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The Joy of Making Music:
Karen Waldrup At Douglas Corner
For those of you new subscribers who havenât seen the expression before, âThe Joy of Making Musicâ is the umbrella/brand for my studio and performance photography business.
This week I had the pleasure of shooting Karen Waldrup at a showcase she performed at Douglas Corner in Nashville.
I met Karen at a music industry gathering a few weeks ago. I was there with my camera (name tag: âMy name is Paul; Ask me about my silent shuttersâ) and met Karen  hanging back at the bar at 3rd and Lindsley while waiting for the proceedings to commence.  We traded business cards. Then I saw a flyer on the bulletin board at âmy officeâ promoting her showcase and figured, âmay as wellâŠâ
These âindustry showcasesâ are not your typical âsinger/songwriterâ show; theyâre kick-out-the-jams and belt-it to-the-rafters (well, depending on the act) affairs intended to get the attention of the industry types who can make a difference in a rising artistâs career (read that: label heads).
From what I can tell, Karen Waldrup has been banging on some of those doors for a while â and now sheâs got the chops and her career is primed for a breakthrough.  Sheâs got an A-Team band behind her, and this was as âprofessionalâ a showcase as Iâve seen in my twenty-plus years in Nashville.
As befits any truly original musician or performer, Karen Waldrup is not an easy woman to peg: sheâs a little country, a little southern rock, a little pop. Sheâs a southern girl who likes her whiskey and wonders if her ex-loverâs fancy new wife serves it as well as she did.  Sheâs a polished performer with a powerful stage presence who can deliver the goods across the spectrum from hard rocking country to acoustic power ballads.
I caught her here in the rare moment on stage when she seems to be soaking it all in; I say ârareâ because  most of the time she was full-throated rocking out. (The rest of the photos will have to wait until she and her management team have signed off on them.)
In the meantime, have a  listen to Karenâs 2015 EP âGetawayâ
and check out this rhinestone-fringed guitar!
Itâs a bird⊠itâs a plane⊠itâs Karen Waldropâs rhinestone-fringed guitar!