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Episode 16: Katie Herzig Sings Devil Music with the Voice of an Angel

October 4, 2009

Katie Herzig delivers her songs like a secret weapon. With only a few words her delicate, quivery voice works it's way under your skin and into your head -- you find yourself humming her melodies for days.

Katie is a songwriter living in Nashville -- not to be confused with a Nashville Songwriter which is an entirely different thing. She is young, sincere, and flashes her beautiful smile in an easy, genuine way as she talks about her experiences, successes and challenges. In the last year she has had an unprecedented number of her songs placed in prime-time television including shows like Grey's Anatomy and is currently touring in support of her latest CD release Apple Tree.

In this interview Katie talks in depth about discovering her unique voice, her writing process and what inspires her.  She also delivers intimate and spellbinding performances of her songs: "Wish You Well," "Weightless" and "Hologram."


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SHORT STORIES

LONGER THAN A SONG, SHORTER THAN A NOVEL...

I've always been enamored by the short story. It is probably the most difficult form to master. How can you possibly transport someone into a fully realized world in just a few pages? Songs can cheat because the music does the heavy lifting. Novels have acres of open land to plant the seeds and allow them to grow, produce fruit and even die. But short stories must be dense, concentrated and focused with an engine powerful enough to tow a freight train but small enough to fit in a pocket watch.

This collection of stories represents my meager attempt to learn how the form works. There are moments I hope where I get close, but you can be the judge of that, dear reader.