Creator to Creators S4 Ep 36 Kayleigh Walker

To introduce herself in the world of singers and songwriters, Kayleigh Walker haswritten, performed and videoed a track that lives up to its name: “Psychedelic.”Kayleigh, from Essex, England, wrote a fast moving, musical mind trip featuringpowerful vocals, delightful beats, and melodies that play off and build on each other.“It’s just a real good, fun pop song,” she says.“Psychedelic” releases today.She is starting from scratch in her career as a singer-songwriter, but she is no ingenue.She is 32, and she has talent, experience, style and showmanship. All of that is on fulldisplay in the audio track, and along with that, in plain view on the video, beauty.“When I was younger, I did a lot of advertisements, and I did quite a lot of modeling, butI just wanted to sing along to every song. I’d get a bit sidetracked. And I thought, ‘Youknow what? This is something I want to do. I want to be a performer.’ Growing up, Iwould sing every song on the radio, and then went into a band when I was in myteenager years.”That experience gave her the desire to write songs, to sing her own music instead of other people’s songs. It also led to the experience with the industry that has her startingover. She signed with an independent label and found herself “doing music and writing songsthat didn’t really feel comfortable with me.”“I’ve done everything that needs to be done, from writing a whole album, to beingpromised that it’s going to be released, to have good marketing behind it, and to thensee it going down into a black hole. Overnight.”It was, she said, “devastating,” but, she continued, “I don’t like to talk about the past. It’snot about the present, right?”And that is how she comes to be starting over.“It’s made me stronger,” she said, “and it’s made me think I can do this by myself. I don’tneed other people to tell me what I can and what I can’t do, because this is my music.It’s finding that inner self, and that inner belief, which made me write ‘Psychedelic.’”When music is your life,You’re on a psychedelic high.It’s the perfect song for starting over, joyful and defiant at the same time.Turn the lights down low,Ready for the after show,…Never coming down, never coming down“And I was like, ‘You know what? It doesn’t matter. I’m going to start all over again.’ Andthat’s what I did.”She highlights how fortunate she has been to find people who support her, people whobelieve in her and will back her up, get her in the studio and make her video.The video was directed by Eline Powell with production and post-production by TheLennox Brothers. Powell, the Belgian actress who played Ryn in the TV series “Siren,”is also a featured player in the video. Lee and Wayne Lennox have made videos forRobbie Williams and Ellie Goulding.Kayleigh has been writing songs, music and lyrics, for several years, developing themusical style that “feels right for me, and being true to myself as an artist.” She callswhat she does “alternative’’ because it has pop, rock, jazz, “a little bit of everything.”“So, alternative. Yeah.”She has three songs ready to go, another in her mind and an album in her plans.“I’ve always loved music,” she said. “I’ve always enjoyed performing. I love writing, Ilove being in the studio. I just couldn’t imagine doing anything else. This is part of me,and I’m going to show to you, to the world, that I don’t give up. You open one door toanother door. Life is like a trip, you know? You don’t know what’s gonna happen.”In the middle of the bridge to “Psychedelic,” where Kayleigh is chanting “trip trip triptrip,” a male voice interjects, beween one “trip” and the next, “Are you there, Kayleigh?”“Trip trip trip trip,” Kayleigh continues for another couple of bars, then, “I’m here.”“Psychedelic” is the door opening to her new journey.Connect with Kayleigh Walker on all platforms for new music, videos, and social postsand go with her.Website: https://kayleighwalker.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxwl8EB8MdM2Ev407Npvm3gFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kayleighwalkermusic/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamkayleighwalker/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kayleighwalkerofficialBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/creator-to-creators-with-meosha-bean--4460322/support.