{"id":19823,"date":"2020-08-31T13:13:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T20:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=19823"},"modified":"2020-08-31T13:13:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T20:13:58","slug":"katie-boeck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2020\/08\/katie-boeck\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Feature &#038; Exclusive Interview KATIE BOECK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Video Feature &amp; Web-Exclusive Interview<\/strong><br \/>\nArtist:\u00a0 <strong>KATIE BOECK<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19830\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-01.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Boeck\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-01.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-01-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Video:\u00a0 \u201c<strong>Making Some Room<\/strong>\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>KATIE BOECK RELEASES EMOTIONALLY INTUITIVE \u201cMAKING SOME ROOM\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_s13XGqgAxM\" width=\"660\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Katie Boeck has careened through several musical careers in the past decade. Shortly after graduating from UCLA with a degree in Musical Theater, Boeck formed a band and began playing open mic nights on Sunset Boulevard and LA\u2019s West Side. This led to a surreal gig as the lead singer of an all-female group that spent several months touring across India\u2014playing for Bollywood stars and weddings\u2014an <em>Eat, Pray, Love<\/em>-esque experience that inspired her first EP, <em>Speaking of You<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Boeck\u2019s acting career took her to New York City with the cast of Deaf West Theater Company\u2019s production of Duncan Sheik\u2019s musical, <em>Spring Awakening<\/em>, sharing the starring role of Wendla with deaf actress Sandra Mae Frank, for whom she voiced, sang and played guitar\u2014garnering television features on <em>Late Night With Seth Meyers<\/em>, <em>NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt<\/em>, and culminating in a Tony Nomination for Best Revival of a Musical and a performance at the 2016 Tony Awards. She was featured performing her acoustic rendition of \u201cAve Maria\u201d in the final season of HBO\u2019s critically acclaimed\u00a0television show\u00a0<em>The Newsroom.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Boeck\u2019s emotive vocal can be subtle and yet it has the ability to soar over the tuneful melodies she creates, as her songs dance with joyful expression that is unapologetically honest. She is known to audiences in LA, Nashville and NYC, where she\u2019s become a regular with Broadway Sings and \u00c9lan Artists and in 2018 made her Carnegie Hall debut. Her song \u201cWhat Are We Waiting For\u201d was covered by Tony-winner Leslie Odom Jr. and performed at Lincoln Center.<\/p>\n<p>We talked with Katie Boeck about her creative process, the opportunity of singing on Broadway and on television, her journey across India finding peace and freedom amidst the cacophony, the experiences over the past few years that have helped shape her music and the importance of family and being authentic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19829\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-02.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Boeck\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-02.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-02-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>KATIE BOECK <\/strong>Interview with\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<em>M Music &amp; Musicians<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>magazine publisher,<strong> Merlin David<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>How did the idea for \u201cMaking Some Room\u201d come to you?<\/strong><br \/>\nI was in a writing session with my friend Cheyenne Medders (also the producer) and he started playing this moody little riff on a nylon string guitar and the word \u2018daylight\u2019 just came out. It evolved into this metaphor about light filling a canyon, which to me represented the low point of life I was in at the time. I knew my marriage was unhealthy and needed to end but that meant I would need to confront my own issues with codependency in relationships, breaking a major pattern in my family. The whole thing started to take on this premonitory tone of a Phoenix rising from the ashes, the old self dying so the new could emerge. That\u2019s what \u201cMaking Some Room\u201d means in the context of the song.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who originally inspired you to write songs?<\/strong><br \/>\nMy dad was a songwriter.\u00a0I remember seeing his notebooks and pens alongside his old acoustic guitar, with pages of ideas and lyrics.\u00a0He was always in pursuit of his dream. When I started writing around age 12, I would play him my songs and he would offer me critiques and tips. It sort of became the main way we bonded. He passed away in 2015. It was a really challenging time for me, grieving his passing. But the memories I have continue to inspire me on my own journey as an artist, writer and mother.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What songwriting tip would you like to offer?