’s really me, is it really worth sharing.

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I continue to be awed by your talent!!! Not just your voice but also the beautiful way that you view and describe the world. Forever proud of you my friend 💛

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THERE SHE IS!!!! Can't put into words how much I love this post, your voice, the art, the song, the piano, and it all brought a peaceful moment where I could stop worrying about a bunch of things for a moment and enjoy something beautiful you created which felt SO KATIE and so wonderful. Thank you <3 xxxx

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My virtual hug to you across the pond. Sending 💌

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Love everything about this!!! So special <3

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Songs not possible without you ❤️

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goosebumps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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WHAT HOW Katie this is amazing

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