‘Everything is a song. Life is a song. Books are a song.’
That’s what Victoria-born Queensland resident Kaitlyn Thomas told me when I asked about her songwriting process in our recent chat about her latest single, ‘Mississippi Lies’, which she recorded with in-demand Gold Coast producer Jared Adlam. Thomas was talking about how she’d had the title of the song in a songbook for a while and brought it to life with other songwriters at a SHE Songwriting Retreat run by Lyn Bowtell. And to find out more about the song you’ll need to watch/listen to the interview!
Our conversation didn’t start where I’d planned as when Thomas appeared on screen I could see guitars and boots behind her, so I started to ask about those. (She has a boot sponsor who is mentioned – there was no other way for her to explain how she came to have those turquoise boots! – but this is not a sponsored post.) That led to us talking about costume and guitar selection, so there’s a bit of that before we get into what Thomas has been up to this year, which includes being a Toyota Star Maker Grand Finalist and a finalist in the Gympie Muster Mothertone Talent Search.
Thomas is always vivacious and candid in our interviews. She’s been releasing music since she was child – and went to the Junior Academy of Country Music before later attending Senior Academy – so music is very much part of her fibre. And so is fun, in that she clearly loves what she does and makes the most of it. She takes the work seriously and herself not so much. That makes for easy conversation with depth, and that’s what you’ll find in this interview.
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