Speaker 1: You're listening to Matt Connorton Unleashed on WMNH ninety five point.
Speaker 2: Three right now, the world radio premiere of the debut
single from Moving On, coming out February twenty seven.
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Speaker 2: Good morning everybody, here we go. It is that time again,
Matt Connorton Unleashed and we are live from the studios
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Speaker 3: Today is Saturday, February.
Speaker 2: Twenty one, two twenty six, and of course if you
are local to Manchester, it's a bit of a winter
wonderland out there. Had some snow overnight, not too much though.
Actually the drive in this morning, I was pleasantly surprised
at the condition of the roads. They're actually pretty normal,
so just wet, so hopefully we're okay. And then, of
course again if you're listening live on Saturday, there is
another storm system I haven't looked this morning, but could
potentially hit us on Sunday and to Monday. But I
think the last I've seen two models for it, one
that shows it hitting us, and another that shows it
missing us and effectively going out to the ocean and
not really you know, maybe giving us a couple inches
of snow, but that's it. So I'm going to try
to send as much positive energy as I can and
hope that we get that version of that storm system,
because I think we've had enough. But I will say
to me, there's only one week left of winter anyway,
And what do I mean by that? Well, today, as
we do the show live is the twenty first. Now,
something my father taught me when I was a kid,
and I've carried this throughout my life. He liked to
think of winter because he didn't like winter. I don't
like winter. He liked to think of winter as really
only being two months long, his logic being that most
of December is technically still fall anyway. You don't really
tend to get to the harsh, the really harsh winter
weather until you get into January. So then you've just
got You've got January and February to contend with. And
that's really it. Because once you get to March, you know,
most years it starts to warm up pretty quick and whatnot.
But even if March is even if you get an
enormous blizzard on the first of March, you kind of
don't care at that point because psychologically it's like, yeah, whatever,
this is all gonna melt any day now anyway, So
it's just easier to deal with. So it's not even
a big deal. So so from his way of thinking,
which I then adapted to my way of thinking, winter
is only two months long. It's January and February. So
March first, to me is the first day of spring
and February short month. Today's twenty first. Next Saturday, it
will be the twenty eighth last day of winter. Again
by my By the way, meteorologists say the same thing,
because let me see if I can say it, meteorological
winter is actually December, January, and February. So so a
meteorologist will also tell you that in their world March
versus the first day of spring.
Speaker 3: So ignore the calendar, just pay attention to the months,
and March first.
Speaker 2: I will say, though, there was one year I don't know,
seven or eight years ago where I remember, so we
had a couple of really mild winters in a row,
like really mild, and there was this one year where
it was February twenty eighth, which again in my mind
is the last day of winter. And I remember thinking
on that day. I even I remember the exact moment
this thought went through my head. I thought, Oh, another quick,
easy winter. I could get used to this. But I
hadn't looked at the forecast. I had no idea that
the next day, March first, we were going to have
an enormous blizzard. I just hadn't looked at the forecast.
I do so ignorance was bliss. I'm just walking around thinking, well,
there's another quick, easy winter. Great, And I had no
idea what was coming and what I also had no idea,
and there was no way to predict. This is because
January and February that year had been very easy, that
we were going to effectively get the entire winter compressed
into March. It was like all the January and February
winter winter weather we could have had it all happened
in March, and we just got one giant snowstorm after
another all throughout the month of March and March was horrible.
So my way of thinking about it didn't quite pan
out that particular that particular year, with that particular winter,
but alas we're almost there. We're in the home stretch.
This has been a cold one, that's for sure. Here's
what we're gonna do, So in just a couple of minutes,
we're going to be joined by Caitlin Piper. She's going
to be with us via Microsoft Teams, a very talented musician.
She's gonna be joining us for We're gonna her new single.
Then she and I are going to talk, and then
we're gonna play another song of hers at the end.
Coming up in the second hour, we have Howleen Hawk.
We did a world radio premiere for them a few
weeks ago, but they're gonna be joining us. And then
in the third hour, G Girl also known as Jackie Brown.
I don't know if she even really goes by G
Girl anymore. I think she just uses her name now,
But she hosts an online talk show called The Icy
Show where she just interviews people in the music industry
and other various people. Jenny was on The Icy Show
with her recently, in fact, but she's gonna be here
with us in studio. Longtime listeners will be familiar with her.
