Kaki King
Kaki King
Kaki Kingis an American guitarist and composer. King is known for her percussive and jazz-tinged melodies, energetic live shows, use of multiple tunings on acoustic and lap steel guitar, and her diverse range in different genres...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth24 August 1979
CityAtlanta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
energy good itself matter maybe music people playing poster speak telling website work
I see people who work on their look and they work on their poster and their website and you know, the music will speak for itself no matter what. So if you put maybe like 95% of your energy on music and 5% on playing out and telling people about it. That's kind of a good equation.
absolutely love ovation rely
I have to say, I do love the Ovation guitars. If I had one guitar to play, it would be that one, and it's got nothing to do with having my name on it. I absolutely rely on it.
change helps music
Tunings are wonderfully inspiring, and it helps you to write music. If I'm stuck, you know, I change the tuning.
time
I don't remember a time that I didn't know how to play the guitar.
interview people
I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
acts involved music politics
Opening acts are hard, really hard. There's more politics involved than music, sometimes.
amazing creative exciting existence fuel however longer point
You get to a point where the kind of beautiful chaos can't really fuel your creative existence any longer because it's not stable, however amazing and exciting it may be.
amount master reminded stops teaching unlimited
I had to be reminded that the guitar is infinite. It never stops teaching you, it never stops being difficult; there's an unlimited amount of things to learn, and you'll never master it.
why-not sound boxes
You have this resonant box that sounds cool when you smack it, so why not go for it?
followed great learned lives musicians past thoughts turn
I've followed the lives of great musicians and have learned that you don't have to always write in pain. You have all of your past experiences, feelings, and thoughts that you can turn on when you need them and turn off when you don't.
front recorded sit sound
The one thing I've always done, because I like the sound of my guitar from where I sit - meaning not in front of it - so what I do is, I put microphones around my ears. I have them around my head, too. I don't know if it's a superstitious thing, but it's actually how I recorded my first album.
extremely places visit
There are a lot of places that I know extremely well. Like, if I were to visit Sydney, Australia, I'd feel very comfortable there. I'm very comfortable in many, many cities.