Caitlyn Brette, Nashville veteren at fourteen

by Kari Kramer

“I mean, I am only 14, but I have been performing in front of live audiences since I was 8. So, I have over 6 years doing this -- some older performers can’t say the same.”

An East Texas Featured Artist

As a young child, Caitlyn Brette, 14, wasn’t the obvious rising singing sensation that she has become.

“I had a really bad lisp when I was little, and my speech therapist suggested singing as a treatment,” she said.

As she continued singing, those around her began to take notice of her improvement. At the time, her father was playing bass guitar for the Houston-area band Black Jack County.

“He noticed that I was really good at it, even with the lisp, and started teaching me,” she recalled. “As I got better and started doing this professionally, he quit the band and became my guitar player. That is one of the things I love about this, is I get to spend so much time with my dad.”

By the age of 9, Caitlyn was performing in Nashville. For her, the experience left an impression,

“Hearing all the positive feedback about my voice really made me feel like I was on my way,” she said.

Since, she’s continued to expand her musical horizons, encompassing a wide spectrum of styles.

“I really love all kinds of music, and this shows in my songs,” she said. “My music can be classified as everything from country to rock, and many other styles in between.”

Caitlyn has already written and recorded her own original music. Her EP, This is Me, is available on iTunes and Amazon.com.

“One of the songs on it, ‘Legacy of the Red, White and Blue,’ is a military tribute song about my family,” she noted. “All the money we raise from the sales will be donated to Lone Star Military Resources which helps returning soldiers here in East Texas and Wounded Warriors of Texas.”

In addition to traveling around Texas and the rest of the United States, Caitlyn is busy working on her first full-length album – a lot for any entertainer to handle. But for Caitlyn, her age makes the situation especially different, and she’s thankful for the support system she has in place.

Caitlyn Brette

“It is really hard to get people in this business to take a 14-year-old serious,” she said. “The fact that I know half the guys at my label (Angry 3 Records) and a band of adults helps people sit up and realize I really am serious.”

“I mean, I am only 14, but I have been performing in front of live audiences since I was 8. So, I have over 6 years doing this -- some older performers can’t say the same.”

Looking into the future, she hopes to mature as an artist and gain new fans.

“I really feel that I am still learning, so I am always changing -- hopefully getting better,” she said. “I just want people to hear and like my music. I put so much of myself in the songs I write that I want people to feel something when they hear them.”