Brooklyn Mike remembered her when we were talking about tomorrow's show,
or I should say, well, when we were talking about
today's show, but yesterday, so when we were talking about
the show yesterday, it was still tomorrow's show, but now
tomorrow is today. But anyway, Brooklyn Mike was like, oh, yeah,
I remember her. Yeah, she's great. So Brooklyn Mike, hello,
if you're listening. He's now of course a regular member
of Retrospectrum Radio on Friday nights, the show that we
do here at WM and H. But yeah, he was
very I need to hear the g girl was gonna
be on with us this morning, so so she will
be here with us in studio in the third hour today.
So we do have an exciting program for you today.
But what we're gonna do right now, we're gonna go
ahead and play the new single from Caitlin Piper. This
is called Moving On. And then when we come back
from this, she should be on with us via teams.
We're gonna talk get to know Caitlin Piper a little bit,
and then we'll play another song of hers a little
bit later.
Speaker 3: But stick around. There's plenty of great stuff to come.
But here it is. This is the newest single from
Kaitlin Piper. This is called moving on.
Speaker 9: Miss the mark mile long shot. We're gonna get off course,
hugle fun. But I need to go in fezy.
Speaker 11: Some one a night, a brand new spot. The rais
light out in.
Speaker 10: The distance and a breeze that bloats. It calls my day.
But if back go, will it fix th.
Speaker 9: And damp I.
Speaker 12: I welcome back, say because.
Speaker 10: Oh try showing you every feece of me, and you
reacted a temperately yeah yellow see it was just temper verity,
all the help you gave to me, and I was
wrong about you. Now I'm moving on. I feel so
foolish thinking that you were winning.
Speaker 13: Now no, everyone charged by me.
Speaker 9: That's the thing. It all comes. It's such a come,
so weird that there's so.
Speaker 13: Much that is lost because say.
Speaker 10: Trudge, when you everything me anyway day applie, Now I
see it was transaginal.
Speaker 9: It was going on swe me. I was born back
now I know, but doesn't.
Speaker 10: Matter what an its forgotten to because I put nigs
and a basket, and the basket it was you cannot
wanting answer, basket man said stage true.
Speaker 9: And I gotta do my fun now, damn sa judge
in your way fees. So then you reacted the Japanee Bocy.
Speaker 7: It was just.
Speaker 9: Got into me.
Speaker 3: I was n about.
Speaker 9: Now that's right. Now I'm moving.
Speaker 7: That's right.
Speaker 9: Now I'm movement. That's like now I'm moving.
Speaker 11: No, that's like now I'm moving.
Speaker 14: It's like now.
Speaker 9: That's like now I'm believing.
Speaker 3: En there we go. That is moving on by Caitlin Piper.
I love it. That is really really good. And we
have Caitlin with us via Microsoft teams. Good morning, Kaitlin,
Good morning, how you doing. Good, good, Welcome to the show.
It's great to talk to you, your first time on
the program. I really love that track. That's that's the
newest single, correct it is?
Speaker 15: Yeah?
Speaker 3: How long is how long has that been out?
Speaker 15: That came out the end of January?
Speaker 3: Oh okay, oh wow, so that's very new. Excellent, excellent.
And then and that you've got an album coming up
in June, full album.
Speaker 15: I do yes.
Speaker 16: I have an album release concert planned for June twelfth
at the press Room in Portsmith, so everything will be
done and ready to go by then.
Speaker 2: Oh, outstanding, outstanding? Is this gonna be your first full
length album? Or because there's so many different ways to
do this, now you know, if you want to do
an album or an EP or a lot of artists
just released singles, is this gonna be your first full
length album?
Speaker 15: It will be.
Speaker 16: I did an RPM album in twenty twenty four, so
you do the whole you know, the whole album in
the month of February and you write it and record
it and release it. But this is my first true
album where it's more kind of planned out and including
other musicians on it as well.
Speaker 2: So the RPM challenge that's come up before on the
show actually many times over the years, but I haven't
heard anyone mention it recently.
Speaker 3: So you did that in twenty four Just yes.
Speaker 15: Yep, and it is alive and well.
Speaker 16: It used to be more of an in person get
together piece where people would bring actual CDs and they
would have listening parties, and now everything is online. But
what's cool about that is that people from all over
the world are listening to each other's music. So you
put a map out and you can click on like
you can find your town or your state and see,
you know, local music around and who's putting music out.
So I have an RPM single that I'm kind of
working with and a friend oh, in a friend it's
an a cappella song. So that's the first time I've
ever done something like that. But uh yeah, we'll see,
We'll see how that goes. But I'm focused on this
album and putting it together and excited to get new
music out. And I so appreciate you having me this morning.
This is this is so nice to hear.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, No, you're.
Speaker 15: In chat chat about it?
