Casey Watt
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Interview With Casey Watt By Chris 19/11/06
Casey Watt is a true blue aussie country singer
songwriter.
She put out Debut album Lead You Astray
which is full of good honest enjoyable country songs.
She comes from the state of Queensland
and we will be
hearing lot’s more of her
1. How did you get into music?
Music is in my family. So when I was younger my dad
and his brother’s all played instruments and sang at all
the family do’s and I loved to be a part of that.
2. Who were your idols growing up?
Kylie Minogue was a hero when I was a little girl, I was a
big neighbours fan you see.And my Dad of course !
3. Who were your influences?
I love what Keith Urban, Renee Geyer and Bonnie Raitt
do. I have seen them all perform live and they’re
both wonderful live and recorded. I’ve had a lot of
influences over the years from songwriters like Graeme
Conners and John Williamson through to country rock acts
like Shania Twain as well as others from different
genres. I think it has been wonderful to be really
open minded with what I listen to, because good music is
good music. I also think that the variety has helped
me develop my own character rather than imitating someone
else.
4. Are you happy with the responses from the new
album?
I’ve had a fantastic response from my album.
5. What have responses been like to your music on the
web?
Great ! I’ve had lots of people contact me through
myspace and my website.
6. Has the Internet helped with your music?
It is definitely a great way to get your name out
there.
7. Do you think tools like MySpace are useful?
Myspace is wonderful for musicians. It puts you in
contact with people from all over the world with similar
interests to you whether they be music fans or other
musicians.
8. Who you would most like to tour with?
I would love to go on tour with someone like Troy
Cassar-Daley. I think he’s a really talented guy and
it would be a great experience.
9. If you could work with any one who would it
be?
It would be great to have the opportunity to work with
Bonnie Raitt or Renee Geyer and learn from such
unbelievably talented female artists.
10. Is it hard to get radio to play your
music?
I think it helps getting a single onto a radio compilation
like Nfs.
11. Have you had much response from radio?
I’ve had a fantastic response from radio. My first
single I Don’t Want To Work This Hard is currently number
20 on the Country Music Radio Charts in Australia.
12. Do you think Australia needs a dedicated country
radio station nation wide?
I think that 989fm is nation wide but the more exposure
throughout Australia the better I think.
13. What’s it like being a country singer/songwriter in
Australia?
Great fun. I love singing.
14. Have you had much response from labels since the
release of the new album?
I haven’t really been out looking.
15. What is on your stereo at the moment?
Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentleman
16. What are some of your favorite musical
artists/bands?
I’ve named most of them above.
17. Any plans to tour the country?
Working on it.
18 Who have you has helped you out the
most?
Lots of people. Especially the radio stations, Nfs,
my family and friends and all of the people who love the
music that I play help by coming to the live shows and
requesting my songs.
19. What inspires you when writing music?
Usually an intense feeling.
20. How did the recording process go for the new
album?
We band tracked at a studio in Nundah, Brisbane and then we
hired another studio on the southside to do a couple of
piano tracks and then recorded the rest at my producer
Brendan Radford’s home studio.
Thanks again for your time any last words
Thanks for the opportunity to chat with you and if anyone
would like to get in contact with me or check out my album
Lead You Astray please log on to www.caseywatt.com or www.myspace.com/caseywatt
