For nearly 30 years, Vancouver Island born vetran bassist, Kaitie Sly, has worked as a session, touring and performing musician. She began her musical journey at the age of eight and soon after was performing in bars and clubs across British Columbia. A fixure of the BC music scene for over three decades, she began touring internationally in high school, playing legendary venues such as the Cavern Club in Liverpool, UK, and performing with icons such as Motown superstar, Martha Reeves. Being able to work the gig and touring circuit at such a young age meant that Kaitie's career path in music was solidified for her well before finishing school. Her melodic basslines serve as the emotional anchor of her eclectic music, which combines elements of jazz, rock, world music, and sound design that will take you on a sonic journey to other worlds. Formally trained in music from some of North America's pre-eminent institutions, her long list of awards and accolades demonstrates her artistic prowess and technical ability as a bassist, vocalist, sound designer, producer and songwriter. She was artist-in-resident at Lobe Studio in 2021, and at MONOM in Berlin in the spring of 2023, where she developed two 4DSOUND spatial sound compositions. Kaitie built her profile as a sought-after session bassist before establishing herself as a solo artist. Her next solo album, Forgotten Memoirs, will be released in the fall of 2024. Now as head of bass for Musora's widely anticipated PlayBass platform, she has been inspiring a new generation of women and girls to take up the bass ever since her first interview on Notreble.com back in 2012. She can currently be seen on tour with her afro-soul group, Serengeti, as well as for other artists such as Rumour Mill, Sade Awele, Susana Williams and Anna Katarina.
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“Kaitie is a very fine bass player.”
​Michael Mennell, Bass Instructor, Musicians Institute
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"Great voice dynamic and ambient."
Angelo Dodaro, VP, Zedd Records
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“Ms. Sly performs at a high level of musicianship..”
​Chuck Silverman