Speaker 2: No, absolutely, no, We're glad to have you on now
you are You're in the Sea Coast area, correct.
Speaker 15: Yes, Portsmouth is like my kind of home base it
more more or less.
Speaker 3: Did you grow up there?
Speaker 15: No, I grew up in Western New York.
Speaker 2: Oh okay, okay, what what brought you to New Hampshire
Because you're in you know, obviously in the Portsmouth area,
that's such a I mean, I think in terms of
the music scene in the state, you know, like I'm
in Manchester and obviously there's a lot of tremendous talent here,
this tremendous talent all over the state, all over the
world really, but but I feel like Portsmouth is kind
of the most interesting in terms of and maybe this
kind of informs your sound a little bit. Too, because
I hear a lot of different influences in your sound.
But but you're in You're in such a great spot
if you're gonna be in New Hampshire and Reportsmouth is
a great place to be if you're a musician. But
how did you How did you land there from? You said,
Western New York originally?
Speaker 16: Yeah, So I am a teacher and I teach French. Oh,
and I went to go look for a job. It
was harder to find French teaching positions in Western New York.
And they had this program where you could click on
any state you'd want to work at, and then town
and you could send out your resume. So I ended
up in southern Maine only because I had read an
article about Acadia National Park and I thought New England
was cool. I was in a musical called Carousel when
I was a little girl, and it's all about New England.
So I was like, I'll go there and try that,
and it was the best thing I've ever done. So
I ended up in Maine and I taught there for
a couple of years and I put music on hold
completely and then after you know, a bunch of other
life life achievements, having a family and things like that.
I came back to music, and I think the only reason,
the only way I was able to do that is
really because of the Portsmouth music scene and the new
music scene as a whole. Everybody is so receptive and
kind and willing to collaborate, and they're just honest. Nobody
is gatekeeping any any sort of gate cirk or contacts.
Speaker 15: Everyone's oh, I'll help you get through that, like, oh,
you want to play here?
Speaker 16: Like and now I feel like I'm established enough where
I'm able to do that for some other people like, oh,
you want to play there, here's their phone number, Like, sure,
we can make that happen. It just feels such a
great collaborative community. And I'm just everything New England. I
should stop talking because once they start talking about so
once I love the history and the aesthetic and the
feel out here. It's just it's just the best place
to be. I this will be my home for my
forever home for sure.
Speaker 3: Outstanding. No, that's good to hear.
Speaker 2: You did mention so you had kind of taken a
break from music right to focus on other things. You
mentioned a family and of course your career as an
educator and so forth. Did you always know that you
were going to come back to it, like, was that
always kind of the plan or at least maybe in
the back of your mind, or did you at any
point think, you know, no, I've left that behind and
I'm onto this other phase or what was kind of
your thought process during that time.
Speaker 16: I guess I know I was always going to be singing.
I kind of was born singing and it's in my blood,
so there's no stopping that. There's no stopping the songwriting.
Sometimes I will flat out communicate with other people just
and I'll sing them a little too, and amazing back
to me. Yeah, big songs up about everything. So that
was never going to stop. I knew that, and I
always knew as mother I wanted to pass on that
musical piece to my children and definitely attend the attending
concerts and shows.
Speaker 15: That never stopped. That's always been really strong.
Speaker 16: Yeah, But I think what was hard for me was
to think of a teare in kind of a public
space also performing and can you do more than one thing?
Speaker 15: And is that okay to do?
Speaker 16: That's maybe what helped me held me back for a
little bit, but it was it was the best thing
to do because I spent several years just listening to music,
watching other people perform really personal in private with my
own music, and that felt that felt really right.
Speaker 15: I think a big change was.
Speaker 16: I lost my dad, and when after he passed away,
it kind of realized, WHOA, this is it, Like, this
is life and.
Speaker 15: If you want to do something, you got it. What
am I doing? I gotta go do it if I
want to get out there and do it.
Speaker 16: And so I slowly but surely tried a couple things,
and like I said, everyone was so so receptive and
it's just been a blast.
Speaker 15: I'm having the best time.
Speaker 2: This might be a little bit of a side street
forgive me, but you mentioned losing your dad, and you
said something that I kind of connected with because so
I lost my father recently in December, and and but
you know, you mentioned losing your dad and then feeling like,
well you really got to, you know, you really got
to push forward with this. And I'm just curious. I
don't know how deep you want to go with this,
but I'm just curious. Did you find that because I
went through this thing, maybe I'm still going through it
because it was relatively recent where it kind of losing
a parent kind of uh forces you to confront your
own mortality in a weird way, and then it kind
of maybe is that part of what kind of pushed you,
because it sounds like losing your dad kind of pushed
you forward a little bit to really really do what
you felt driven to do.
