Arrivals and Milestones collaboration craft creative practice kat reinhert mission releasing music Oct 02, 2026

Lately I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting. In August, I celebrated living 50 years in this world and it’s got me thinking about the next 50 years and what I want them to look like both personally and professionally.

I find I’m writing songs about what comes next, about women, about my place – or o...

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Releasing Music & Getting Organized collaboration organization purpose releasing music songwriting education Aug 25, 2025

Both Sarah and I are releasing music this fall! We both have EPs coming out (if you don’t know what that is…keep reading) and we’re both really excited about them. But they’re also a lot of work and as we ALSO have a book coming out about releasing music in the very near future (date TBD) I thought ...

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Hit Songs and Creativity: APME Reflection collaboration crafting lyrics creativity fear habits kat reinhert songwriting songwriting education writing songs writing to pitch Jun 16, 2025

From June 4-8, I attended the Association for Popular Music Education (APME) conference in Memphis, TN – hosted by the University of Memphis. For those who don’t know, I’ve been a long-time member of APME – I was on their board from 2014-2020, and in the last four years of my term, served as both Vi...

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The Hard Co-Write collaboration cowriting songwriting songwriting education songwriting for music educators working together Feb 13, 2024

Co-writing can be a really fun and engaging way to expand skills, get to know more people and expand your collaborative network, but it can also be really hard. Especially when you get into a situation when you feel you're not being heard. I find this happens a lot more frequently when co-writes are...

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