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe main thing is just showing up to the page in a consistent way. There\u2019s so much beauty in a blank page\u2014the possibilities are endless. There\u2019s no feeling like creating something from nothing. I\u2019ve recently been doing a lot of Object Writing, which is a tool Pat Pattison uses to make lyrics more sense-based and descriptive. I got into his book <em>Writing Better Lyrics<\/em>. I tend to use a lot of metaphorical language in my writing. It\u2019s helpful to ground my writing with sensory words and paint a picture in my verses, so I can really let my big ideas shine in the chorus.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19828\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-03.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Boeck\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-03.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-03-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about a time when something unique inspired you to write a song.<\/strong><br \/>\nI lived in Mumbai for six months when I was 23. It was the main inspiration for my first EP <em>Speaking of You<\/em>. I remember being there during Diwali which is the festival of lights. There were so many fireworks exploding across the city over the course of several days and the entire sky was covered in smoke. That experience, on top of the intense noise of honking horns that would start first thing every morning, was the inspiration for a song I wrote called \u201cAll I Need.\u201d I remember feeling so much peace and freedom amidst the cacophony. I wrote a verse that went, \u201cEngines roar and fireworks fill the skyline, I\u2019m going crazy cuz I can\u2019t hear, looking in your eyes nothing else matters, cuz you make all the noise just disappear.\u201d I have a journal from my entire experience there. Who knows? Maybe it\u2019ll turn into something later on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What instruments<\/strong><strong>\/equipment can you not live without?<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m really old school. I like a yellow legal pad, a SharpWriter mechanical pencil by Paper Mate, and my Martin guitar, which I play exclusively with Elixir Nanoweb strings. I like to write in alternate tunings, so I\u2019m a big fan of Peterson Strobe Tuners because they\u2019re super accurate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you record your ideas?<\/strong><br \/>\nI recently built my home studio\u2014I\u2019m using Pro Tools, a Scarlett interface, and my King Bee cardioid solid state condenser microphone. I absolutely rely on Waves\u2019 Chris Lord-Alge vocal and guitar plugins to create the vibe I want when I\u2019m recording ideas\u2014they\u2019re amazing. I\u2019m always experimenting. I wanted the autonomy and freedom to explore my own musicality. So, I invested in Pro Tools. I\u2019ve been teaching myself and taking some online tutorials to figure out that whole world. I\u2019m enjoying it. It\u2019s been a fun journey. It\u2019s great for traveling too. I wanted something that I could take with me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19827\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-04.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Boeck\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-04.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-04-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Any accessories?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I write with capos. I write in alternate tunings. The Kyser capos are great. I love them. They are really solid. I like how they feel\u2014pulling them on and off, especially when I\u2019m moving through my set\u2014I don\u2019t have stop to wind up one of those other capos. I can easily attach it to the end of my guitar. Even my Dad had one of the old ones, when he used to play. Through the years, I\u2019ve bought a lot of Kyser capos. I\u2019m a huge fan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which Top 5 Musicians\u00a0inspired you to become a musician?<\/strong><br \/>\nMy parents were divorced but music was a big part of both my households. With my Dad, it was a ton of traditional country, 90s country radio and classic rock. I loved bands like Diamond Rio and Ricochet with those incredible harmonies. He imparted an appreciation for the tradition of storytelling through song\u2014artists like Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams and Glen Campbell.\u00a0With my mom, it was more folk and alternative: 60s and 70s folk like Crosby Stills &amp; Nash, Peter, Paul &amp; Mary, a lot of 90s alternative like Hootie and the Blowfish and all those amazing female singer-songwriters from the 90s. I also had real admiration for R&amp;B and the vocal stylings of singers like Brandy and Mariah and the popular music production of the time. I\u2019ll never forget hearing \u201cKiss from a Rose\u201d for the first time on the radio\u2014it swept me away and I was transported. I\u2019m really an amalgamation of a ton of influences\u2014it\u2019s reflected in my music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 5 favorite albums?<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Blue <\/em>(1971) \u2013 Joni Mitchell<br \/>\n<em>I\u2019ve Got That Old Feeling<\/em> (1990) \u2013 Alison Krauss<br \/>\n<em>Rumours<\/em> (1977) \u2013 Fleetwood Mac<br \/>\n<em>Tigerlily<\/em> (1995) \u2013 Natalie Merchant<br \/>\n<em>Heavier Things<\/em> (2003) \u2013 John Mayer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19826\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-05-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Boeck\" width=\"660\" height=\"991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-05-Copy.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-05-Copy-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-05-Copy-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us a \u201cpinch me\u201d moment when you thought \u201c<em>Wow, this is really happening to me!