Speaker 15: For sure, I think we need to make the most nothing.
Time goes by so quickly and there's so much that is.
Speaker 16: As much as we like to think we're in control
and in the driver's seat, there's so many components where
we really you don't know what's going to happen. So
if there's a window of time when you can follow
your passion and put it out there and share it
with other people, I think that's great. I'll also say
I wrote some songs about my dad and found a
way of kind of my grief was through that outreach
and sharing some of that music with other people. Actually
did a whole event with a group called the Pre
Dead Social Club, which and I'm so sorry about the
passing of your dad might be connect with. But they
bring people together all over the Sea Coast in New
England and talk about you know, life and death and
they help people get through those moments, and they actually
had a concert in October and we got to come together.
We each shared there were three different singer songwriters. We
each shared songs about grief or things that we've been through,
and then they assigned us somebody who had lost somebody
and then we got to write a song for that
person and present it. And it was just so powerful
to put all of those feelings into into music.
Speaker 2: Now, that's that's excellent because something that a theme that
comes up a lot on this program is you know,
taking things that are negative, you know, like loss and
you know, in this case, loss and grief and all
of that and turning it into art. And then so
you're taking something negative, you're creating something positive about it.
And it's positive because not only does it help you
when you create that art, not only is it you know,
it's a great form of therapy, right to create something
out of that, but also it helps other people who
then connect with the art that you've created, other people
who can relate to what you're going through. And I
think that's outstanding. What is that called again, the pre dead?
Speaker 15: What pre Dead Social club?
Speaker 3: Pre Dead Social Club? I like that a lot.
Speaker 15: The first time I heard that name.
Speaker 9: I was like, what is this?
Speaker 15: I don't know what this is.
Speaker 16: And then I met Laura who runs who runs the organization,
and she's just doing so much great work to bring
people together. And because that was another thing. You know,
you lose, you lose somebody that's so close to you,
and then then what, like what do you do? People
will bring over some cast roles and they say sorry, sorry,
and it's sad and everyone's trying to help you. But
it's just to have somebody that really gets the whole process.
It was tremendous and instrumentous.
Speaker 3: Yeah, work absolutely.
Speaker 15: Funny what you said about connecting through themes.
Speaker 16: There's some songs that I write that people will see, oh,
I love that song that you wrote about this, and
I'm like, oh, that's like, thank you, it's not necessarily
what I wrote it about.
Speaker 15: I have a lot of songs.
Speaker 16: My big theme on my album is kind of setting
limits and and like moving on. Right, So there's there's
that song that you just heard just sing enough, this
is enough and I'm choosing to go a different path.
But it's interesting people's take on what they hear and
how they interpret each each song.
Speaker 2: Well, it's another thing too about art is you know,
you can obviously, you can interpret it however you want to,
and however it connects with you in this case, in
the case of songs, obviously how it connects with you
as a listener. But it is interesting how sometimes yeah,
people will this is this will sound random, But I
just said this to a friend of mine the other
day that when I was a kid, I was actually
mad at Sammy Hagar for saying that Love Walks In
was about aliens, because I didn't want it to be
about that. But but it's just but but it's always
interesting to me too, when you know, I'll I'll have
a certain song or something or an album that it
connects with me in a certain way, and then you know,
I read an interview, uh with the artists who wrote
the song, and it turns out it's about something completely
different than what I thought. And then there's that it's weird,
you know, there's that little bit of oh, I kind
of wanted it to be about what I wanted it
to be about, but that's just narcissistic.
Speaker 16: But yeah, yeah, So there's some songs that I don't
really share too much about what it is because sometimes
it's much more literal than maybe what people.
Speaker 15: Assume.
Speaker 16: Yeah, some of it is pretty obvious, like there's yeah,
but I like to see that takeaway. Everybody can get
a piece of takeaway something different.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, we should mention too. So you were the uh
you won an award through the Sea Coast Community Choice Awards.
Speaker 3: Correct, I did.
Speaker 15: I did. I've got a strong support here of people.
Speaker 16: You devote every day for that one, and my my
friends and family and coworkers definitely showed up for me
and and that that was cool.
Speaker 15: Yeah. I was so nonchalant about it.
Speaker 16: I it was the words were it was on my
son's birthday, so I was like, I was definitely going
to miss my son's birthday. So I wrote to the people.
I was like, oh yeah, thanks, and I sure was
like that's not going to happen. And I had a
friend that was was at the event and they're like.
