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finds that life touring on the road can be a drain. Her new studio has turned into a cozy retreat space, too. Sometimes the musician just lights some candles in her studio spaces and stares out the window. It’s also where she seeks inspiration and energy from CBC Radio’s Rich Terfry’s Drive and Q. The couple once resided in a beautiful downtown loft but the open design made it challenging for her to write songs and rehearse. Carrie Catherine admits that before she had her studio she used to get “frustrated” when the urge to play the guitar hit and she just wanted to create in solitude. “Before the space was finished, I was sure I wanted it to be just my space, ‘Girls Only!’ But once I started using it, that feeling changed.
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Now I love it when my young son Eliot ambles up to the microphone and starts to sing. He and Curtis are part of it now, too,” she says. The musician also hosts the occasional studio party for her close friends where they crack open a bottle of wine, order in food and just hang out in her playhouse. “I love that it’s my space and that I can control it,” says Carrie Catherine. “It never gets old for me. Having my own studio is great. This feels good and it inspires me a lot.”
SPRING 2013