kate mcgill
You may have sold a few albums love but that doesn’t give you the right to just be fucking rude. Ugh.
February 2011
31 posts
If you’re happy, I’ll be happy for you. I hope everything you want; it finds you too. I’m gonna get as far as I can from here.
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A warning, if you will
There’s a small chance a big thing will be happening next week. And if it’s not next week it’ll be very soon anyway… It’s a shame I can’t go into any more detail about it, but just incase it is happening, I wanted to warn you all:
My music is going to change. It won’t just be me and my guitar. Other instruments will be involved… maybe drums, maybe synth, maybe electric guitars, maybe a fucking oboe. I write songs; pop songs. All with verses and choruses and bridges etc. That’s just the way I write, right? I know a lot of you know me for songs like full to the brim/melancholy melody/you’re all I wanted, and I will ALWAYS always do acoustic songs at my gigs and youtube videos, ‘cause I bloody love that - but I want the chance to go further with what I do. It isn’t about money or fame. In fact it couldn’t be LESS about that! I just want to make a living out of making good music, or at least give it a go.
So yes, it will be pop music, but I have still written the songs, the melodies, the lyrics and the stories are still 100% about my life and my experiences. I just hope to GOD you’ll all support me in this and not think I’ve ‘sold out’. Everyone I’ve been working with for the past 2 years will tell you that has been my main concern. So worried you’ll all think I’ve been made to be something I’m not
I have so much control over what I do… and I want you to all know that I won’t change for anyone. I have had the final say on everything so it’s all me and always will be! Yipeeeee think that’s everything
YES. That’s all :-)
kate,xxX
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You have always worn your flaws upon your sleeve. And I have always buried them deep beneath the ground. Dig them out, let’s finish what we started. Dig them out, so nothing’s left untouched.
Roses are red, but there are also pink, white and yellow varieties. Violets aren’t blue, they’re violet, hence the name… I’ve got OCD and my poetry skills are also lacking. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY MCTHRILLS. x
This isn't the most clever question... but when your album is finished do you plan on coming to the US? I would probably piss myself if I could go to a show :p
Please keep the pissing to a minimum but… there is a fucking HUGE chance.
When you become a huge star and the next Ellie Goulding will you still make YouTube videos/ use YouTube even if it isn't for music? :)
YouTube is literally the only reason I get to do what I do every day… I will never leave it alone. YouTube is stuck with me forever, I’m afraid…
OK i know ive been veeery impatient! (forgive me:) But I have a serious question this time, did you make up that arrangement to Jessie J's Do It Like a Dude? I tried to copy you just for fun and seeing as I'm so beginner it was just amazing to me that you took those chords and made that little arrangement that sounds AWESOME. How in the world?
I would be very happy if you could tell me about how you did that, and then I promise I'll quite down:)
Very much love
You’re not impatient! It’s all good! Serious question time. I did make it up myself yeah, but I’m bound to have got the idea from something I’ve seen before so it’s not completely original! Nothing ever is, I suppose (deep). Once you know chords, everything else flows naturally after time… I don’t really know how I did it, I just did. Is that awfully arrogant?
Very much more love X
Your Song
Kate McGill
Ssssh… don’t tell anyone!
Do you ever think about giving up in trying to break the music because it's just too hard? (Not saying you should [don't you dare!], just a general question about persevering with dreams and quiting when things get too hard).
And have you quit anything that looking back you wish you hadn't?
I won’t ever give up! I am made for music. I’m not good at anything else, ha! I quit University, but that was a brilliant decision. Wish I didn’t quit dancing though. Miss it like a bitch now. ESPECIALLY tap.
Going for third time lucky hoping you'll answer my question :D
Which of your originals was you favourite to write?
And which one is your favourite to perform?
(Obviously, the answer to this could be the same)
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I wrote a song called Cursed with a guy called Curt Schneider, and that was a dream to write. So easy, and it’s easily my favourite. But performing wise is probably Short Straw, ‘cause everyone knows it and sings along with me!