Speaker 15: Oh, yeah, you did get it, so oh that's great. Cool.
Speaker 16: So it's published there right there with some of the
best Seacoast businesses in town.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we should be specific too.
Speaker 2: It was the twenty twenty five Best Live Music Artist
Group Band winner, so very good.
Speaker 3: Congratulations.
Speaker 16: Oh that it was that was very cool. For the
amount of time that I've been performing here.
Speaker 15: That that was that was a neat one.
Speaker 3: So, yeah, how long have you been performing here? I
forgot to ask you, uh kind of the timeline, how
long have you been here doing this?
Speaker 16: I've been performing out I think since like it's it's
been like.
Speaker 15: A year and a half.
Speaker 2: Oh not that long then, Okay, yeah, not that long.
So that's that's well, that's excellent. Then, so you're off
to uh, you're off to a great start.
Speaker 16: Yes, for sure, little projects easing up to it, but
like really being out after the RPM thing, I was like,
you know, I really want to share these songs that
I'm writing. And I performed at a little cafe and
in Portsmouth. It's no longer open at that location.
Speaker 15: That's fine.
Speaker 16: It was just so special and I got kind of
hooked on it, and I realized, well, I can do
this by myself. So then I did a whole series
of performing independently, and then I really thought I need
a band. I'd love to have that full band sound
behind me. So I did a couple of band shows
and now I'm doing solo band and then sometimes I'm
performing as a duo, which is really really nice to
carry the kind of the guitar load of each each piece.
And it also I think anytime I have somebody performing
with me, it gives the audience a break from my vocals,
because I think it's a lot to hear somebody's kind
of belting for two hours when they start booking for
me for three hours plus.
Speaker 15: I definitely like to have somebody else with me.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Well it's nice too that you're able to do that
in different configurations. When when you've got the full band,
what what does that? What does that entail like?
Speaker 15: Is it?
Speaker 17: Is it?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Tell me about that.
Speaker 16: Yes, So I'm calling it Caitlin Piper And that's not
because I'm into my own name or anything, but it's
just it's steady for me. So I'm performing originals and
covers in this band setting, and I kind of have
a rotation or almost like a bench of performers that
join me, and they are some they are the best
performers in the Sea Coast and because of that, their
schedule aren't always.
Speaker 15: But that's why there's there's like a whole little crew.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 16: So you know, you think of the gig, you think
of the setting, you think of the time and and
all the different elements and think who would be the
best combo for the first try, and you see if
they can make it, and then if they can't, then
you pivot. And I've I've had the opportunity to work
with people that are just absolutely outstanding. So yeah, I'm
very proud of that and totally honored that they're willing
to take on my original original songs and songs they wrote,
you know, in my room or something or after like
a very small emotional moment, I write this song and
now it's on it's on the stage in front of
all these people.
Speaker 15: It's it's really cool.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's fantastic. I'm also curious about your influences because obviously,
you know, you listen to a song like moving On,
and I think I even said coming out of the
song you can hear a mix of a mix of
influences there. So I'm curious. I'm curious about what you
listen to growing up and what kind of informs your
your music in your your style today.
Speaker 16: Well, I would love to hear the influences that that
you hear in that song. I'm always curious to see
because trying to define a genre is really difficult, you know.
You you communicate with different venues and they have to
fill out all this information and to really find tune
what I'm doing has been a little bit difficult. Somebody
told me the other day, I think they're like, I
think you're the only one kind of having this sound
in our in our area, which was a huge compliment.
Speaker 15: But I'm calling it soul pop more or less, I.
Speaker 3: Think pop, So I think that's a good term, soul.
Speaker 16: Pop, yes, which puts me in the same realm as
like and not to say I'm at the level of
these people, but I'm in the same field as Lake
Street Dive is a huge influence. Not everybody knows Lake
Street Dive. So like Stevie Wonder, Amy Winehouse the soulful
pop music, and I think what I apply to it
that's a little bit different and makes it harder to define,
is like really cool guitar parts. Yeah yeah, so that
like that doesn't always fit with what those those other
bands might be or groups might be doing. So growing up,
I've listened to absolutely everything I've had. You know, my
dad brought in the Beatles into my life, and my
mom was a piano major in college and brought in
all of this musical theater in classical music, just gorgeous,
gorgeous music. And once I could get a cassette tape
and aging myself here, CD player, I'll go with. I
just listen to music NonStop. And I got a karaoke
machine when I was really little, and I'm like, my
mom got me like Sinatra.
