Katie Wills Music

Description

Katie Wills is a versatile vocalist and pianist who delivers a variety of versatile performances for different settings and occasions. From the more relaxed and stripped backed sets which are perfect for romantic wedding ceremonies and drinks receptions or even relaxing restaurant music to the more upbeat sets perfect for parties, functions, drink receptions etc, with high quality backing tracks. Whatever atmosphere you would like, Katie can use her expertise in crafting sets to suit the occasion.
She can provide;
-Relaxing slow tempo and chilled/stripped backed sets that are perfect fo ... r weddings including pre-ceremony, ceremony (aisle song, signing the register, walking out) to jazzy, soulful and chilled sets suited to drinks receptions and/or dinner entertainment or background music. Katie’s vocal and piano repertoire has pieces and songs to suit all tastes, styles and atmospheres.
-Or, if you’re looking for more uptempo evening entertainment that is sure to get everyone up dancing, singing and having a good time, Katie also can perform using high quality backing tracks, funky lights, a vocal pedal with lots of cool vocal sound, a tambourine and more; bringing you some really fun upbeat party sets. Katie’s versatility with this kind of set means she covers all sorts of genres including Pop, Soul, RnB, Rock, Funk and more, catering to all styles and tastes!
Katie is a professional who has a wealth of experience behind her. Wowing audiences at weddings, parties, functions and events across Scotland, Katie brings so much enthusiasm, passion and love to her performances which really connect with audiences bringing people together in special moments and it’s these moments that demonstrate to clients why Katie does what she does and why she is an excellent choice for your event!
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Set-List

