Born: July 20, 1968 Primary Instrument: Vocal
I am singer/songwriter/ producer based in Berlin, Germany. Last two CDs Paths X and Pages of Sand are doing well. Paths X has charted top ten many times at Reverbnation, soundclick, isound, American Idol, Artist Underground, etc.. and plays on Am / Fm radio and about 300 podcasts... lovely for an indie musician riding the winds of the music business. if you are interested in performing my music or using it in film or videos etc... please contact me. I am currently working on 5 exciting projects. MOON IN CAPRICORN is my next original album. I am working together with the italian film composer and arranger Fabrizio Pigliucci. We are flying between Rome and Berlin and the release is planned for 2009. LE GRAND LOVE is a fantastic new project in which I sing the works of the great French composer Michel Legrand. It is a vision I have carried with me for years and 2009 it has premiered to full houses. The band in AMAZING! Rolf Zielke - piano and musical director. Stephan Braun - cello and Rhani Krija - percussion. My vision is to perform LE GRAND LOVE in the major metropolitan cities of the world and top festivals and theaters. We are booking now tour and concert dates 2009 / 2010/ 2011 LADIES OF SWING is a project that I am producing and performing together with the Savoy Dance Orchestra and two other top singers TBA. Thomas Zaufke is doing the arrangements for big band and it will premiere August 2009 at the renowned Rheingau Music Festival in Germany for 2000 guests. more soon! Bookings for big events and festivals contact management. KITE TAILOR - is the name of a wonderful project of poetry compilations which I create together with the voice over artist and visual designer MJ Hummingway Our first release will be an album of inspirational prayers Release 2009,. www.kitetailor.com THE ESSENCE SHOW! My radio show airs 5 hours weekly, worldwide at www.globalvortexradio.com and plays the top in World, Jazz, Singer-Songwriter, New Age, Ambient, Lounge and more.II am producer and host and it is very personal, it is spiritual and it celebrates my deep belief in global mind - global heart. Archives of radio show are available for posting! please subscribe to my blog so that we can keep in touch. My home page is being revamped and will be updated SOON: www.karajohnstad.com. Much love, Kara
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Primary Instrument:
Vocal
Location:
Berlin
Credentials/Background:
I taught for 7 years at the Conservatory for Music in Berlin and currently only accept a limited number of private students. My clients are singers, doctors, teachers, healers, psychologists, architects, press secretaries, screen actors and the lot.
Everyone who has done the CORE VOICE ALIGNMENT training I offer, discovers within a very short time something very simple. CORE ALIGNMENT VOICE WORK not only harmonizes us within our own system, strengthening our immune systems and giving sound to our inner voice, it also harmonizes us with our environment. It teaches us to trust and articulate our needs. I have seen clients. make huge jumps in their career and personal lives due to a clarity that arises when they are in alignment with who they are."
"Communication and sharing is an innate need. It starts when we are babies babbling happily. We all have a deep need to express ourselves through using the voice. We are so happy to share and "show and tell" all of our glorious tales and stories. When does this stop? Much of this innocence is lost with our school systems. If we mange to go back to that place of innocence and connect with our deepest longings, and let go of certain assumed fears, it gives us an enormous dose of self confidence when we share something special and get that recognition we deserve. We are able to express AND be understood. In that moment of recognition, we start to blossom as human beings. We all have our own unique vibration. Singing is just the icing on the cake!"
"Creativity is an intense desire to live.Yes, an intense desire to feel the questions, the whys? how comes? our bodies? listen to our souls whispers. and give our lives a deeper purpose. The birds and the bees and the trees do it day in and day out. It is our nature to live highly creative lives. It is our nature to be one with existence. As artists, we humbly learn that it is not the painting nor the music nor the books we write, it is the process. The space we are in while connected to the ALL. ALL and yet ONE. ALONE and yet DEEPLY CONNECTED. We can clean creatively, we can cook creatively, we can sing and dance, yes, we can love creatively. The thing to realize is that it is not a separation from - it is a merging with life that gives us more meaning."
"Living authentic and creative lives , centered in our core essence, is the path I share with my students "
Whether as a singer, poet, teacher, radio show host or producer, Kara is a woman on a journey. Her vision is clear and strong. It is the THE VOICE which weaves itself like a shiny red thread through all of the work that she does.
"I welcome you to be part of my destiny". Kara