Speaker 15: So I was like third grade making my own radio show.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I would not the.
Speaker 16: Words down to the songs, or I would take like
the backing checks and change the melodies and record it
and then listen.
Speaker 15: To it back. Oh wow, I think that was a huge,
a huge part. But yeah, I serious.
Speaker 16: I know everybody says they're eclectic and they listen to everything,
but jazz is a huge part of what I listened to.
El Fitzgerald's my favorite, my all time favorite vocalist, and
so I spend.
Speaker 15: A lot of time listening to.
Speaker 16: Jazz and a lot of musicals, which I know is
could be perceived as nerdy, but I don't care. I'm
proud of I'm proud of that and that the harmony's
piece really comes through through that. And then I just
see like music of the times. I was in market
yesterday and they were playing an in sync song and
some of the harmonies. I was like, Oh my goodness,
is this where I'm getting what I'm trying to do
on my music?
Speaker 15: Like, is this is this my aim?
Speaker 16: Is this maybe where it's seeped in from. So truly
a little bit of a little bit of everything. But
Lake Street Dive is a big, big band that I love.
Couch is another band that.
Speaker 15: I listened to. So I'm getting a little bit obscure.
Speaker 2: But do you know, do you know Cosmic Blossom they're
from the area, I don't know. They kind of remind
me a little bit of them. They've they've got kind
of that vibe. I mean, you know, they're I mean,
they're pretty eclectic themselves. But you know, if you listen
to one Cosmic Blossom song, it's not going to sound
like like the next one necessarily, But but it kind
of kind of reminded me of that a little bit too.
But I think that I think that you know what
you're doing because it mixes different things. I would imagine
that it kind of really you know, you mentioned the
challenge of trying to kind of pigeonhole it well, while
you're explaining to someone what you sound like if they
haven't heard you yet, but but I would imagine it.
It does kind of open you up, though, to being
able to play a lot of different kinds of venues,
especially where you can do it in different configurations. I
was looking at, Uh, where's that list You've You've played
some interesting places like the like the Strawberry Bank Museum
for example. I mean that you know, that's that's that's
pretty cool. I remember going there when I was a kid,
to the Strawberry Bank Museum.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I did a.
Speaker 15: Big run of their shows.
Speaker 16: Of their shows, I did like some Christmas songs for
them at some holiday music for their candle Light Stroll.
Speaker 15: And then they have an event called Tuesdays on the Terrace.
So last summer we got to perform.
Speaker 16: In front of all of these historic homes and everyone
comes and they sit in their chairs out in this field,
and it was great.
Speaker 15: I absolutely love Strawberry Bank.
Speaker 16: I love Strawberry Bank so much that somehow, when I
won that award that we were talking about, they had
to listen address, and I don't know how that was
my address, but I am.
Speaker 15: Listed as that's where I live. Yeah, so it's it's
my home base.
Speaker 16: But I will be back at Strawberry Bank with a
full band August fourth for their Tuesdays on the Terrorists series,
which will be really fun. But yeah, the different genres
of not having something totally claimed has been interesting. I
was able to fill in with the Stray Horses for
their last Waltz concert last November, and I sang Joni
Mitchell songs. I was at the press room in August
with a full band opening for Maggie Baugh, who was
Keith Urban's lead guitarist. Okay, so I was kind of
like a country esque peace and I can lean that
way for sure. It's it kind of just is what
I'm in the mood for, I guess.
Speaker 15: But it's been cool. Yeah.
Speaker 16: I think because I like so many different types of music,
it's been I've been able to bounce around nicely and
it doesn't feel totally.
Speaker 15: Foreign or or out of sorts.
Speaker 14: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I also think too, and again kind of circling back
to where you are, you know, that that area I
think I think really lends itself to to that kind
of flexibility. I also just excuse me just to circle
back to to you know, because you are an educator.
I mean, does that do you feel that the teaching
in any way influences or or informs your songwriting or
performing or I mean, is there any any anything in
there that sort of crosses over in terms of being
a teacher.
Speaker 15: And I feel like every time I've interviewed this is
all do it.
Speaker 16: I'm not trying to stuck up by any means, but
I have the most principle at my school, and she's
part of the reason why I'm out playing again because
she really said, like, you know, if this is something
you love, do it, and just had me bring it
into the school with the kids. I wrote a school
kind of theme song that we do every fall, and
we have a school band called the Riptide Rhythms. We
were under Hampshire Chronicle, which is fun. So our superintendent
and our assistant superintendent, we're all in this band and
we perform for the kids sometimes. But that's just a
nice piece. So I feel really comfortable combining both. I
do a lot of singing with my students, for sure,
But something that my principal does with us before a
meeting is she goes over these social norms of how
we need to go into the mindset we should have
before we interact. And she talks about assuming positive intent
and that's really been life changing. And so I have
a song that I just flat out say, like, I'm
going to assume positive intent from you. So already coming
into something, I know everyone's doing the best they can.
