Alongside Warner Records CEO and Co-Chairman Aaron Bay-Schuck, COO and Co-Chairman Tom Corson, Executive Vice-President of Artist and Repertoire Nate Albert and her manager Ethan Schiff, Ross added her name right next to Regina Spektor’s, whose music she’d been listening to on the way over. Ross and her team celebrated the partnership with a champagne toast, and of course, the ceremonial signing of the Warner Records wall, which all artists with the label sign. The team has also taken the first steps of putting music videos together, which will follow Ross’ vision of lots of surrealist visuals and “dreamy, crazy colors.” “I’m excited to play these songs live, and see what people resonate with best,” she said. Over the next year and a half or so, songs will be released as EPs and singles - “little peppers of songs coming out,” in Ross’ words - to gauge audience response, which will determine details about upcoming concert dates and tours. A personal favorite of Ross’ is “Asking the Aspens.” Some songs are high-energy poppy with synthesizers some are quieter, accompanied only by guitar some are love songs some are commentary and some are experimental. Ross describes the collection of songs expected to be on the album as an eclectic mix. “I want to be delicate about presenting that, and let everyone feel included.” “It’s a difficult balance in art - you don’t want to be preachy or ostracize,” she noted. Growing up in Steamboat, raised by a park ranger/ski instructor mom and a dad who valued the outdoors, alongside a sister who’d end up studying ecology, “everything is nature-based, and climate-focused to its core,” Ross said. Ross’ album reflects her life in that it’s centered on the environment. “If I’m working seven jobs and trying to write songs, it’s hard to put my brain all toward music, and (the songs) don’t turn out how I want,” she said. The deal also means Ross will be able to focus exclusively on her music. “Everyone on my team trusts my vision a lot, and they trust me as a person.” “I’m very in charge of my art, which a lot of artists surprisingly aren’t,” she added. “Basically, I guarantee (Warner Records) a couple albums, and they help me build out the art and the marketing and help get the songs heard. On Tuesday, Ross announced she’d signed with the label, becoming one of more than 30 new artists with the company. After a whirlwind of conversations, meetings and negotiations - which proceeded extra quickly due to Ross’ sizable stockpile of songs already written - the deal was done. Records), which has been undergoing a radical company-wide revamp in the past year, with new leadership, new offices and an overhaul of the artist roster. “(Ethan) totally gets it when I need to just go to Joshua Tree for a few days and figure out a song.”įrom there, Ross and the team met with representatives of Warner Records (formerly Warner Bros. “They’re so great, they’re the best,” Ross said. Upon signing a record deal with Warner Records, Steamboat Springs-raised singer-songwriter Kathleen, second from left, poses with, from left, Warner Records CEO and Co-chairman Aaron Bay-Schuck, COO and Co-chairman Tom Corson and Executive Vice-President of Artists and Repertoire Nate Albert. At the same time, she was babysitting, teaching music lessons, doing vocal work for commercials on a freelance basis and selling suitcases. While she found the writing sessions an interesting way to learn, the process was also defeating, with “almost 100 percent of the songs going nowhere,” she said. “It felt like the grad school of songwriting,” she said. With a performance of “August,” and “Sailing Ships,” she won the grand prize: a four-song EP and studio time with Grammy Award-winning producer Ariel Rechtshaid, a mentoring songwriting session with City and Colour, a performance slot on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a cash prize and more.Īfter graduating from CU, Ross headed west to Los Angeles, where she became friends with a crew of singers and songwriters, and for two years, spent days on end in group writing sessions meant to grow songs to pitch to pop stars. In 2016, as a college senior, Ross - performing under the name Kate Brady - was selected from a pool of 14,000 entries to be one of five finalists to perform at L.A.’s The Troubadour as part of the Guitar Center Singer-Songwriter artist discovery program.
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