User:Kaitiesly

Kaitie Sly is a Canadian Musician. She began her musical studies on the piano and started performing at clubs and bars at a young age with various rock bands. Her first success, with a band called Scottish Fish (formed in 1996) performed on the educational film: Kids Talk Diabetes, which won the 2001 Freddy Award in New York City. Kaitie covered the keyboards, flute and vocals for 6 years with this quartet.

Kaitie helped formed the rock-pop band, Black Tie Social, in 2003, where she played bass and sang back-up vocals. In 2005, Black Tie recorded an EP at Infinity Studios in Victoria, BC, and played at the “Much Does Victoria” gig in August, 2005, which also granted an interview and her band’s music video featured on Much Music.

After graduating from Lebeau-Petersen Music Academy, Kaitie eventually took over the bass guitar teaching position for two years before opening up her own school in 2007: Steel Vibrations Inc. in Victoria, BC.

In 2009 she moved to Los Angeles, California, to attend the Musician's Institute.