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kat330

FMA Blog features Kat tracks: https://freemusicarchive.org/blog/kathleen-martins-new-tracks This site is for music fans who think outside the boxy confines of genre labels. Find here and at SCannex my originals and covers on anything from felons to lovers, arranged for and performed on a variety of instruments, for sounds ranging from sweet to sassy and reedy to brassy; from lofty to lowdown and soulful to hoedown; from serious to silly and urban to hillbilly. I am so grateful you are taking the

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00:03:44

I'm Friday's Child

kat330 ·

2025/01/04

Been a minute since I composed a new piece—over 6 yrs in fact. Political activism and a continental move during a global pandemic intervened. Because I had sold all of my electronic equipment before my move to Finland, I was resigned to embark on no further recording. Then in September 2024, I was struck with an idea to create a novelty piece culled from a collection of my aphorisms and taglines. I had barely begun a stanza or two when I received a midnight visitation from The Muse, who generously

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00:01:36

★ Watch This Space!! ★

kat330 ·

2024/12/02

Regarding a new production in the New Year

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00:02:53

Up To Me [ft Damien Riba on piano]

kat330 ·

2018/03/20

[heard on airwaves in Louisville, KY, area Apr 20, 2018, and found at 49 mins. here: https://soundcloud.com/chradio/kentuckiana-blues-radio-102]Mar 25, 2018: Maybe this is a straightforward "he done her wrong" song. Maybe it's a wider metaphor for how our nation's no.1 confidence man has sold our national pride for personal gain and has dried up the dreams of too many, making it clear we must VOTE him GONE along with his enablers in Congress to bring back the best in US. I leave it up to you. The

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00:03:53

Shanghaied [ft Damien Riba on piano]

kat330 ·

2016/10/21

Nov 3, 2017: Here is Chapter 2 of this high seas fling: https://soundcloud.com/kat330repost/no-myth https://youtu.be/ct_BGvKhJqM [Heard at 10:30 in Ep 1 of "Sailing the Sea Bear" by Shawn Meyer] [Oct 26, 2016] "Some Choice Words" could be this song's subtitle, because its inception began with hearing in my head rhymes for certain unusual words that have caught my attention over the years. I even found a way to include "bulwark," which is the first word I consciously recall having a fascination

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00:04:21

Thing Called Love (add. lyrics)

kat330 ·

2016/05/01

[May 1, 2016—Happy May Day! Please see additional info on this global collaboration in notes at the shorter version here https://soundcloud.com/kat330repost/thing-called-love ] Raitt omitted Hiatt's second set of bridge lyrics perhaps only because of the "wife" rhyme, but I imagine the "obey" rhyme is not something women are comfortable with after finally getting it removed from most marriage vows. So I rewrote that section keeping the original idea mostly intact (I think) but better suited to a

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00:03:39

Waltz to a Wood Thrush

kat330 ·

2015/07/16

July 16, 2015: How appropriate that my probable "swan song" here at kat330 was inspired by a bird a couple of weeks ago, a talented wood thrush to be specific! From his 6-note song, I heard a waltz melody in my head and began writing lyrics to fit. It was an unexpected yet joyous journey getting into the guise of a male songbird courting a mate for this narrative. My Guild provided the simple chords and rhythm, and to that I added keyboard sounds of harpsichord, cello, pan flute and orchestra harp,

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00:03:23

Copper Kettle

kat330 ·

2015/05/10

Happy Day to All Mothers! My new Gristle cigar-box "Kat 330" guitar is featured here, whee! With its fret spacing and neck length, there are a limited number of tunes I can cover with any "panache," but this old repertory chestnut is one of them. I recorded the guitar first, continuing it on to the 3:30 mark or so. When I started fitting in the verse sections, I realized I had played six total, but Beddoe's lyrics only stretch to three plus a repeat of the first. I could have cut out two sections,

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00:04:22

See a Little Light

kat330 ·

2015/01/16

Received an overnight visit from The Muse a while back with an insistence I cover this wonderful Bob Mould piece in a waltz tempo. It's not a song I knew all that well to start with, but I'd heard it on the radio in the preceding hours and, well, The Muse simply will not be denied. Per usual I did not wind up close to the production I hear in my head: Limitations of hardware, software and musicianship always leave me wanting. Still I trust it's at least a unique and not a wholly unpleasant

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00:03:30

Transistor Sister

kat330 ·

2014/11/27

June 16, 2015: Posted at the Indie Media Weekly site here: http://tinyurl.com/pg5m87b Nov 27th [Thanksgiving for US]: Preferred if this lighthearted piece wasn't already in the pipeline given the sickening injustice of Monday's Night of No Indictment. But having a minor scale taste of local corruption and injustice this year myself, I found turning to humor helped me carry on. Perhaps we must rocket off this terrestrial plane to finally find a universal justice, which is my segue to: --> The first

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00:04:03

Lady-in-waiting

kat330 ·

2014/07/11

July 11, 2014 The back story to creating this tale of woe -- as in how I totally backed into it -- is worth the price of admission alone. Recently I'd found myself with a long and sturdy thumbnail, rare enough given gardening, housework, etc., and took the opportunity to record a guitar part remembered from my youth. I adopted this self-taught playing style of plucking down the strings of a chord with my thumbnail when that and strumming were all I had in my teen trick bag. (A few years still until

