Kat recently started a new blog, The Secret Music Life of Kat, dedicated to “creative marketing ideas and business tips for musicians”, links to free music, artist interviews, etc. She posted her first interview today, with Andrew Osenga.

Here are a couple excerpts:

What are some advantages of being indie?

I don’t have to worry about what radio will or won’t play, or what some store will or won’t carry. I can play a long guitar solo on my records if I want to and I can write songs about whatever I want. My experience with labels has been very stifling in those regards, to the point where I felt like being a “christian artist” meant I no longer had room to talk about being a christian, cause they tried to censor so many of the things I wrote about. Also, I can be a lot more free with trying crazy ideas for marketing. Or with scrapping my website and building it around a blog. Or with giving some music away in hopes of getting people to pay for more of it.

What is inspiring you right now?

Randall Goodgame and I are hard at work writing for the next Caedmon’s project, and it’s been one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve ever had as a writer. We’ve been working on songs about who we are as members of families and communities and as believers who wrestle with doubt and who have run to God almost as much as we’ve run away from Him. Songwriting is such an intimate process and to be in the trenches with a good friend has been a wonderful thing.

Read the full interview here.

And if you’re in the Nashville area, or within a couple hours driving distance, Andy is playing a show this Thursday at Exit/In. His band will include Paul Eckberg on drums and Matt Odmark (Jars of Clay) on rhythm guitar. I enjoyed his set at 3rd and Lindsley with this band last week (as did the other 10 people that showed up, I’m sure), and this concert will undoubtedly be even better.