Frequently Asked Questions
Can I buy a prerecorded track to sing to?
Eventually. We’re going to try and make that happen in the next 9-12 months. Keep checking back.
Will you come to my high school or college and do a master class?
Maybe. We love working with students at high schools and colleges, talk to your professors and teachers about it. We require transportation to and from NYC, and housing if it’s very far away. Our hourly rate isn’t too bad, check under “masterclasses” for a quote.
Do I need your permission to sing songs you wrote at vocal or thespian competitions or in my talent show?
You never need permission from K-L to perform our material in educational, amateur, audition or personal contexts. If your vocal or thespian competition requires a permission slip, however, then you’re free to request one from us. Please allow 2 weeks turnaround – we will email you the permission. We are unable to fax or mail permission slips.
Why did you stop selling CDs of your music?
We do not have a professionally recorded CD. All of the recordings you hear on our site are demos – the singers were not paid in most cases. Seems very difficult to us to charge for a CD and then distribute money to the singers, and also unethical not to. So we’re just giving them away for free on our music page. Live recordings (which are REALLY unethical) and old recordings (which are just a little too embarrassing for wide distribution) are available to listen to for free, but not to download.
Can I buy any of your music on ITunes?
Yup, you can buy recordings other people have made of our songs. Josh Young has recorded Run Away With Me and How To Not Be With You, Dwane Britten recorded Run Away With Me, Liz Seymour recorded Say The Word and Kate Shindle recorded an old version of For No Apparent Reason at some point. More importantly, you can buy episodes of HBO’s The Wire on Itunes, which we encourage you to do.
Can my high school or college do a production of The Unauthorized Autobiography Of Samantha Brown?
SAMANTHA BROWN has been optioned by a production company and we’re moving forward with them. While the company has the option (and while we’re in the process of trying to make the book and score good enough for your various high schools, colleges, and competitions, including for a production in New York), you can’t do the show. Sorry. We’re looking out for you as much as ourselves.
What happened to those songs that used to be on brianlowdermilk.com?
Do you remember when you wrote that paper in high school? You were probably
a freshman. Okay, maybe a sophomore and it was, like, the best paper you ever
wrote, and you were so proud. I mean, you never show your papers to your mom and
you showed this one to your mom because you thought this is the kind of research
that wins me the Nobel Prize some day. Then, six months later, your mom shows
it to your grandmother, or worse this girl/boy you’re dating and all you
can remember about that paper is that you misspelled the word relief r-e-l-e-i-f.
You remember that you didn’t follow through on that line of psychoanalytic
questioning that was going to some day lead you to the Nobel Prize. Do you remember
that? And you were so embarrassed? And the girl/boy was like “This paper
is so okay. You shouldn’t be that embarrassed.” And you’re like,
“That’s not the point, I wrote this paper about Magical Realism this
year that’s so much better. Read that.” And she/he’s like, “No.
I read this one and it’s fine. I can tell that you’re not bad at writing
papers but I don’t need to read any others.” It’s over. This
is someone who you really thought you were going to kiss and now, they think you’re
fine. Your life is over.
In a less dramatic way, this is how Brian feels about the songs he wrote when he was younger. There are many songs that Kait and Brian wrote together that they don’t have on the website either. Kait and Brian don’t want you to hear a song on the website and be like “Eh. It’s fine but I don’t need to hear another.” So they err on the side of too little.