Katie Wills Music
Solo Set List
NOTE-A lot of these songs are performed either acoustically or with backing tracks.
Pop (Classic/80s/Modern)
Dancing Queen-ABBA
Mamma Mia-ABBA
Waterloo-ABBA
God is a Woman-Arianna Grande
All the Good Girls Go to Hell-Billie Eilish
Bad Guy-Billie Eilish
Bellyache-Billie Eilish
Tell Her About It-Billy Joel
I Gotta Feeling-Black Eyed Peas
Toxic-Britney Spears
Just The Way You Are-Bruno Mars
Havana-Camilla Cabello
Closer-The Chainsmokers and Halsey
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun-Cyndi Lauper
Crazy What Love Can Do-Davi ... d Guetta, Becky Hill, Ella Henderson
Don’t Start-Dua Lipa
Cold Heart-Dua Lipa and Elton John
Bad Habits-Ed Sheeran
Yours-Ella Henderson
Respect-Erasure
American Boy-Estelle
Sweet Dreams are Made of These-Eurythmics
Faith-George Michael
You Make My Dreams-Hall and Oates
Watermelon Sugar-Harry Styles
Islands in the Stream-Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
Suddenly I See-KT Tunstall
Someone You Loved-Lewis Capaldi
The Fear-Lily Allen
Smile-Lily Allen
Juice-Lizzo
Like A Virgin-Madonna
Beat It-Michael Jackson
Moves Like Jagger-Maroon 5
Sugar-Maroon 5
Unwritten-Natasha Bedingfield
Last Request-Paolo Nutini
New Shoes-Paolo Nutini
Kiss-Prince
Diamonds-Rihanna
We Found Love-Rihanna
How Will I Know-Sam Smith Version
Lola's Theme-Shapeshifters
Chandelier-Sia
Who Do You Think You Are-The Spice Girls
R&B/Soul
Valerie-Amy Winehouse
Chasing Pavements-Adele
Make You Feel My Love-Adele
Rolling in the Deep-Adele
Set Fire to the Rain-Adele
Skyfall-Adele
When We Were Young-Adele
Natural Woman-Aretha Franklin
Respect-Aretha Franklin
Almost is Never Enough-Arianna Grande
Call Me Maybe-Carly Rae Jepsen
Ain’t Nobody-Chaka Khan
Get Lucky-Daft Punk
At Last-Etta James
I’d Rather Go Blind-Etta James
Power of Love-Gabrielle Aplin Version
Crazy-Gnarls Barkley
Motown/Funk
Respect-Aretha Franklin
Uptown Funk-Bruno Mars
Young Hearts-Candy Stanton
Never Too Much-Luther Vandross
Dancing In The Street-Martha Reeves and The Vandellas
Ain't No Mountain High Enough-Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
I Heard it Through the Grapevine-Marvin Gaye
You're All I Need To Get By-Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
For Once In My Life-Stevie Wonder
Master Blaster-Stevie Wonder
Superstition-Stevie Wonder
My Girl-The Temptations
Play That Funky Music-Wild Cherry
Disco
Everybody Dance-Chic
Le Freak-Chic
Hot Stuff-Donna Summers
Cold Heart-Dua Lipa and Elton John
September-Earth, Wind and Fire
I Will Survive-Gloria Gaynor
We Are Family-Sister Sledge
Rock (Classic/Heavy/Pop-Rock)
Mr Rock And Roll-Amy McDonald
Cochise-Audioslave
Girlfriend-Avril Lavigne
SK8R Boi-Avril Lavigne
When We Collide-Biffy Clyro
All The Small Things-Blink 182
Call Me-Blondie
Heart of Glass-Blondie
Always-Bon Jovi
It's My Life-Bon Jovi
Livin’ On A Prayer-Bon Jovi
Wanted Dead or Alive-Bon Jovi
Year 3000-Busted
Let's Dance-David Bowie
I Believe in a Thing Called Love-The Darkness
Hotel California-Eagles
The Chain-Fleetwood Mac
Dreams-Fleetwood Mac
Landslide-Fleetwood Mac
Rhiannon-Fleetwood Mac
All My Life-Foo Fighters
Everlong-Foo Fighters
Learn To Fly-Foo Fighters
Basket Case-Green Day
Sweet Child O Mine-Guns N Roses
The Power of Love-Huey Lewis
The Middle-Jimmy Eat World
Don’t Stop Believing-Journey
Sex on Fire-Kings of Leon
Use Somebody-Kings of Leon
Simple Man-Lynyrd Skynyrd
Five Colours in Her Hair-McFly
Enter Sandman-Metallica
Heart Shaped Box-Nirvana
Don’t Look Back in Anger-Oasis
The Only Exception-Paramore
Crazy Little Thing Called Love-Queen
Don't Stop Me Now-Queen
Somebody To Love-Queen
Killing In The Name Of-Rage Against The Machine
Dakota-Stereophonics
Every Breath You Take-Sting and The Police
In Too Deep-Sum 41
House of the Rising Sun-The Animals
Twist and Shout-The Beatles
Mustang Sally-The Commitments
Chelsea Dagger-The Fratellis
I’m a Believer-The Monkees
Brown Eyed Girl-Van Morrison
Teenage Dirtbag-Wheatus
Here I Go Again-Whitesnake
Joker And The Thief-Wolfmother
Country/Rock
Exes and Ohs-Elle King
9-5-Dolly Parton
Waitress Song-First Aid Kit
Nothing Breaks Like a Heart-Miley Cyrus and Mark Ronson
Man, I Feel Like a Woman-Shania Twain
That Don’t Impress Me Much-Shania Twain
You’re Still the One-Shania Twain
Jazz/Soul/Funk/Blues/Big Band
Me and Mrs Jones-Billy Paul
Summertime-Ella Fitzgerald
Feeling Good-Nina Simone
Don’t Know Why-Norah Jones
Pencil Full of Lead-Paolo Nutini
Fever-Peggy Lee
Easy Listening/Classics
Wicked Game-Chris Isaak
Can’t Help Falling in Love-Elvis Presley
Somewhere Over the Rainbow-Eva Cassidy Version
My Funny Valentine-Frank Sinatra
What a Wonderful World-Louis Armstrong
Sweet Caroline-Neil Diamond
Kiss from a Rose-Seal
Georgia-Vance Joy
Reggae/Ska
Could You Be Loved-Bob Marley
Master Blaster-Bob Marley
Scottish
Flower Of Scotland
Skye Boat Song
Caledonia-Dougie MacLean
Auld Lang Syne-Robert Burns
Loch Lomond-Runrig
Piano Music
Ludovico Einaudi-i Giorni, Primavera, Monday, Indaco, Diet Read More

