When Kathleen first came
to Sydney as a country girl looking for work, she didn't imagine
for one minute that music was just around the corner. The idea of
really taking it up had only ever been a fantasy. Her love of music
and dancing saw her hanging out at various night spots around town
where she met Lee, a songwriter who was just beginning to produce
his own material. This meant many conversations about music as Kathleen
had never met anyone who wrote songs and actually recorded them.
About a year later the band
Lee was in broke up and he took the opportunity to concentrate more
on his writing, and gaining valuable experience in the studio as
a producer. It was during this period he discovered Kathleen's voice
when one day, as he was working on a new song, she came in with
a harmony line that completely took him by surprise. He had no idea
she could sing, and after thinking about it for a few days, he invited
her into the studio to do the harmonies on a new track. Kathleen
couldn't believe it as this was something she had only ever dreamed
about and of course jumped at the chance.
The session proved to be
a winner, and from there a new band was formed. Kathleen at last
got to be on stage doing real gigs in front of real audiences for
the very first time. This continued for a few years until they decided
to break away and become a duo but still doing the rock pop thing.
Even though this worked well, Lee eventually realised that Kathleen
was more suited to the dance pop genre. It's something he suspected
for a while and she was happy to go there. Before long they were
back in the studio and it soon became apparent that this was definitely
the right way to go. Everything seemed to fit, and from that point
on their sound took on a more exciting flavour.
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