Band Interview: Kaylee Rutland
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Kaylee Rutland, an 18-year-old Contemporary Country Singer/Song Writer from Texas, is scheduled to play on the 12th Annual Dallas Music Festival this year. Music has always been something that Kaylee has wanted to do, and it has been a huge part of her life ever since she was a child. Kaylee likes to focus a lot of her songs around material that she feels strongly about, such as her family and friends, faith, and love, and she says that all of her inspiration comes from Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, and Sarah Evans.
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."
Kaylee and her band plan on releasing their second CD sometime in the near future - it has been about a year since her first EP was released. Kaylee also recently wrapped up recording a song and filming a 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 being comfortable on stage in front of a crowd when she originally felt awkward being in front of so many people.
Her favorite show she has played so far has been the Pregame Party on the Plaza; she has played this show twice now and has loved it both times. It is a two-hour set that was before the Dallas Stars hockey game. "It was freezing cold but I loved every second of it!" she says. If Kaylee could open up for any artist of her choice, she would choose to open up for Reba McEntire because she is her idol.
As advice to other up-and-coming performers much like herself, Kaylee says to listen to your loved ones and not the skeptics. "The ones you need to listen to are the ones who believe in you," she says, "if you believe in yourself, then other people will start to believe in you. If you believe in yourself, you will succeed." Kaylee ended up playing on one of the headlining spots during the 2014 Dallas Music Festival, and we wish her all the best in her future career. Fore more information on Kaylee, you can visit her website or Facebook page.
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."
Kaylee and her band plan on releasing their second CD sometime in the near future - it has been about a year since her first EP was released. Kaylee also recently wrapped up recording a song and filming a 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 being comfortable on stage in front of a crowd when she originally felt awkward being in front of so many people.
Her favorite show she has played so far has been the Pregame Party on the Plaza; she has played this show twice now and has loved it both times. It is a two-hour set that was before the Dallas Stars hockey game. "It was freezing cold but I loved every second of it!" she says. If Kaylee could open up for any artist of her choice, she would choose to open up for Reba McEntire because she is her idol.
As advice to other up-and-coming performers much like herself, Kaylee says to listen to your loved ones and not the skeptics. "The ones you need to listen to are the ones who believe in you," she says, "if you believe in yourself, then other people will start to believe in you. If you believe in yourself, you will succeed." Kaylee ended up playing on one of the headlining spots during the 2014 Dallas Music Festival, and we wish her all the best in her future career. Fore more information on Kaylee, you can visit her website or Facebook page.
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Kaylee Rutland will be performing at this year's Dallas Music Festival, presented by EagleOne Entertainment and Gorilla Music. For more information on the Dallas Music Festival, check out the Gorilla Music website.
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