Reviews     (6 Reviews)

Experience

Music Bio
Background and Skill Sets
“Katie is a professional and versatile vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter with multitudes of performing experience whether as a soloist or as part of a band. She has been part of several bands including previous college bands, her High School Senior Wind, Jazz and Brass band of which she played trumpet but also had the opportunity to sing as a soloist and with the Jazz Band. She has performed as a soloist, in bands and in choirs, in many concerts, solo gigs, college gigs, care homes, primary schools/toddler groups, events and venues i ... ncluding George Square, the Old Fruitmarket, Paris and for Lord Sebastian Coe at a sports event as well as multiple venues all over Scotland. Playing with these bands also gave Katie the opportunity to compete in prestigious competitions, often winning Platinum, Gold and Silver awards as well as jazz awards.
She is completely versatile in what genres she can sing and can adapt to any given genre and to give a clearer insight, she is able to sing genres such as; Jazz, Pop, Rock, Metal, Musical Theatre, Blues, Motown, Singer Songwriter, Folk, Soul, Classical, Heavy Rock, Contemporary Christian Music, Scat including Jazz Standard etc! Vocally wise, she has a highly skilled technical vocal ability in terms of vocal gymnastics, harmonies, melisma and improvisation. She is able to incorporate many different elements of vocal stylings and can improv on cue. She has a deep knowledge and understanding of the voice and how it works as well as vocal techniques and theory. She has had a year's training in Musical Theatre including Estill training and has been in musicals and pantos! She has even led her own Youth Worship Band, working alongside the youth in the youth group as well as volunteering in youth lunch groups in high schools and performing in a Church Worship Band!
She has a wide range of skills and knowledge in Music Theory, Music Business, Music History, Song Writing, Performance, Composition, Entrepreneurship, Recording Software and has built up a wide, versatile and lengthy repertoire. She also tends to create arrangements for her own take on a song. She can sight read very well and can learn pieces quickly if needs be. She can also accompany herself on the piano and guitar when singing. She works very closely with harmonies and has a good ear for harmonising and improvising with scales/keys etc and when singing with other vocalists.
College and Freelance Work
She has studied a HNC in Musical Theatre at Motherwell College, HNC-HND Music at the Academy of Music and Sound Glasgow and has returned to university to achieve a degree in BA Commercial Music with the University of the West of Scotland. She has a vast experience of teaching students of all ages and levels as a freelance vocal and piano tutor and also with music schools/organisations such as InTune Music, MGR Music Tuition, Culture NL, Riverside Music College, Rookie Rockstars, Nu Moves Dance Studio with their Chorus Classes as well as teaching song-writing workshops, vocals and piano with The Sound Lab, a Glasgow based music charity. During lockdowns, she delivered numerous song-writing workshops and also delivered other online classes as well as working as a “musical director” for The Good Shepherd’s Project which also guest starred Karen Dunbar. Katie has also taught at Gymboree Play and Music as an Early Years Development teacher using music and imaginative play and volunteered at the Shaw Trust in Edinburgh, delivering song-writing workshops as part of their well-being programme.
She is a freelance musician on platforms such as Fiverr, SoundBetter, Melody Nest etc, and has built up and garnered very positive reviews with her recording and session work on the platforms-some tracks of which have been released by other artists around the world on Spotify etc too. She has also done some work as a voice over artist and producing meditation tracks. She is a solo vocalist/pianist act with agencies such as Genre Music, the Alive Network, Emkay Entertainments, PNN Events and Encore Musicians, as a solo performer, performing regularly all over Scotland for weddings, functions, pubs, bars, clubs, caravan parks and other venues.
Original Music, Charity Work and Other Projects
