Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania
Lyricist, Singer-Songwriter, Songwriter

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BIOGRAPHY

CONSIDER THE VIEW
sometimes songwriting is all about recovery.
getting on your feet.
pushing up to your tiptoes.
hoping to get a better view of what just happened.
or what might happen.
or what happened a long time ago and something brought the memory rushing back.
it's a refusal to punt when you find yourself holding the ball.
kc 2007

Small town childhood...Barefoot in the river...Shakespeare in the park...for the love of "Story"...Too many questions...Capturing "moments"...the pursuit of excellence at the expense of ego...story teller...lyricist...Where it starts it ends. The songs might not always fall as Americana, but it is homegrown Americana that feeds them.

LEVEL

semi-pro

GENRES

Country, Singer/Songwriter, Pop

PUBLISHING COMPANY

Coffee Bean Music, I own my own publishing

Contact

Booking: karenchronister@gmail.com
Administrative: karenchronister@gmail.com

P.R.O.

ASCAP

INSTRUMENTS

keyboard / piano / vocals

INFLUENCES

Wayne Kirkpatrick, Amy Grant, Dave Barnes, Bonnie Raitt, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, Tom Kimmel, Barry Dean, Sue Smith, Tony Wood, Bob Dylan, Matraca Berg, Joni Mitchell, Jennifer Knapp, Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill, Jewel, Fleetwood Mac, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Sara Evans, Bebo Norman, Jonatha Brooks, Rob Thomas, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash

DAY JOB

K. Chronister Commercial Writing Services

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing online
in co writing in person
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a publishing deal

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics

experience >

SONG CUTS

The Ludlows - "Say the Word" "My Goodbye" -- Song Contract with Amplified Music Group

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

4th Annual Jeffrey Steele Bootcamp -- September 2009. NEAG Songwriting Competition -- 2006 -- 1st Place "Better Than New". Co-writer, Shirley Logan.

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Cadillac Sky

Cadillac Sky should be a lot more tired. It’s early Saturday afternoon at MerleFest and the band–Bryan Simpson, Matt Menefree, Andrew Moritz, Ross Holmes and newest addition David Mayfield–has already logged two performances on the day....

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Sessions: Vetiver

“It’s always slightly confounding to me whenever Vetiver is depicted with the same tropes that people have read off of press sheets,” says Andy Cabic. “The same sort of milestones get mentioned but then no one really digs to find out that there are those other things going on.”

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Behind The Song: “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing”

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell sang, it has been remarked, like lovers, although they weren’t. Similarly, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, the team behind one of Marvin and Tammi’s most enduring hits, “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” wrote as if under the influence of amatory forces; even if, in the spring of 1968,

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Spoon: The Power of Transference

In 1995, Spoon were often dubbed “the next Pixies.” The tag never quite fit, but the two did share a love for writing glorious pop songs and then shrouding them with walls of noise and mystery. Over 15 years, the Austin, Texas band have survived lineup shuffles and early record label neglect, finding their signature style with 2001’s Girls Can Tell and quietly building one of the strongest rock catalogs of the decade.