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00:04:16

(God Only Knows) You Make Me Feel

kat330 ·

2014/07/01

[Hear a new remix in .wav here https://kat330.bandcamp.com/album/if-6-was-3 or in .mp3 here http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kathleen_Martin/If_6_Was_3 ] July 1, 2014: For my husband and my best friend, JT Lindroos. Happy Birthday, hunaJuha!) Brian Wilson's "God Only Knows" and "Natural Woman" by King & Goffin are two favorite songs of mine from any era and any genre. Well aware I'm unworthy of covering either on its own, I thought I could at least make a wholly new song and sound from mixing up

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00:03:33

Play on Words(ck. lyrics)

kat330 ·

2014/06/15

[D/L .mp3 here http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kathleen_Martin/Play_on_Words_Doo-wop_You_Do_to_Me OR .wav here http://kat330.bandcamp.com/track/play-on-words-doo-wop-you-do-to-me ] Jun 15: Happy Father's Day to all you daddy-o's out in SoundCloudland! Had it in mind a while to develop a song around a cool kitten copy editor, Grammar Puss, and the village wordsmithy, Wilder Witt III, her cool cat cunning linguist. I would jot down a lyric once in a while but couldn't settle on a style to

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00:03:42

Moondance

kat330 ·

2014/05/17

May 17, 2014 If you dismiss my field recording, Blue Angels vs. Red Birds (and I do), it's been two months since I've done any new creative recording. Neighborhood noise is certainly a factor, but also there has been a matter of a claims case filed against a real lyin', deceivin', cheatin' and a-thievin' company across the river. It involves one of my late mother's major legacies left to me, so the stress and sadness surrounding it all have absorbed my time and energy since March 17th. Yet despite

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00:02:40

Bipolar Vortex Boogie (Drrrama!)

kat330 ·

2014/03/16

[played here http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/55046 Mar.31, 2014 ] Happy St. Patrick's Day and time to have some fun again! I jotted down these lyrics and title a few weeks ago courtesy of a couple+ folks who would quickly recognize my inspiration if they ever bother to listen (but bet they won't! ;). I had a general idea of how I wanted to present and harmonize on the word "Drrrama!" as well as thoughts on special sounds for the track, then providence placed Poletti's "Boogie Woogie in C" backing

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00:03:38

Gracewater Waltz (Lamentstrumental™)

kat330 ·

2014/03/02

[March 1, 2014 -- Dedicated to JB: Memphis has its legendary Graceland and, for me, a legendary Gracewater as well. Airplay on May 19, 2014 and archived here: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/55710 ] See video using the track here: https://vimeo.com/105995529 This is an acoustic blues improvisation on my Guild using a brass slide for a bit at the end. I did two different guitar takes of this lament, the second one while not directly listening to what I played the first go-round, and then sort of

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00:04:04

After the Gold Rush

kat330 ·

2014/02/21

REMASTERED version here: https://soundcloud.com/kat330repost/after-the-gold-rush-remaster [heard here on April 3, 2014: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/55094 ] 02.21.2014 It was while thinking of covering Neil's sweet song in a reggae / world beat back in July that led to the inception of my own "Love Reigned" track. Decided I couldn't wait longer for more from the field of collabs to respond to inquiries, so to speak, so finally now, here's that cover I envisioned all those months

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00:03:30

Brass in Pocket

kat330 ·

2014/02/12

[can D/L remastered version at: https://soundcloud.com/kat330repost/brass-in-pocket or support with purchase here: http://ldr.fm/GzUxx thank you!] 02/14/2014 [14/02/2014] H♥ppy V♥lentine's D♥y! This one's for all you special guys and gals who need no brass in pocket to give one another some inventive attention. Use your imagination to have a ball tonight while you heat up under a warm cover song! ;) ∞ My hunajUHa: ALL is because of, to and for you always and forever after! ∞ Arranged,

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00:03:33

Player vs Player

kat330 ·

2014/01/07

[NOTE: This was uploaded in .wav format, so it's a huge DL -- sorry! I can send .mp3 version if asked to] January 31, 2014 -- Happy Chinese New Year! Necessity is indeed the mother of invention & I trust this track is proof of that. Deja vu all over again. To anyone who thought they already saw or heard this track a few weeks ago, consider it merely some dream you had -- you know, like the later "Newhart Show" and "Breaking Bad"'s alternative endings. ;) This renaissance of my P v P track puts my

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00:03:25

All I Want

kat330 ·

2013/11/25

Nov. 25, 2013 [recorded piecemeal amidst our alleyway cacophony] Another cover of Mother (Superior) Mitchell off her sublime "Blue" album. I make it a point never to revisit any song I cover before recording my own spin on it. This usually means I miss a lot of the original musical boat -- often lyrics as well -- but it also can help ensure a more unique version as opposed to a merely faithful cover. For e.g., I know my intro / outro dissonance sections are way off from what Joni does, but I had a

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00:02:15

Sisters of Mercy

kat330 ·

2013/11/06

Nov 11, 2016: Leonard Cohen, R.I.P. ♥ [hear the remaster (w/volume!:) here: https://soundcloud.com/kat330repost/sisters-of-mercy-remaster ] Another page -- four actually -- from the Judy Collins' "Songbook" and probably my final production from that source. This short and very sweet song was never part of my early repertoire, but cfriverdog wondered aloud if I happen to do any Cohen covers. (Thanks for the nudge, Corey!:) Keyboard sounds here include harpsichord, recorder, bassoon, harp and a bit

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