About Katie

Katie D is a singer-songwriter based in beautiful Oregon whose music is largely introspective, melancholic, and earnest. Her voice is often described as angelic. The sweet melodies linger and tug at your heartstrings.

Katie began playing piano as a toddler, started lessons at age 6, and wrote her first song at age 8. She continued her musical endeavors singing in school choirs, as a piano accompanist, and continued training in piano lessons. She was heavily influenced by the many local musicians of her hometown. Along the way she picked up some guitar and ukelele.

Katie, left, and her sister Kristie

While growing up, Katie was not brave enough to perform her own music and preferred to be in the background, but in 2009 she realized she didn't want to lose the music she had been writing all her life and began work recording an album. Shortly after starting to record, she decided she wanted to conquer her fear of performing by accepting any musical opportunities that came her way.

First session at Wild Rose Studios, recording 'Liam'

Excerpt from her blog about this process: "When I started doing these things I was really anxious, and was cranky at myself more than once, wondering why I had made such an excruciatingly uncomfortable goal for myself. I thought how easy it would be to just slide back into my old comfort zone and not have to put myself out there. But I just kept saying Yes. After saying Yes so many times externally, I believe I finally started saying Yes to myself on the inside."

Performance at New Morning Bakery in Corvallis

The making of her debut album 'Katie D' (which, being a financially struggling college student, took several years to record), represents the overcoming of fear, and Katie's desire to share her music.