Katryna the next Taylor Swift?
Eastwood
Mounted Shooter or
A
h, sixteen years old, the age where you get to experience
all kinds of things such as high school football games,
driving, math tests and releasing a ten song country
album? Meet Katryna Eastwood, a Buckeye sixteen year
old who balances, school, Cowboy Mounted Shooting and
becoming the next country star. Katryna
began piano lessons in 2004 and started regularly performing on stage in choir groups
and in local talent shows. She was accepted
into Anderson Institute of Music as one of
their first Arizona –based students in 2006.
After her first six months of piano lessons,
she signed on for vocal training. Quickly
after she learned guitar, bass guitar and
flute. Her spark on stage lead her to be recognized by many people in the industry,
inspiring her to write her own music at age
eleven. At the same time, Katryna was also
being introduced to the world of horseback riding, attending lessons weekly with
Megan and Gary Bennett of Sunset Ranch
Performance Horses. Megan and
Gary showed Katryna the sport of
Cowboy Mounted Shooting. A fast
action timed equestrian event using
two .45 caliber single action revolvers each loaded with five rounds of
specially prepared blank ammunition. Katryna, her father, Mike Eastwood and horse JR began attending
local shoots and have expanded to
events all over Arizona. Katryna progressed rapidly in the sport winning
multiple belt buckles, checks and
even winning the “Most Improved
Rider 2013” awarded by the ACMSA,
Western National Champion L1 with
SASS 2013. While Katryna was winning and achieves Ladies
2 level in mounted shooting she was also making a name for
herself in the music industry.
In 2012, Katryna was signed to local record label Sky Walk
Records. For her first release, she decided to make the best
of both worlds out of her two loves and write a song for
cowboy mounted shooting titled “All the Girls Go Bang.”
The buzz from the song lead to an opportunity for Katryna
to write a song for a western film called “Copper Wind”.
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March 2014
Katryna met with the director through Garry Bennett,
one of the stars of the movie, to discuss the opportunity to
develop a song for the movie. Chaz loved the idea and gave
her the challenge. With this in hand she wrote and sang
the title track for the movie. (The song appropriately titled
“Copper Wind). Arizona media was filled
with articles about Katryna and
her debut into the music industry.
Both songs are available for
download on ITunes.
Over the past 6 years Katryna
has performed in events all over
Arizona. Events such as the county
and state fair and opening acts
for Train, Steven Page, Voodoo
Daddies, Beach Boys, Andy
Grammar and other chart toppers.
In Spring 2014, Katryna will release
her first debut album through Sky
Walk Records. The album features
songs for music lovers of every
kind. This highly anticipated album
has been causing a stir on social media
everywhere. Little information has been
released about the album, but we were
able to get some inside information. “The
album will be titled Small Town Roads.”
Katryna says, “This album is my first step
into the music industry. Even though I
have released other songs, these are the
ones that are mine and not for somebody
else. I think listeners will