🌈💥 grab bag: new song, new podcast episodes, new videos, ritual jul 18 ! 🦄🐬
...new new new! shows upcoming & to watch!
my dearests!
coming to you today with a grab bag CHOCK FULL of kathleeniverse updates.
new song/demo - Down for Days, streaming on soundcloud
Freak Flag episode digest - a quick list of some FF episodes you may not have heard!
new videos - “make your art!” video pep talks for Artists!
podcast interviews - do u have a pod or blog? do u wanna interview me about MEDICINE? EMAIL ME BACK!
new movies, TV shows & projects - PJM, Inc. Music Supervision
RITUAL! - SAVE THE DATE JULY 18 for the next one!
MEDICINE - special edition pink vinyl, some copies still available!
OKAY I LOVE YOU!
xo
kath
DOWN FOR DAYS - new song/demo
I wrote a song last fall right after MEDICINE came out and demo’d it immediately. Not gonna lie—I’m pretty excited about it.
THIS IS A DEMO—not finished. The ending is still in process.
For a while now, I’ve wanted to loop you, my loyal listeners, in earlier on the process of how I make music, so this is that!
FREAK FLAG EPISODES : DIGEST OF RECENT !
chela davison - align to what you love
rob bell - follow the joy
kath solo-sode - affirmations are like flower essences
luke simon - creativity your own way
michael kass - every breath is a story
julia albain - we need to rest
MAKE YOUR {F’ING} ART : VIDEO PEP TALKS
I’m experimenting with some weekly-ish short video pep talks for Artists!
They’re up on Tik Tok (oh yea, hi, joined it!) and Instagram—within the next few weeks, I’ll get them up on YouTube, too. Whichever platform you watch/listen on, KATHLEEN IS THERE. 🥰
Below are the first two!
IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A THING
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THREE THINGS I WISH I’D KNOWN BEFORE STARTING TO MAKE MEDICINE ALL BY MYSELF:
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PODCAST AND/OR BLOG INTERVIEWS
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Do YOU have a pod or a blog?
Do YOU want to ask me questions and talk about my newest album MEDICINE?
If yes, email me back & let’s get something going: kathleenmusic@substack.com
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PJM, INC. MUSIC SUPERVISION - NEW STUFF YOU CAN WATCH!
I’ve gotten to work on some really cool projects lately as a music supervisor, via my company Pink Jumpsuit Music, Inc. Below are some of my faves.
FOR LOVE & LIFE: NO ORDINARY CAMPAIGN
The piece on The Today Show (below) about this film is a tear-jerker. Really really really proud of this project. Produced by Katie Couric & Phil Rosenthal {Everybody Loves Raymond}, and funded largely by a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, this film is a deeply moving documentary about the transformative power of love, tenacity and activism.
HACK YOUR HEALTH: THE SECRETS OF YOUR GUT
Delve into the digestive system with this lighthearted and informative documentary that demystifies the role gut health plays in our overall well-being.
THE SAINT OF SECOND CHANCES
This is the untold story of the Veeck family: four generations of baseball operators whose philosophy of inclusivity and fun is tested by a changing game and personal tragedy. It screened at TriBeCa film festival last year & can be watched on Netflix now.
This project was another I’ve gotten to make with Tremolo Productions (one of my favorites to work with!). Tremolo is an Academy Award, Grammy Award, and Emmy Award-winning production company concentrating on quality non-fiction storytelling, and helmed by Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville. Films they’ve made include 20 Feet From Stardom; Won’t You Be My Neighbor (the Mister Rogers doc); Taylor Swift: Miss Americana; Keith Richards: Under the Influence; and The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble.
2024 NEA JAZZ MASTERS TRIBUTE CONCERT
It was a huge honor to work on this project for/with The Kennedy Center and the National Endowment for the Arts. I went to Washington D.C. to attend this concert, and had a wonderful, magical time in our nations’ capitol.
If you had told little me, living in Reno, NV, that one day I would work on a project for the NEA (!) and sit in the audience with members of Congress, Justice Sotomayor (!) and other cultural and political leaders of our time, I would have jumped for joy and simultaneously wondered if it could even be possible.
Even as a very young girl, I knew I wanted to be a part of the larger cultural conversation, but it seemed like that kind of life—one in Hollywood and the arts—was very very far from Reno, Nevada. Going to D.C. to attend this concert felt like a monumental affirmation that even those dreams that seem far away and impossible can come true when we follow our hearts and the flow of Life.
SONG EXPLODER
Yes, this is a television show of the popular podcast I help produce!
This one came out in 2020, but it’s still one of my favorite projects I’ve gotten to work on.
We have some room, this summer and fall, for new projects, so hit me up if you need a Music Supervisor for your podcast, film or TV show.
SAVE THE DATE: JULY 18, RITUAL! + THE FIRST RITUAL = A SUCCESS!
Remember back in late February when I hosted the first-ever RITUAL: Songs and Stories?
Well, you New Mexicans came OUT for it, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT! We sold out the afternoon before the show, had a GREAT time singing to a packed, and were able to donate $250 to The Food Depot from ticket sales!
Thanks again to Alex DeVore at the Santa Fe Reporter for dubbing us Pick of the Week, Chris Diestler at KBAC for chatting with us about the show the day before, and Stephanie, Samantha and Vincent for bringing their massive talents to the stage.
WE SANG “LOVE SUPERSTAR” TO END THE NIGHT!
I hadn’t practiced it on that mini keyboard, and it wasn’t part of my plan or set list (#ROLLINGWITHIT!), but of course, there was no other way we could have ended the first ever RITUAL.
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The next RITUAL IS JULY 18, 2024, here in Santa Fe! Lineup & ticket pre-sales announced soon.
MEDICINE ON VINYL
There are still some copies of the special, limited edition PINK VINYL of MEDICINE.
Order now & color up your vinyl collection!
If vinyl is not your style, you can still SUPPORT THE ART & MUSIC by purchasing digital here.
OKAYYYYY!
That is the haps for now.
I LOVE YOU!
MAKE YOUR ART!
HAVE ME ON YOUR PODCAST!
LOVE YOUR PEOPLE!
TAKE CARE OF YOU AND YOURS!
xo
kath
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