Genres: Rock / Pop / Alternative
Location: The OC, CA
Stats: 933 fans / 141,715 plays / 0 plays today
Members: Katy Eggleton
Spring is Coming!
February, 2009 - If you want to read about Katy's album, skip below to the header "I Wanna Write You A Letter" and you'll get the gist of what Katy began at the tender age of sixteen.
Katy nears 20 years of age! She's looking forward to buttoning up those teen years now that she's lived through them! She's an inch taller now. Her growth, however, is more measurable in her songwriting and musical abilities. In the groove at Berklee College of Music, she's working towards completing her sophomore year, and she's got a dual-major going in Songwriting and Music Business/Management. She's got some big plans for the next couple of years, but we don't want to spoil the surprise. A full report - we promise - after she has produced a fait accompli! Katy's working hard, and doing what she loves. Happy 2009.Happy Valentine's Day!
February, 2008 - Katy is almost nineteen now and she has changed and matured in ways unimaginable! More beautiful than ever, she can't stop looking fabulous, even in the snow and rain in Boston. In her picture above, she dodged the cold weather, got her hair done, and hid in a stairwell for this glorious photograph. At Berklee, she's making the grade (A, that is), and bonding with the future of music. She loves her classes, loves the faculty, feels the curriculum is relevant to today's music industry, and has a lot of awesome friends, all with some amazing musical talent. What Katy loves most about Berklee is that each student brings with them a set of musical strengths and weaknesses, and they all help each other get stronger. They are serious about their craft, they are arduous in their practice, and they are always there for each other to bolster the confidence of a friend. This year Berklee alumni and faculty received 24 Grammy nominations, and won 13 Grammys! Now that's a good reason to study there. Go Katy!College bound!
September, 2007 - Katy's in Boston attending her first semester at the Berklee College of Music, and she loves it! She's taking a full load of classes and participating in the myriad of musical activities offered on campus. Her songwriting skills continue to get stronger, and now she has a ton of classmates, mostly boys (!) to work with in performing and recording. We'll keep you posted!OC Music Awards Coming Up!
March 11, 2007 - The Galaxy Concert Theatre
Katy and the Band take the stage at The Galaxy for the Orange County Music Awards High School Band Showcase. Eleven bands from Orange County high schools participate in this all day event (noon - 5:00 p.m.) to help benefit Orange County's Right to Rock. The organization, founded by the producer of the Orange County Music Awards, helps to fund music programs in Orange County schools. Right to Rock!Katy's band...
Gotta couple of shows lined up! Keep checking for more shows on the calendar this fall. Katy's got a band together and they so rock! We've got Tyler D, age 17, and he's running the band and playing drums. He's got another band called The CaValry and you can check them out here on PV! Conor C, age 17, will be playing bass, and he's in The CaValry, too. And Oren S, age 17, is our guitarist...heard he played in a punk band at one time. He's got a cool guitar. And we've just added Justin S, age 17, on guitar too! He's got a couple of other bands: The Fourds, and Justin and the Imaginery Friends. Check them all out on myspace!
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Katy's CD is available at www.katyeggleton.com, www.amazon.com, and www.cdbaby.com and check Katy out on iTunes!2006 nominations!
April 4, 2006 - Monsoon Cafe, Santa Monica, California. Katy picked up a nomination for her album A Hand to Hold in the category of Pop Album of the Year for the 2006 Los Angeles Music Awards. We've got a photo of Katy and her nomination with Al Bowman, who founded the awards 16 years ago - that makes the awards about the same age as Katy! The Los Angeles Music Awards main event takes place November 9, 2006. Wish Katy luck!
April 8, 2006 - The Grove, Anaheim, California. Katy had a glorious night basking in another nomination here in The OC! She was nominated for Best Female Artist at the Orange County Music Awards, and their ceremony was an ultra-fun bash at this premiere Orange County music venue. Katy tabled with nominees for Best Out of County - a terrific pop-punk band named Pensive. Alas, those at table 230 didn't get to grace the stage to receive an award, yet, we were winners all around. Katy felt lucky to be there and rub elbows with the finest of musicians in The OC!i wanna write you a letter...
With A Hand to Hold, sixteen year-old Katy Eggleton ably adds a compelling female voice and feminine perspective to the male-dominated halls of emo and pop-rock. Two versions of the song "Annual" bookend this eleven-track collection, whose poetic lyrics and scorching guitar lines unfold like a trusted friend's message in the pages of a high school yearbook. In a record about self-acceptance and the compassion and generosity that spring from it, the verses conclude with this fondly self-deprecating admission: "I know I've written a novel here, but it's just what I do." It is this mix of wit and wisdom, sincerity and charm that posit Katy as an unassuming and capable scribe for her generation. Imagine that the prettiest girl in school just signed your annual--and wrote for 43 minutes (!). For years to come you'll read what she had to say.
The "paperback edition" of "Annual" kicks off this audio yearbook with a radio-friendly introduction to the inviting voice of Katy Eggleton. Playful memories and heartfelt observations bob along to a pulsing alt-rock beat, with detuned electric guitars snarling at the edge of the speakers. At the center of the mix stands Katy's coolly deliberate vocals, her deadpan Liz Phair delivery sure to stop the boys in their tracks and make the girls sing along. Compressed drum and bass, over-distorted Les Pauls, and dead catchy hooks confidently allow Katy to join the cool kids like Fall Out Boy or the All American Rejects at the lunch table. And she's only sixteen!
