Casey Stratton is tagged as: singer-songwriter, indie, piano, male vocalists, alternative It’s 2009. The old school “Casey did this and that and is so great and here’s why” thing is passé. So here goes: I was born in 1976. I was obsessed with music. I took curtain rods to my Dad’s guitar in hopes of it becoming a cello that way. I got a solo in the 2nd Grade play. People told me I was good. Eventually I begged my way to violin lessons when I was 8. People told me I was good. I took Junior High choir. I began to learn vocal technique. People still told me I was good and I started to think there was something to this music thing in regard to my future. I begged my way to getting a piano when I was 11. I taught myself to play it and began writing songs, but what does an 11 year old know about anything? Along the way I had a cello for a while. I loved playing that, too. I began to realize that if it has strings on it I can usually figure it out. I dreamed of attending Interlochen Arts Academy and begged my way to an audition. My Mom feared it was too expensive. I was accepted and got a scholarship. After a relentless search for funds (no one seems to sponsor high school kids), my Mom’s bosses loaned us the rest of the money. That was the first time I remember feeling like nothing was impossible if you set your mind to i... Read More About Casey Stratton Biography... Send Casey Stratton ringtones to your cell |
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