Nothing's edgy, It's all going to feel good. So yeah,
I think I think those especially because right now I'm
teaching elementary school, those kind of feel good themes come
can come through quite a bit, and big social themes too.
You know, when you see something happening in your adult life.
Just I don't know, it's like a whole wave of.
Speaker 15: Kind of the times.
Speaker 3: Sure, sure, absolutely absolutely, So what tell us again? So
the album?
Speaker 2: The album's out June twenty twenty six. How many how
many tracks are on it?
Speaker 15: That's the question, Matt.
Speaker 3: That's oh so this is still a work in progress.
Speaker 15: I well, there's where's one song?
Speaker 16: I'm like, do I am? I'm either going to put
it on.
Speaker 15: I'm there's one song that's on it might be cut,
I don't know. Oh okay, I'm thinking I'm thinking ten.
Speaker 16: Songs and maybe I should just make it ten and
not do the eleventh one going back to earth about
this song. It's all done, It's it's all I just
don't know if that's another thing I'm battling with the
genre piece, like does it all fit together and is
this a cohesive model of what's happening or do I
just go with like a genre and push that out.
I think what's going to end up happening is I'm
just going to release this and then maybe here I go,
I'm going to start committing to things. I think next
year I would do like a jazz acoustic guitar focus
kind of mellow album. I mean, yeah, okay, the whole
songs like that that I don't think will fit on
on this as much because you could hear from that
last song, like Ian's guitar, Ian Sleeper's playing the guitar,
and that he did so much for that song and
he's just it's really cool.
Speaker 15: It's it's borderline like rock.
Speaker 18: Right.
Speaker 3: Oh, it's really good.
Speaker 13: Yeah.
Speaker 3: I really like that solo a lot.
Speaker 16: Yeah, he's awesome, and he's on a bunch of different
tracks and such a dream to work with, just so easy,
easy going in kind. So yeah, I'm thinking everything will
kind of be that same in that same mood of
that song.
Speaker 15: But we'll see. I have to make my decision, I
think this week.
Speaker 3: So I always feel like everybody out there.
Speaker 15: Wants to reach out and be listening heres. Let me know.
Speaker 2: I always feel like, if you're gonna do that, if
you have something that doesn't necessarily fit the vibe of
the rest of the album, put it at the end
because because yeah, I'm trying to think of another example
and nothing's coming to me. But I feel like I
feel like that's kind of how it goes. Like if
you I wish I could think of a specific example,
but I'm drying a blank. But if you have something
that's kind of a surprise, you know, it's got to
go at the end of the album. If you put
it anywhere else, it's going to be weird. And you
certainly don't want to put it at the beginning because
it's then it sets you up for wait, what was that?
But if you put it, but if you put it
at the end, it's almost then it almost becomes sort
of like by default, like a bonus track.
Speaker 3: I don't like that.
Speaker 16: Yeah, somebody was saying, you know, you could always do
it as a single, but the song is about it.
It turns out the song is really truly pop pop country,
which is not the rest of the album. But it's
a song about kind of coming back into your own
and it's a song I wrote about coming into coming
back to music. And so I think that's a beautiful
thing to put on your first album of just saying
like here I am, I'm back and thank you.
Speaker 15: It's a kind of a thank you song to the
sea ghost. Yeah, about just being.
Speaker 16: Out there again and I'm not afraid and I'm just
going to do it. So that might be a really
nice way to end the album. Or if anyone listens
that far, they might say, huh, that's different, or you know,
I don't know, put it all out there.
Speaker 15: Oops.
Speaker 3: Sorry, Oh that's okay, Well, very good, very good. Oh
where do you record?
Speaker 2: By the way, because I always like to give you know,
I don't know if you go to a studio or
whatever you do, but in so many different ways to
record now, but I always like to make sure that
there's a lot of great recording studios out there, so
I want to make sure we give everybody their shine.
Speaker 3: And the that song sounds fantastic. Moving on, Yeah, where
do you record?
Speaker 16: That song was recorded in a bunch of different places,
so that that was kind of a mash up situation.
Speaker 15: But Duncan Watt did the mixing and.