<\/em>\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nI was on set with Jeff Daniels while filming my \u201cAve Maria\u201d sequence on <em>The Newsroom<\/em>. He jammed on my guitar between takes. It was hilarious and so much fun. Performing at the 2016 70<sup>th<\/sup> Annual <em>Tony Awards<\/em> and singing my song\u00a0\u201cWhat Are We Waiting For\u201d at Carnegie Hall with a full orchestra was pretty mind blowing. Opening night of <em>Spring Awakening<\/em> on Broadway was electric. I opened the show with the song \u201cMama Who Bore Me\u201d and getting to take that first breath and pluck those first notes inside a gorgeous Broadway theater is something I\u2019ll always cherish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about your television experience.<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m good friends with Leslie Odom Jr. and his wife Nicolette Robinson\u2014I went to college with her. Since that time, he\u2019s gone on to become a Tony-winning lead actor as Aaron Burr in <em>Hamilton<\/em>. Anthony Hemingway was the director of that episode of <em>The Newsroom<\/em>. He reached out to my friend Leslie who said, \u201cI\u2019m going to give you one name and she\u2019s going to send you her version.\u201d Within an hour, I figured out how to transcribe \u201cAve Marie\u201d on the guitar. I heard a Joan Baez version and put it in my key and sent a voice memo to Anthony. Aaron Sorkin said he loved it. I had the job. I went to composer Jeff Beal\u2019s home studio, which was surreal. He tracked a huge orchestra behind it. We shot it in two days. I was supposed to be a student from Juilliard. I actually didn\u2019t hear the final version until it aired, when I was in Florida. I had no idea my two-minute version was edited into a six-minute montage with dialogue in between. It turned out beautiful. I immediately got tons of requests for that song but I didn\u2019t have rights to that version. So, I did a home recording on a TASCAM console, put it on SoundCloud and now it has like 350,000 plays. People from all over the world still message me to tell me they love that version. I got tons of inquiries to sing at weddings. I was a fan of the show before I was on it. I\u2019m proud to be a part of that series\u2014it was a beautiful piece of television.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19825\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-06.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Boeck\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-06.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-06-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-06-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you learn about yourself after you recorded the EP <em>Speaking of You<\/em>?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was the first time I fully executed a creative vision on my own. I launched a small Kickstarter but quickly learned a lot of hard lessons about how much it really costs to make a record. How easily someone else\u2019s opinion or influence can make you question or doubt yourself. I constantly had to reestablish trust in myself without a lot of external validation. I got in my own way a lot and struggled with my confidence. I now love what the album represents\u2014this very specific time in my early 20s. But I\u2019ve grown so much as a person and artist since then. There\u2019ve been some major life moments of loss and change, birth and rebirth. I finally feel like I can speak from experience with a certain authority about my life and stand firm in my artistry, knowing who I am\u2014not always needing to be so defined by genre or style. Everything I say and do is an expression of me and my personal experience.\u00a0The pressure to appeal to everyone is gone and I\u2019m totally okay with not being everyone\u2019s cup of tea. It\u2019s impossible to please everyone and still be authentic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best advice you\u2019d like to give your teenage self?<\/strong><br \/>\nAlways strive to remain connected to the joy it brings you to create. It\u2019s tempting to get lost in the desire to create art that is easily consumable, palatable or marketable. But I think we can trust audiences to connect with art that is made from a place of real joy and personal catharsis. The \u201cwhy\u201d for artists doesn\u2019t have to be about anything more than because it feels good. That\u2019s how we change the world\u2014being unapologetically honest and joyful in our expression and giving others permission to do the same.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where can new fans get more info and stay updated?<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.katieboeckmusic.com\/\">www.KatieBoeckMusic.com<\/a><br \/>\n@katieboeck\u2014Instagram and Twitter<br \/>\nSoundcloud.com\/katieboeck<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/katieboeckmusic\">Facebook.com\/katieboeckmusic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19824\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-07.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Boeck\" width=\"660\" height=\"992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-07.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-07-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Katie-Boeck-07-300x451.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video Feature &amp; Web-Exclusive Interview Artist:\u00a0 KATIE BOECK Video:\u00a0 \u201cMaking Some Room\u201d KATIE BOECK RELEASES EMOTIONALLY INTUITIVE \u201cMAKING SOME ROOM\u201d \u00a0 \ufeff Katie Boeck has careened through several musical careers in the past decade. 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