"Don't get him started 'cause he'll go on forever--like a bicycle wheel spinning after a crash," track two begins. Producer/guitarist/co-writer Rob Seals matches the colorful characters of "Broken Glass" to an equally colorful palette of sounds: stinging electric and shimmering acoustic guitars, a musty Wurlitzer, percolating keys, all atop a top-shelf rhythm section featuring drummer Craig MacIntyre (Josh Groban) and Sean Hurley (Vertical Horizon) on bass. Katy sees the quirks in people not as defects but as wonderful imperfections that make us all unique. When she holds them like broken glass to the light she observes, "There's beauty in the flaws--with colors shining through." She then asks, "When you see flaws, are they beautiful to you?" By the end of the piece Katy is able to take her own imperfections and find beauty in them as well. This song of acceptance reveals a songwriter awake to detail and willing to entrust the listener with those humble observations. Appropriate that the quirky verses move in syncopated, hairpin turns before straightening for the song's wisdom at the memorable chorus.
With exuberant wordplay and an infectious power-pop delivery, "Like Something Electrical" mingles with Jimmy Eat World, Weezer, and Fountains of Wayne in re-spinning '80s rock to clever and winning effect. "You are the outlet I plug myself into--I get a charge just being with you," Katy sings. The song won Katy Pop Single of the Year at the 2005 Los Angeles Music Awards. That inexplicable spark that two people share feels "like something electrical." So does AH2H by now, three tracks in and kinetic.
The waltz "Coming Back" is perhaps the gem of the record for its world-wise lyric, lilting melody, and gently rocking gait. Written after her first cross-country tour as a musician, "Coming Back" explores not just life on the road but how the road and home give context, perspective, and value to one another. The sense of belonging we derive from coming back to where we belong is, as Katy sings, "why we go away." Tailor-made for a WB show soundtrack and featuring piano and viola from Beth Balmer of the band fielding, "Coming Back" is sure to be a staple on graduation mixes and slideshows.
From the romping "Good for You" to the tender "Pulling Back," the rest of AH2H covers a lot of ground. Anthemic in a "Kids in America" meets "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" way, "Good for You" shows Katy's lighter side through a grinning portrayal of the 21st Century Teen's frenetic life. The song sets a playful lyric against maniacal synths and a breakneck tempo. By adding backing vocals from a deluge of cell phone voice mails, we feel what it's like to sprint in Katy's shoes. The record's broad appeal comes from the graceful balance it strikes in songs like this between being at once youthfully current and timeless in its concerns. "The future's in good hands but I want to stay a kid today!" she pleads.
The future is surely in good hands if they belong to the author of "Pulling Back." Here Katy takes the metaphor of a kite to explore the complicated dynamic of friendship. The kite only takes flight when the friend at the other end of the string is willing to pull back: "You are like a kite sometimes--the way you dodge the power lines--I grip your string so tight--and I swear I won't let go," Katy sings. This mix of reassurance and hopefulness runs throughout the collection and makes A Hand to Hold something substantial to hold on to.
The "hardcover edition" of the song "Annual" finishes the collection, adding two additional verses to the rip-roaring radio version that kicked things off. As Katy promises in the final chorus, "My heart is the archives--the album of our lives--open me up, I'll be there, any time you need" we close the book on this first volume of a young artist's life and career with the anticipation that she has lots more to say.
A Hand to Hold seems a fitting title for an album that explores the complexities of friendship. "You know that person in your life you are so close with that they are everything to you, that they are a part of you?" Katy asks. "They are a hand to hold in every way. They stay with you, and even if they have to leave, they remain in your heart." She reflects, "Someone's hand to hold can change from time to time, but having a hand to hold gives life meaning."
You know those embarrassing photos from your high school annual that you wish you could erase? There are none of those in A Hand to Hold. Poised and confident, with timely music and timeless insight, this portrait captures Katy Eggleton's best side.
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BananaJam
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pretty girl :) Feb 11
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kelci33
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you amaze me. and lead singer... you\'re gorgeous. =] Sep 28
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jassywood
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you have no idea how talented you are Jul 02
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G e r a l
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hello im from peru my name is geral can u add me to geral_hourglass@hotmail.com... we love u katy eggleton!!!! bye bye! Apr 11
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LoveIsCold22
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I have to say you are a fantastic singer and i was wondering where i could download your tunes? x Mar 10
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you have an amazing voice i love annual & broken glass Jan 17
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Hi Katy, it\'s Yuko. I don\'t know if you remember me, but I got the free CD from you a while ago and I\'m enjoying to listen to it. I changed my account so I came here to let you know that. You finally had the band?? They look so cool!!! I hope your songs will be listened by more and more people in the world!! See ya!! ;) From, Yuko* Dec 05
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LAY3_lovesthisx0xmuzak
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Talented! I like your lyrics and I love your voice... mine sounds like all those \"normal\" girly voices, haha. Nov 13
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JaCkie
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Love the music, and your voice is awesome. Cheers -jackie. Nov 10
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You are cute. Pluss i love your voice. Nov 08
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Jordan91
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I\'ve forgotten how much I love your music.I don\'t believe that I could continuue on my chase after my dream of becoming the lead/singer lead/guitar player of a Christian rock band.Because I would give up and think of it as impossible to become some greatly known musician at such a young age. Sep 11
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rubby_rox1321
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Sep 09
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shalalala
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my fav song is \"like somthing eletrical\" keep rockin Aug 28
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shalalala
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U are very,vetry good and u are pretty.. i luv ur song \"like somthing electric\" Aug 26
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theminuteHesang
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wow..i love your music and u have a gorgeous voice! Aug 21
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