wstrickland1 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 I just wanted to share with you people a little bit about my daughter. She's 16 and has been gigging around town for over a year. She does typical 3 hour gigs, usually solo but sometimes with a bass player and a percussionist. She plays acoustic guitar and of course sings. She's a regular at a few places and there are weekends that she's making $500-$600 bucks. It's crazy and yes I'm the roadie/sound man. In August they had a Charleston audition and she got a golden ticket, which did nothing but get her thru to another round. Then in September she had another one in New Orleans and made it thru again. Next week is the "real deal". The stuff you see on TV. Judges are Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Ritchie. If she gets past this one she goes out to Hollywood week. They really spent a lot of time with her in the first rounds, filming her a lot doing various things like playing her guitar and singing around the venue etc. They really seem to like her a lot. Usually I one to hope for the best and expect the worst but I really think she has a legit shot to at least get thru to Hollywood. I just wanted to share this and yeah I know American Idol is looked down on by many for quite a few different reasons but damn I'm proud of this kid. Wish her luck and I'll keep you posted, although I'm not sure how much I can actually say if she does make it thru since the show won't air until January. I will definitely say if she doesn't make it so....well you can do that math. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 congratulations and i wish her well. make sure you let us know her name, so we can keep an eye out for her when the shows air. again, congratulations. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 That's awesome! Best of luck with it! We will be watching and looking for her. WOw. Post a picture here of her singing here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 59 minutes ago, wstrickland1 said: I just wanted to share this and yeah I know American Idol is looked down on by many for quite a few different reasons... Looked down on? Not by me! What a fantastic accomplishment by your daughter to get so far. There are tens of thousands who would like to be in her place right now. Is there a Youtube vid? I'd love to hear some of her stuff. Quote ...but damn I'm proud of this kid. You're a fantastic Dad for supporting her the way you do. If she were my daughter, I would be proud too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Very, very cool Billy! Best of luck, please keep us posted. I think you've linked some YouTube vids previously, yes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstrickland1 Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 Man we keep telling her to make a youtube channel but she is really busy so I get it. She has a Facebook page, Cat Strickland Music. We have some videos on there but most are a bit crappy cell phone videos. Thanks for the kind words guys and I'll definitely keep everyone posted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, wstrickland1 said: Man we keep telling her to make a youtube channel but she is really busy so I get it. Isn't there an audio/video club at school who might help with the production? I don't want to get your hopes up, but if she advances at some point she is going to need people to vote for her. It wouldn't hurt her cause to get some kind of fan base or following on social media. If she gets some video background story from American Idol it might not hurt to let Klipsch, Inc. know their speakers could be featured on Idol as part of the reason this special 16 year-old singer loves music so much. Family and Klipsch go together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 That is really cool! How exciting for you all. I wish her the best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Awesome news, I wish her the best. I'll bet she's on cloud nine. Keep us posted. Good luck Cat! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Congrats! That's reason to be excited. I had no idea that they brought A I back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstrickland1 Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 18 hours ago, wvu80 said: Isn't there an audio/video club at school who might help with the production? I don't want to get your hopes up, but if she advances at some point she is going to need people to vote for her. It wouldn't hurt her cause to get some kind of fan base or following on social media. If she gets some video background story from American Idol it might not hurt to let Klipsch, Inc. know their speakers could be featured on Idol as part of the reason this special 16 year-old singer loves music so much. Family and Klipsch go together. She's homeschooled no clubs there. We have the setup with a Nikon D5300, Rode mic, etc but she seldom has time between gigs, school, and theater. Yeah she's fairly big in to theater and is in a Master Class during the school year with the production company for Dock Street Theater. She just doesn't have time. She's been promoting her FB page a while but that's harder than it looks. 650 likes or so and that's been tough. A few videos in front of LS II''s or Palladiums would be cool though. I'm sure Klipsch will approve. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Awesome Billy ! Good Luck Cat ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstrickland1 Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 5 minutes ago, sunburnwilly said: Awesome Billy ! Good Luck Cat ! Thank You Sir. You'll have to catch her sometime when she's downtown. She's at Tommy Condons a lot on Mondays and starting in January will be regular on Tuesdays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I'm off on Mondays , PM me the next time she performs . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstrickland1 Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 53 minutes ago, sunburnwilly said: I'm off on Mondays , PM me the next time she performs . I will for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 OUTSTANDING! So it's Cat Strickland, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 3 minutes ago, babadono said: OUTSTANDING! So it's Cat Strickland, right? https://allevents.in/summerville/cat-strickland-music-acoustic-show/1914509775453227 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstrickland1 Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 Yes it's Cat Strickland and yes that link is for a show of hers. She plays around Summerville a good bit and starting to get downtown Charleston more and more. 8 days from now we'll know. Well you'll only know if she didn't make it. If she goes thru I'll have no comment...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstrickland1 Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 Here is the start of her youtube channel. We are going to encourage her to fill it up. Please subscribe and also please like and share her Facebook page. Thanks guys https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_oO55zzEcaExlAWnJdeYMw 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Very good news! Good fortune to Cat! Awesome and happy roadtrip went well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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