website associated_acts years_active notable_instruments birth_place name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
-lsb- http://www.itskatsmusic.com itskatsmusic.com -rsb- the , vicetone dirty heads , the monsters and the strangerz 2008 -- present epiphone guitars orange county , california , united states kat solo_singer 3 april 1990 guitar , vocals pop , rock kat nestel
 katherine maray nestel musician , songwriter
kat nestel

katherine `` kat '' nestel -lrb- born april 3 , 1990 -rrb- is an american recording artist and songwriter .
in june 2013 she signed with management company 1916 mgmt , and soon after she signed a publishing deal with bmg chrysalis .
as of february 2014 , kat has signed with production team the monsters and the strangerz for her artist project .
she is currently writing on various top 40 projects with the suspex , jonas jeberg , matt squire , the stereotypes , jean baptiste and more .
kat gained mainstream recognition for her brief stint on the popular fox show american idol .
she has also gained notability from her various youtube videos with rome from sublime with rome , many of which have garnered over 2 million views .
in 2010 , kat sang background vocals on the dirty heads song `` lay me down '' which eventually became a # 1 hit on the billboard alternative and all formats rock charts .
in january 2015 , she collaborated with dutch edm duo vicetone to provide vocals for the track ` no way out ' which was released on spinnin ' records , as well as for ` nothing stopping me ' and ` angels ' .
