We recently connected with Kate Boytek and have shared our conversation below.

Kate, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Do you wish you had started sooner?

I believe I started my career at the best time I possibly could’ve. I actually am I asked this question often because I am 33 and not starting at 20-something. People usually wonder why I wouldn’t have wanted to begin earlier in life. For me, it has nothing to with age. It’s where I am now in my mind and heart. I have such a deep level of appreciation for this journey I’m on with my career right now that I’m not sure I would’ve felt fully as the “20-something Kate”. I didn’t have the life experience or knowledge at that time to understand how to be truly grateful, I was more caught up in selfish intentions at that time. I think it takes time in personal self development to grow as a person and for me that didn’t come in my early 20’s, it came in my 30’s. For that reason alone, I would never want to embark on a journey like this much less any other life changing experience without that time of self reflection.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

Absolutely!

I’m Kate Boytek. I’m a singer and a songwriter. I’m from the southern coalfields of West Virginia. I started singing when I was five years old, entering my first talent competition at the Matewan county fair in WV. From there, I sang in church with my grandma. Occasionally, entering local talent shows and singing for local charity events.
I realized I wanted this to be more than a hobby in my early 20s. I started to pursue my dream at 21 and quickly realized that having a family and this type of career were not going to be possible for me at that time.
For the next seven years, I spent time directing my church choir and raising my family. After my divorce, three years ago, I sat down with my mom and I told her I wanted to pursue Music full-time and take it as far as I possibly could as an artist. I asked her if she would be willing to help me with my daughters, because I was unwilling to sacrifice being the mom I wanted to be for anything outside of that. She agreed to come on board full-time so that I could pursue this career at full force. ever since that day, I have been in this career full-time.

As far as discipline goes, I think you always have to have your intention focused on your career or some aspect of it. Whether your main focus is performance, or writing, or both, you need to constantly direct your energy in those areas. I am a firm believer in the saying “we’re focus goes, energy flows” and that’s proven to be 100% accurate in my career. The wonderful thing is, I absolutely love what I do so it never feels like “work”.

My craft revolves solely around my love for music in the way of healing. Music has healed so many people including myself, so I’m very “intention driven” with what I choose to create and put out into the world. I have to make sure what I’m doing aligns with my heart and can in someway help someone else. Whether it be a moment of fun -forgetting their worries, or a song that takes them through a personal journey of healing some sort of trauma, I want my purpose of creation of whatever their listening to of mine to be prominent.

I am most proud of how I have grown as an artist since the beginning of my journey. I feel so honored to have been given my dream opportunity, to live a life that fully revolves around the one thing I love the most in the world, outside of family. One of my favorite things to do is co-write with other artists, I love hearing their journey through lyrics and intertwining their story with mine, it’s such a beautiful thing. I always want to stay open in every aspect of this and allow growth and space for new ideas from myself and others.

In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?

I think society does a terrific job of supporting artists and music. If I had one comment to make, it would be to embrace everyone. There doesn’t have to be division or judgment on someone’s work, if it’s not your cup of tea then it’s just not your cup of tea and that’s fine. Never “hate” on someone’s creativity just because you may not like it. It takes courage and discipline for creatives to put their work into the world, for me, it’s like putting pieces of my soul and story on display because I stay very raw and open in my writing, although I feel it’s my truth and I wouldn’t change it that doesn’t mean it’s not scary as heck sometimes. I see negative comments on people’s platforms a lot, if someone doesn’t like it they feel like it’s ok to degrade what that person is doing. It’s not ok, just move along and have appreciation for, if nothing else, the simple fact that whoever that person is felt safe enough to share that part of themself with the world. It’s like my grandma always says, “if we all sang the same note in the choir there would be no harmony”.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

The most rewarding aspect is seeing the impact your work has on others. I’ve had people come up to me at shows, etc..:and express what a song or performance meant to them or how the lyrics helped them.. that’s what it’s about. That’s where I place my intention, so to hear them connect in that way is definitely the most rewarding experience for me.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.kateboytekofficial.com
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