Album: "Ready For A Change" Positive, upbeat, contemporary country.
First collaboration with Mary Ann Kennedy.
"In Your
Shoes"
by Katie Drake
Music Video
Katie
Drake, performing the acoustic version
of her original song called "In Your
Shoes" which is the title track of her
EP. This video was shot in Pagosa
Springs, CO at the Pat Parelli Center.
This music video was part of a
documentary about Pat Parelli, which was
released in February 2008, in the UK.
Katie Drake's
debut album
"In
Your Shoes"
is
now available at
CD Baby.com &
iTunes
Katie Drake's MySpace Page "To hear
some of Katie's songs go to her myspace music
page"
myspace.com/katiedrakesongs
Album Bio
"In Your Shoes" is my first recording project. This album is
a mix of a couple songs I wrote years ago and four songs
that were written in the past year specifically with the
Parelli Natural Horsemanship program in mind. Pat
Parelli is my uncle as well as my boss, and working
around him and his wife Linda everyday has given me an
amazing look into the nature of horses. What I've
learned about the horse and human relationship parallels
so much of what I try to live out every day in my
relationship with God. It's so inspiring to learn how
horses think, act and feel because it
gives me that much more to pull from when I'm writing a
song. I try to put myself in a certain horses' shoes,
yet in the end I often find myself in that same song.
It's amazing!
Katie Drake's Bio
Hello, I?m Katie Drake. I was born on June 5, 1982 in Chico, CA.
When I was 7 my family moved to a farm just outside of town, and
that?s where I spent the rest of my growing up years. I loved
living on a farm, especially during the month of October when my
family had a huge pumpkin patch. I was a daddy?s girl and I
loved following my dad around on the farm, learning to drive
tractor, shooting targets and fishing along the creek.
What I?ve always loved doing the most though is
singing. I started singing at church when I was about 7 and
loved every chance I had to sing for people. I took four years
of piano lessons but never was good enough to sing along with my
playing, which frustrated me. When I was in high school I
learned how to play the trombone so I could go to Disneyland
with the band. However, I obviously couldn?t sing along with
that either.
When
I was a junior in high school, my Young Life leader
taught me a few lessons on the guitar and I was hooked.
I quickly got good enough to sing along with my playing
and I was delighted to have an instrument I could take
anywhere with me and sing. I started by learning basic
worship songs, and began helping lead music at Young
Life clubs in high school. By the time I was a sophomore
in college I was leading worship at our church.
Although I always knew I loved singing, I had never
tried writing my own songs. I never really liked poetry in
school, so I imagined I?d never be very good at writing songs.
However one day I decided to give it a try and I wrote a simple
worship song. It was an amazing feeling, and I knew then that I
had found my new passion. Although I was still unconfident in my
songwriting skills, I slowly started writing more. The second
song I wrote was ?Bless this Man?, a love song to my husband
which we danced to on our wedding day. I had written the song as
a surprise for Brian and I had it recorded (because I
knew I?d never make it through without crying my eyes
out!) and when it came on during our first dance he was
shocked. I also wrote a song for my dad,
which we danced to for our father daughter dance. Surprising
both of them with those songs was the most special
memory I have from that day.
I really
feel like each song I have written has been an
incredible gift from God. I?m still amazed every time I
finish a song, because I know that without God?s help, I
wouldn?t have written a single one. My constant prayer
is that each song I write be God breathed and inspired,
because if God can use me to touch people through my
voice and my songs, then I never want to stop singing.
