Art | Nature | Creativity“The greatest songwriters are seldom songwriters alone. Some are creative polymaths while others synthesize elements from an array of forms into a wider songwriting vision. Kathy Muir is more than a songwriter.”
If I Can Breathe – part of the ‘Double Take’ Series If I Can Breathe has been a long time coming. For the last year or so I’ve been working on a project called Double Take. You see, most of my songs start with my writing them on guitar or in some cases piano. When I […]
Where once they fell ‘neath a bloodshot sky To the screech of shells That shredded lives Flowers now suck from decaying bones In soil rich with fallen memories No rifles or bayonets, just dirt and stones In land steeped with gorious deeds Felled where stood, they rise to nature’s beat Folded in ground now offering release Flowers grace land where […]
So What Makes a Canyon? Since writing Found Me a Canyon a few months ago and performing it live in Edinburgh, I’ve been asked what the song means. This is one of the few songs that came to me based on blurting out, during a nascent chorus, ‘I found me a valley then I found me a […]
Feed the belly, feed it well Power love’s engine and ring the bell. Onward. Or no stories will ever tell Of flaming surprises Scorching midnight’s horizons That warmed love’s hope by which many fell If dim, take a candle and light it there Cup it closely and give all to share For without flame there […]
Coffee and Creativity I’m sitting in Artisan Roast, my favourite cafe in Bruntsfield this early Friday morning. I’m listening to a piece entitled Stepping Stones and Fireflies I created a few weeks ago but hadn’t found time to work on until now. If you’re interested in the creative process, this is how it can start. […]
Diamond in the Rough As part of a 2-hour show at Edinburgh’s Stramash on 30 July, 2018, I’m including four covers. For some reason, the lyrics weren’t sticking in my head. So I thought I’d slow it down and record a rough diamond. This is what I came up with and, I have to say, […]
Every song tells a different story, and I don’t mean the lyrics. This song went from being an acoustic piece to having orchestral pieces added; from guitar to having piano replace it; and drums and bass being introduced at the end of the song. And that’s only part of the story. The Beginning Stop Walk […]
This poem was written in a stream of consciousness writing session and is about those we need to listen to more carefully if we are to hear their true voice. Those Those the gentle silent, let them be heard We may see little, but their words do stir The fractious and unwilling to realise they […]
Here’s a great review from blog Stereo Stickman of the music video and song River Running. This article also talks to the art within the music video and the creation of metal prints taken from some of the shots we filmed. Read below. Time Is Best Served Slow “Kathy Muir’s long awaited single and video […]
Shooting the video River Running is taken from the EP ‘2+2=4’. Beautifully shot in Upstate New York the music video visually aligns itself with the song’s storyline: comparing a child becoming an adult to a stream becoming a river, and how we must try to stay true to our course. This music video is a real highlight […]
