Eighteen-year-old Kaylee Rutland, a Texan contemporary country singer and songwriter, will be playing this year's Dallas Music Fest in it's twelfth consecutive run. Kaylee's musical inspiration comes from artists such as Reba McEntire, Sarah Evans, and Carrie Underwood. "Music has always been something I've wanted to do," says Kaylee, "it's been a huge part of my life since I was a kid." Kaylee's songs primarily deal with themes of friends, faith, and love - things.
When Kaylee takes time to attempt to write her songs, she says she holds herself to an extremely high standard of quality, and can often be tough on her self during her writing procedures. But once Kaylee has the lyrics and rough structural idea for a song down, she then meets up with her backing band to hammer out the details of the song, bounce ideas off of each other, and basically "jam through it."
It has been about a year since her first EP was released; she is just about done recording her second EP and plans on releasing it sometime very soon. Kaylee just finished recording a song and music video with country stars, Jamie O'Neal and Colt Ford. "It was a real blessing to record with such nice and down to earth people like Jamie and Colt," said Rutland. When Kaylee was just starting out in music, she says her biggest challenge was getting on stage and being comfortable instead of feeling awkward. Other than that Kaylee says rarely has any trouble with her band, pointing out that they get along really well.
If Kaylee could open up for any band or performer in the world, she would want to open up for her idol, Reba McEntire. Kaylee's favorite show she has played so far has been the Pregame Party on the Plaza - a two-hour set prior to a Dallas Stars hockey game. She has been lucky enough to play this event twice. "It was freezing cold but I loved every second of it!" she says.
Kaylee gave some advice for up and coming artists. Her advice is to not mind the skeptics but listen to loved ones. "Whenever you're an up and coming artist, you will always have those people that will want to bring you down and want to tell you that your music isn't good enough. Don't listen to them, because they are just out to put you down. The ones you need to listen to are the ones who believe in you. Lastly, if you believe in yourself, then other people will start to believe in you. If you believe in yourself, you will succeed."
When Kaylee takes time to attempt to write her songs, she says she holds herself to an extremely high standard of quality, and can often be tough on her self during her writing procedures. But once Kaylee has the lyrics and rough structural idea for a song down, she then meets up with her backing band to hammer out the details of the song, bounce ideas off of each other, and basically "jam through it."
It has been about a year since her first EP was released; she is just about done recording her second EP and plans on releasing it sometime very soon. Kaylee just finished recording a song and music video with country stars, Jamie O'Neal and Colt Ford. "It was a real blessing to record with such nice and down to earth people like Jamie and Colt," said Rutland. When Kaylee was just starting out in music, she says her biggest challenge was getting on stage and being comfortable instead of feeling awkward. Other than that Kaylee says rarely has any trouble with her band, pointing out that they get along really well.
If Kaylee could open up for any band or performer in the world, she would want to open up for her idol, Reba McEntire. Kaylee's favorite show she has played so far has been the Pregame Party on the Plaza - a two-hour set prior to a Dallas Stars hockey game. She has been lucky enough to play this event twice. "It was freezing cold but I loved every second of it!" she says.
Kaylee gave some advice for up and coming artists. Her advice is to not mind the skeptics but listen to loved ones. "Whenever you're an up and coming artist, you will always have those people that will want to bring you down and want to tell you that your music isn't good enough. Don't listen to them, because they are just out to put you down. The ones you need to listen to are the ones who believe in you. Lastly, if you believe in yourself, then other people will start to believe in you. If you believe in yourself, you will succeed."
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Thanks to Kaylee Rutland for taking time to share her experiences with us here at Gorilla Music. For more information on the Dallas Music Festival, EagleOne Entertainment, and Gorilla Music check out the Gorilla Music website.
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