Katie was awarded funding through YoungScot’s Time to Shine Nurturing Fund, of which she has been using to work on recording her first EP. She released the single off her upcoming EP, Blue Roses as well as her music video in 2020, both of which garnered great feedback from the public. Blue Roses was also featured on numerous radio stations including The Afternoon Hour on BBC Radio, as well as podcasts, radio interviews, playlists, featured and more. Blue Roses had also been chosen as a Wild Card Contender for the Andrson Uploaded Songwriting Competition and was a Round 2 Semi-Finalist. Blue Roses was also included in 2 compilation albums; one for Classy Lassy Volume 1. a compilation album compiled by Amy Lou Rogers for SAMH and another for the charity, Health in Mind, which she also performed a live virtual gig for to promote the album. She also filmed a set for another charity, Who Cares Scotland, helping to raise money and awareness for their work. She also organised a successful gig for SAMH in 2019, raising almost over £200 with the aim of the gig being entirely female fronted.
She put together a project to collaborate with other Glasgow/Scottish based musicians to record her song, Flower Child, for two charities including WWF UK and SAMH which was released last September. She was awarded a scholarship onto the Artist Roadmap Accelerator programme and launched a GoFundMe campaign to fund the rest of the costs, she is now currently working on the programme. As well as her charity work with her music, she has dipped her toes in the water with podcasting and has recorded several shows of her podcast, Banter with Ceiti, in order to promote her own music, talk about important issues and help other musicians promote their music too. She recorded an episode for The Sound Lab aired on Radio Buena Vida, showcasing 8 female artists songs and chatting about the theory/technique/performance etc behind them which was very well received.
Katie was part of Fiona Liddell's project Cover to Cover, involving 11 other artists who are covered each other's tracks which was then compiled onto an album with funds from sales going towards SWIM (Scottish Women Inventing Music). The project came about from Fiona's desire to bring more female musicians/artists together and raise awareness of the lack of representation for female musicians/artists in this industry. Katie covered Amie Huckstep's, Get Over Yourself as well as recording a video too. Each artist in this project, was also featured in The Scotsman as Artist of the Week, in association with Dragon Soop and New Found Sound Media and received decent press coverage as well as features in podcasts and on radio shows.
As well as her solo project, she’s one half of Glasgow duo Artax, writing vocals/lyrics and more. Since joining Artax, they have released 3 EP/albums, singles, live videos-with their music being featured on many radio shows, podcasts, playlists, features, online gigs/performances and more, all garnering great feedback! Artax most recently performed at Strathclyde Union, a prestigious venue where big names such as Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and more had performed at over the years. Artax are a huge part of what she does and she’s excited to delve more into where it could go with gigging, touring, festivals and more.
She does a lot of collaborative work and over the years has been part of several recording/session/online collaborative projects with other artists and producers, including also having recorded vocals for library music and TV ads. She recorded vocals on 2 albums for a project with an artist named Ruadh who released the albums worldwide and has had the likes of James Cosmo talk about the first album as well as some other amazing reviews. She has also been part of several other collaborative recording projects, one of which, the track was most recently played on BBC Introducing South. Other collaborations include Thine Inner Sanctum, Ashen Sky, The Morning After Club, Divide and Rule, and many, many more collaborations from Fiverr, SoundBetter etc.
Plans for 2022/2023
Katie is currently working on recording the rest of her EP, which she will release this year. She is continuously working away at recording orders, performing at weddings, pubs etc and is studying her degree. She will be taking a break from Ceiti once the EP is released, and focusing on Artax, who will be gigging for the rest of the year as well as working on and releasing new music.
Conclusion
Taking inspiration as a modern-day Stevie Nicks with a little bit of Amy Lee, Taylor Momsen, Chris Cornell, Norah Jones, Ariana Grande, Adele and Stevie Wonder thrown in the mix, Katie considers herself to be very versatile and experienced in performing and vocals and pride herself on her friendly nature and professionalism. She always takes a professional approach to everything she does and absolutely loves and is incredibly passionate about music and is eager to share that enthusiasm with everybody else out there!” Read More

