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I've Played Piano since age 5-6. Transposed Chorded Sheets, Led Worship & Sung My Songs At Stadiums, Churches & prisons. Recorded 12 Songs on 2 CD's &It Was An Exciting Adventure!
By Request, I Placed My Patriotic Song On A Radio Playlist! It topped Charts At #23 on 1100 USA Stations!
I'm Retired But I continue Writing Lyrics & Music For Artists Who Are Too Busy orwant to update their songs!
I Research Stories To Create Moving Lyrics & Music That Flow Naturally !**
If You Have Lyrics/Poems/Stories Or Ideas That Need To Become Great Songs w/ Great Music, Email & Let Me Turn It Into a simple Demo!
I have CD's with A Great Patriotic Concert & powerful Easter Concert & much requested Thanksgiving Song! (Greatly Requested, but Not Recorded.) Here Are a Few Fun Facts FromThe Life Of A Southern GirlWho Grew Up In The South& Lived In The South West: Here's To: 1978's Most Valuable Player. He & My husband Were Business Friends.
I came Inside & They Were Chatting In The Living Rm!
The Beautiful Lady he wasdating was a backup singer with "The 5th Dimension"! We sang together as I played piano & she and I sat on my piano bench together. The 5th Dimension Is in "The Grammy Hall Of Fame" & at the Top of The Charts.
It's Amazing to have hadthat cool experience! It's a lovely memory!
Withholding names here because of privacy but my (little blue songbook) still has the sweet note she wrote to me, preserved inside!
She gave me an auto-graphed picture but it's been lost thru many moves over the years. January 2009 - Wash, DC:
My Patriotic Song was performed by me in 1st In 1991 At Denver Stadium for12,000+ w/standing O's.
In 2009 It Was sung by A Los Angeles/Las Vegas Artist At The Presidential Inauguration Breakfast ("Smokey) was there w/ him, the artist's arrangement.
September 2002 - IAFF NY 9-11
A special song request that I write by Int'l Assoc. Fallen Fire Fighters IAFF.ORG to honor 9-11 NY FFF & Families As Well As Canadian Fallen Fire Fighters.
My husband and I were seated In Front w/ The 9-11 NY families,A Very Great Honor In Our Lives! IAFF.ORG Int'l Assoc. Fallen Fire Fighters provided 255,000 Firemen My Song At Their Annual Memorial Wall Service Honoring Those WhoLost Their Lives On 9-11 The PriorYear. It's In Colo Springs, Colorado.The Song Was Our Gift To Their Families. www.cathyrayministeries.org A Non-Profit 501 (c) (3)
2004 Talent Winner: A Top 10 Female Gospel Vocalist & writer/2004 Talent In The Rockies Estes Park, Colorado.
Cathy's Performance Judged on Vocals & performance, Song Writer/on Lyrics/Music & website, Judges Were fromNashville GMA & Word Warnerand record company executives. Age 6, My parents converted Our Living Room as a church.
Catherine's Mother & Sister Taught her to play piano & To sing Melody & Harmony.
Cathy began playing hymns onSunday in their country home: Singing & creating new songs from age 6 to age 12 on our upright piano. If I can hear it, I can play it.
Cathy's little feet dangled at the piano bench & strawberry-blonde hair hung down her back w/a freckled nose! She uniquely sang harmony as she played melody!
Catherine & her sister were asked to sing on local radios, jails & Events.
Now Cathy writes lyrics using keyboard & software to lay down melodies for music bed. Exciting added arrangements w/extra instruments are laid down by my friends **Maureen & Rick!Rick's voice sounds like Neil Diamond!
They are Incredibly Talented Pros With a fabulous band in Alaska & Western Colorado. They still do Christmas & New Years Eve Shows w/music beds for demos! See pic: 2019 New Yrs Eve Show.
So, Gather Around The Fire!Make S'mores or put a few marshmallows on a stick!
A burst of fire on a cool night w/friends singing uplifting praiseor Country-Cowboy or Pop songs from a theme you want to do. Email me to write lyrics & on a subject you are thinking about and we'll see about making a simple music demos & lyrics for you!
If you need Gospel lyrics, I'm Southern Born & I've sung those & written those songs all my life! Cathy enjoys creating lyrics for Veterans & Memorials.Also love Cowboy's & Trucker's!
Cathy will get back with you first by EMAIL, later by cell phone & we can talk to see if we agree on a demo idea. My Patriotic CD in 2003 was on a playlist for 1100 Country/Gospel Stations charted #23, & #8 In Maine. Tax Exempt Donations helpto keep up with software & research & equipment to create better demos & music beds.
New song lyrics can cover Life today but I write songs of long ago of your own heritage! Truly inheritance Music that Moves You!