ABOUT CATE

SINGER/SONGWRITER/ARTIST/VOCAL COACH/MENTOR

BA. POPULAR MUSIC & CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY and BA. CULTURAL TOURISM

Cate is a three- time recipient of the Directors Award at the Elder Conservatorium of Music and a BAST accredited vocal coach and is proud to be a member of the phenomenal and world class voice coaching and artist development team at The Studio and Star Factory, Directed by Kirsty Roberts.

As an artist she has supported many International and National acts including Fat Joe, Tech9, Cormega, Seth Sentry, Hilltop Hoods, G Flip and Illy, and her journey as a performer and educator has taken her across Australia and Europe, as well as to Ethiopia and Zambia to deliver musical instruments and workshops in schools and orphanages. 

Creatively Cate has a focus on creating powerful and meaningful music with soulful and honest lyrics through her work with Adelaide Hip Hop duo Outside Lines and experimental music project Neofix. 

Believing in music not just as a means of expression but as a vehicle for change, Cate and her Critical Soul Community have hosted a number of events and concerts in the support of the build of a Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Zambia (completed in 2021) Follow Cate’s Project Six; a series of projects with a musical foundation that aim to inspire, empower, create awareness and spread compassion. 

A WORD FROM CATE

I have always made it my purpose to follow the things that I love the most, music, writing & community, and to surround myself with genuine people who I enjoy working with and who inspire me. I opened my first music business, a vocal studio at age 23 and since have invested everything I have to give into performing, writing, coaching and music community projects throughout Australia and Africa. I am fortunate to have joined Kirsty Roberts and the incredible team at The Studio & Star Factory as a vocal coach and music mentor.

It has not always been an easy road, music requires tenacity, dedication and a love for what you do that keeps you going when times are rough, when gigs are scarce and when projects fall through and you are staring at a can of corn you have for dinner wondering how you got there. Where there are no opportunities, you have to make them, where there are opportunities you have to take them and all the while continue to build your skills, in any way you can.

For me both as an Artist and an Educator the most important thing to cultivate alongside technical skill, is creative freedom. Learning to let go of the need to be perfect, the need to know everything and embracing the idea that we are all “forever students” in music and in life! This ethos has allowed me to branch out into so many areas I might never have though possible including producing, videography, spoken word poetry and sonic art.
Please feel free to reach out to me, I hope we get a chance to meet.

Learning the joys of reverb & delay niiiiice and early 👌🎤 @thestudioandstarfactory Eirini can take sound check for next open mic No hoops were shot in the making of this photo Don’t know what everyone’s always on about, guitar is easy 🤘#rockstar #superstar #talent #natural #mumlife Check one two.. is this thing on. Take your baby roadie to work day 😂 @thestudioandstarfactory 💗🤘 My greatest loves 💗 In Australia we have the term “poppy cutter”, which refers to someone who feels compelled to cut a person back down to size if they grow too big/get ahead. It is easy to of course want to place all the fault on the person doing the cutting but then sometimes we miss an opportunity to grow ourselves in doing so. If we are honest for example, we may be able to admit that we knew that person had that in them, perhaps we had seen them act this way to others and dismissed it because they were nice to us. Maybe there is even something that person has that we covet, and so we have chosen to let things slide or even participated in things that are not true to our values because we felt we were “getting something” out of it. Either way, it is an opportunity to reflect on our own values and the way we treat others. If we can be confident with our own path and values and choices we are free to genuinely celebrate the success and wins for others. 💗🥀🌹 Words, visuals and music by Johnny and I @neofix_ Baby girl rocks a double denim though 🥰🥰💗💗 Thank you 💗 to everyone who has watched our @neofix_ music video for LIES on our YouTube channel. We see you and we appreciate you 💗🦉(link in bio) There is so much power in forgiveness, forgiving ourselves and others. It is much easier to notice and fight against the faults we see in others and much harder to look ourselves honestly in the mirror. But forgiving starts with seeking forgiveness.