I started making music when I was quite young. I auditioned for my first professional chorus in the 4th grade. It was a children’s chorus that rehearsed in Coconut Grove, Fl and there were two of us from Homestead that were selected. It didn’t work out as it was quite far from where we actually lived but I was hooked and just knew that there was something magical about making music and that I loved it and would be committed to for a lifetime.
Over the years I’ve worked to shape and improve my craft and have been so lucky to work with fantastic musicians along the way who shared their skills and knowledge. Florida was fabulous for building my songbook and getting experience as a full time performer. I left Florida earlier this year and am now back in California and working on building up a new performance schedule.
In the meantime, I’m uploading videos of the songs that I perform. These are stripped down in the sense that there’s no amplification and no additional production or tricks to sweeten the sound. I’m using an Apogee HypeMic to capture my voice and guitar and using my own kitchen and other people’s kitchens as a setting. I currently have 350 songs in my songbook, so I expect this to take a little while to accomplish although they’re stacking up pretty quick. I’m primarily using Tik Tok, but also YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. My hope is that folks will connect with some of their favorite tunes and have a moment that transports them to a time in their life when that music spoke to them, or perhaps connect them to some songs (old and new) they’ve never heard before.
Do you have a request for a song you’d like to hear me perform? Follow me on one of those platforms to hear my latest. And let me know if you’ve got a need for entertainment for your venue, restaurant or private party. Thanks for your support! Have a wonderful holiday season.
I’ve been busy writing new songs and recording new material. I love the production and engineering aspect of making music. So I’ve been studying up, buying and using new plugins and getting better on the instruments. It’s been over a year since the last CD was released and the band and I have been working on learning enough cover material to have a good four sets of music. Our mix of covers to originals is about 50/50 and I’m always learning and adding more covers and writing new material. I learned several Janis Joplin songs last year and I find that when I’m delving into an artist, that I pickup stylistic gems that end up getting incorporated into my own new songs. I’m currently in my Linda Ronstadt phase and learning a bunch of her tunes. Though it was written by Little Feat, Linda’s version of Willin is one of my favorite songs at the moment. I just love singing that song.
Kally O'Mally 