Previous Clients

I have performed at weddings all over the UK as well as pubs, bars, bowling clubs, functions and other venues all over Scotland.

Suitable for

Anniversary Party Awards Ceremony Baby Shower Bachelor / Stag Party Bachelorette / Hen Party Birthday Party (Adult) Bridal Shower Casinos Charity / Fundraising Event Christening Christmas Party Club Party Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Community Event Concerts / Tours Conference / Meeting Corporate Event Cruise Ships Dinner Party Engagement Party Festival / Outdoor Event Funeral/Memorial Service Graduation Party Grand Opening Party Halloween Party High School Reunion HM Forces/Army/Navy/Military Event Holiday / Theme Parks Hotel Event New Year's Eve Party Nightclub Event Nursing / Care Home Event Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Prom Night Restaurant / Bar / Pub Event Retirement Party Session Work Social Club Trade Show / Exhibitions University / College Event Virtual Event Wedding Ceremony Wedding Cocktail/Drinks Reception Wedding Reception

Acting Experience

I have studied a HNC in Musical Theatre covering singing, dancing and acting. I also studied acting in high school and was involved in drama groups. I have also performed in numerous shows, pantos, plays, musicals etc. I have most recently started to get into voice acting too.

Physical Characteristics

Additional Information

Insured for Public Liability Insurance under the MU
Equipment PAT Tested
Full driving license and access to vehicle

Virtual Services Offer

Recording Work-Lyrics

I can provide lyrics and/or vocal and piano melodies for your track. If you have an instrumental that you need someone else to do either just the lyrics for or just vocals or piano or both-then I can provide that service. For the premium package, I can also add in some percussion, programmed instruments, basic guitar.

I can write lyrics from scratch if you would prefer it to be a blank canvas and I write about what I interpret the vibe of the song to be, or you can give me some sort of stimulus to work from. I tend to write lyrics using a lot of imagery and themes such as mental health and issues facing us today such as mental health, the environment/ and the impact humans have made, relationships-the good and the bad sides. But I can also write more upbeat lyrics if your track was more in line with vibes of positivity and feeling uplifted.

I pride myself on my ability to be as versatile as possible and can sing and adapt to any genre. See more videos etc from links below;

https://www.facebook.com/katiewillsmusic/
https://www.facebook.com/ceitiglaofficial/
https://www.facebook.com/ArtaxMusic/

Recording Work-Vocals and Lyrics

I can provide lyrics and/or vocal and piano melodies for your track. If you have an instrumental that you need someone else to do either just the lyrics for or just vocals or piano or both-then I can provide that service. For the premium package, I can also add in some percussion, programmed instruments, basic guitar.

I can write lyrics from scratch if you would prefer it to be a blank canvas and I write about what I interpret the vibe of the song to be, or you can give me some sort of stimulus to work from. I tend to write lyrics using a lot of imagery and themes such as mental health and issues facing us today such as mental health, the environment/ and the impact humans have made, relationships-the good and the bad sides. But I can also write more upbeat lyrics if your track was more in line with vibes of positivity and feeling uplifted.

I pride myself on my ability to be as versatile as possible and can sing and adapt to any genre. See more videos etc from links below;

https://www.facebook.com/katiewillsmusic/
https://www.facebook.com/ceitiglaofficial/
https://www.facebook.com/ArtaxMusic/

Recording Work-Vocals, Lyrics, Piano, Other Instruments

I can provide lyrics and/or vocal and piano melodies for your track. If you have an instrumental that you need someone else to do either just the lyrics for or just vocals or piano or both-then I can provide that service. For the premium package, I can also add in some percussion, programmed instruments, basic guitar.