Speaker 16: He was very very patient with me, so I work
with him sometimes and I went to his to do that,
and uh, the Electric Cave in Portsmouth is another location
that I've been recording at.
Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, okay, outstanding.
Speaker 16: It's more on the people unless the that's the location,
I guess, but I should I should know I should
be more.
Speaker 18: On it.
Speaker 2: No, No, but it's it's good to you know, it's
good to mention the people who are doing this because,
like I said, yes, yeah, moveing.
Speaker 15: On, has Ian Sleeper on guitar.
Speaker 16: Joe Harding is playing the bass, Okay, and he's in
He's in so many great they both are there. They're phenomenal.
And then I had Duncan Watt do all of the
mixing and editing to that.
Speaker 2: Okay, okay, outstanding in a moment. So we're gonna we're
gonna wrap up in just a couple of minutes, Caitlin,
But I do want to end the segment with another
one of your songs. I really like this song, Speechless.
Is this going to be on the album as well,
or is this strictly a single?
Speaker 15: It is going to be on the album. And that
one is one too word almost it's getting out of
the genre of piece.
Speaker 3: But yeah, that song is.
Speaker 15: I was listening some of my friend was like, oh,
this is so good and putting this on again, like
I was like, okay.
Speaker 16: The other day kind of brought it back up and
it's it's definitely a song that's that's grown on me.
Speaker 15: Yeah, guy Capa Silatro, which I really hope I'm seeing his.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I know him, his last name.
Speaker 16: He's gonna He's the one I'm doing the RPM acapella.
Speaker 15: Song with right now.
Speaker 16: Capaslat my western New York accent just takes everything that's
beautiful in the English language and and really.
Speaker 15: Tears it up.
Speaker 11: Well.
Speaker 3: The other thing. The other thing too, is that's a
lot of syllables in one name, to be fair.
Speaker 15: The third he.
Speaker 16: Took this song and he added in the cool guitar
part in the beginning, which I really like. My friend
Bill Dirling is on the keys, Joe Harding is doing
the bass, and I hope I've named everybody that's that's
on that song. But it's it's a neat one. And
then oh, yes, no, I have to tell you about
this person. Tony Inland did the drums and he did
all of the mixing for the song too. And Tony
works at the he's the manager at the drum center
in it's either Hampton or Northampton, you know, the biggest
drum store.
Speaker 7: Yeah.
Speaker 15: We recorded.
Speaker 16: The drums for that song on a drum kit that
may possibly have been used with.
Speaker 15: Michael Jackson recording.
Speaker 3: Okay, oh interesting, interesting by.
Speaker 15: And the name escapes me. Uh Jay, the drummer is
j R.
Speaker 3: I don't I don't have it either.
Speaker 16: That's okay, this would be if I was in person,
I would have my John j R. Robinson or Michael
Jackson and Stevie Wonder and and so Tony had the
drum kit from his work. Oh cool, Yeah, that's in
the scenes.
Speaker 15: Fact about about.
Speaker 2: Speechless Yeah, yeah, outstanding, outstanding. So we'll hit that track
in a moment. But uh, Caitlin Piper, thank you so much.
Where should people go online? Where's the best place to
go online to keep up with everything that you're doing?
Speaker 16: Kaitlinpipermusic dot com and my Instagram at Kaitlinpiper music. And
here's the catch, Caitlin c A I T L I N.
There's another Caitland Piper out there that keeps getting tagged
in all my stuff. Oh I'm the I N and
and all the music stuff pops up when you put
my name in there. So yeah, I would love to
you know, Instagram is usually the best way to follow me.
I'm on Facebook and I have a nice little website
with a nice schedule of shows and I'm always looking
for people to join my email list if they want to. Yeah,
thank you so much for having me. This is so
much fun to chat and.
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh absolutely no, We're glad to have you Caitlin,
and we will definitely do this again in the future,
especially as you're releasing new music.
Speaker 3: And uh we will. We will absolutely do this again
on that.
Speaker 16: But I'll get there in person. I'll bring my guitar
and I'll sing and it'll be it'll be great.
Speaker 2: Oh even better. Well, in that case, we'll have you
back even sooner, because that would be that would be wonderful.
We'll definitely do that. We're gonna go ahead and hit
this track speechless, so we will let you go. But again, Caitlin,
thank you so much and I'm sure we'll talk to
you soon. Thank you, take care you got it, Bye bye,
all right. That is Caitlin Piper her new single moving On.
We played at the beginning of the segment. Of course,
if you missed it, it will be on the podcast.
But let's go ahead and hit This is another great
track or previous single. This is called Speechless, and this
is Caitlin Piper.
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