Welcome back to Honing In and to my interview with Melissa Kaitlyn Carter.

Today's episode features brand new theme music, created by Melissa herself!!!

Melissa Kaitlyn Carter is a Brooklyn-based musician, performer, and creative facilitator. She is the frontwoman of the indie-folk project Hattie, described as “achingly honest and full of heart.” As a performer, Melissa has worked across the United States with artists including Mary Zimmerman and The Bengsons, and in theaters such as Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Z Space, Joe Goode Studio, and The Huntington Theater. She has been an artist-in-residence at The Sable Project and Paul Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency. She has received funding from The Awesome Foundation and Musicians Foundation, and was a Music/Sound Artist Fellow for the New York Foundation for the Arts.

She is the owner and operator of Making Audio Magic, where she teaches songwriting, music production, and DIY-At-Home Recording. When she's OOO, she aims to spend her time practicing yoga, learning about herbs, reading tarot, and bathing in nature. Learn more about Melissa’s musical projects: Hattie & Rosalind.

Here are some of the things Melissa and I discuss:

• How our early creative training influenced our artistic journeys
• Melissa teaches Kate different audio components in her favorite songs (this was so fun!)
• Learning new things about yourself through making art
• Melissa’s act of generational healing through her musical project, Hattie
• The magic that happens when we trust our relationship to creativity

Resources & Links:

• Melissa's website
• Melissa's newsletter
• Melissa’s bands: Hattie and Rosalind
• The North Node
• Elizabeth Gilbert’s talk about “having a genius”
• Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way
• “Nobody” by Hattie

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Podcast editing and support by Softer Sounds Studio.
Theme song by Melissa Kaitlyn Carter.