I can write lyrics from scratch if you would prefer it to be a blank canvas and I write about what I interpret the vibe of the song to be, or you can give me some sort of stimulus to work from. I tend to write lyrics using a lot of imagery and themes such as mental health and issues facing us today such as mental health, the environment/ and the impact humans have made, relationships-the good and the bad sides. But I can also write more upbeat lyrics if your track was more in line with vibes of positivity and feeling uplifted.

I pride myself on my ability to be as versatile as possible and can sing and adapt to any genre. See more videos etc from links below;

https://www.facebook.com/katiewillsmusic/
https://www.facebook.com/ceitiglaofficial/
https://www.facebook.com/ArtaxMusic/

Personalised Music Messages

If you're wanting to do something special for a special someone, then I can record and film a personalised music message for your loved one!

This could include;

-Birthday Message
-Congratulations (achieved something, passed a test, new baby, just got engaged etc)
-Sending a hello/goodbye to someone
-To cheer someone up or just for fun!

I will pre-record it using my recording equipment and will also film the message too, I will include the name of the person the message is for and can also change/alter the song to your specifications and how you would like it to sound i.e. faster or slower, more upbeat or stripped back, lyrics changed slightly to suit message etc.

Voice Overs

I can do a voice over for you in a variety of accents including;


UK/

Scottish-General
Scottish-Glasweigan
Scottish-East Coast

Welsh-General

Northern Irish-General
Southern Irish-General

English-General
English-Posh
English-Essex/Cockney
English-Yorkshire
English-West Coast
English-Geordie



Europe/

French-General



America/

American-General
American-Northern i.e. New York, East Coast
American-Southern i.e. Tennessee etc
American-West Coast i.e. California etc



Rest of the World/

Australia



These voice overs could be for;

-Cartoon Characters for a game, film, cartoon, TV series etc
-YouTube Show
-Audio Book
-Advert
-Radio Drama
-Anything else you require a voice over for.


I studied drama/acting in high school and studied up to a Higher Advanced level. I studied Musical Theatre for a year with Motherwell College in Scotland and have also performed in a variety of shows, musicals and more. Although I have not pursued any further training and am currently a full time musician, I have worked on my accents over the years and feel that although not perfect, I am able to speak in those accents.

PLEASE NOTE-some of the accents are more generalised.

Online Gigs

If you're looking for live music but can only do so virtually-I am offering live streamed gigs via Zoom. This could be for background music, a small event, a birthday, care homes etc. I can do 30mins all the way up to 3 x 45s or 2 x 1hrs of either stripped back, relaxing sets with stripped back pop and rock, soul, jazz covers or a more lively set with some more uptempo songs, complete with some colourful lights. I can also pre-reocord these sets too.

Songwriting or Vocal Workshops

I can provide beginners songwriting workshops or even 1-2-1s covering the basics of songwriting, songwriting techniques, theory and how to craft the instrumental of a song too. I also cover incorporating techniques into lyrics such as emotions, imagery, sensory, similes and metaphors and more. I also like to include meditation sessions and feedback sessions into the workshops to try and help people relax, open their mind and become more mindful and in the present. Feedback sessions are always a great way for people to get feedback on their songs they've written so they know what they can improve and work upon.

With vocals, I can also teach group workshops and 1-2-1s from beginner up to advanced. I teach a variety of warm ups, technical warm ups, breathing techniques (similar to meditation), vocal techniques including the belt and anchor technique, melisma, onsets and offsets etc, how to vocal map songs and add dynamics, how to perform a song using facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, different genre techniques. I also can teach stagecraft, mic technique and more. I can also do feedback sessions and more.