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Kit Christian Carter Cairns was born in Stratford,
Ontario, March 25th 1978. He is the youngest of four children and grew up on a
ten acre self-sufficient farm near Embro, Ontario. Kit is currently a science
teacher, father and avid musician.
During his upbringing Kit was exposed to much music. At an
early age he was surrounded by the likes of true hippies as his father was a
member of the blue grass band Perth County Conspiracy and good
friends with the folk singer Valdy. During adolescence Kit
became obsessed with music and explored it intensely by attending thousands of
live music concerts and festivals. Kit was so passionate about the gathering of
individuals for the purpose of music that he completed his university thesis on
the Motivations For Attending And Characteristics Of The Modern Music
Festival. It wasn't until Kit was attending Lakehead University in
1999 that he picked up a guitar and started writing songs but for years prior
to that he had been writing poetry, singing kareoke, and keeping journals.
These three passions came together to form the beginning of Kit's musical
career.
In 2002 Kit purchased a used Roland digital music recorder
and started to explore the technique of recording music. The first project to
surface was a bad kareoke cd. The second a bad Handmade Demo.
However it caught the interest of another musician who together with Kit formed
the band No Boundaries. In 2004 the band put together a not so bad
independent CD called No Holds Barred and played together at festivals,
fairs and pubs. Shortly after that Kit decided to pursue his music by means of
launching an independent solo record called This Is Me. Through 2006 Kit
promoted his album by participating in music competitions, playing a variety of
gigs in a variety of places, and in late 2006 launching his own informative and
interactive personal website.
In 2008 Kit released his second independent cd called
My World which clearly illustrates Kit's growth as a well rounded
musician. He also helped to organize and facilitate is own music festival which
ran consecutively for three years called Musichaos.
Kit has developed a truly unique sound that can be
described as edgy-folk-rock-rhythms with poetic and insightful lyrical
messages. Kit is an intense live performer who feels a strong desire and need
to be performing in front of audiences. Most of Kit's music is easy to listen
and relate too; therefore, he has developed a following in a variety of target
audiences from young to old.
At this time Kit is looking to get involved more seriously
with the inner workings of the music industry. He needs access to better studio
equipment, producers, marketing teams, management, and money to be able to
explore the industry more legitimately. He is extremely hardworking,
professional, responsible and passionate about all components of the music
industry but needs to find an entrance to gain more experience and further
develop his musical pathway. Finally, Kit's musical influences include Alanis
Morissette, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, and Thousand Foot Krutch.
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