Being a firm believer that music has therapeutic benefits, I (Katie Ann) turned to composing with my keyboards when the coronavirus pandemic first began in March 2020. 

I was motivated to write music to help make people feel better who are suffering from the affects of the pandemic. In return the process made me feel better, empowering myself to create like a child playing in a sandbox, freely without bias.  

When I created this album I threw out traditional production techniques. I allowed myself to write songs that weren't centered around a structure, lyrics, or tempo. 

I used sounds of nature as the root of every song. 

I composed this album with a freestyle approach, exploring unique sounds within my keyboards and synthesizers, modulating and bending notes. Instead of writing repetitive chord progressions I focused on the reoccurring theme, Travel. My favorite tool to use creating this album was the D-Beam on my Juno. It's an infrared beam that plays notes similar to a theremin.  

Spontaneously traveling through the sounds of music, I took a journey every song I wrote for this album. I thought of a destination I wanted to take the listener to and carved each song around this place using sounds to stimulate visuals. 

I composed the last song on my album about a beach in Saint Thomas of the Virgin Islands. Sapphire Beach is a blissful place full happy beach goers, music, snorkeling, parasailing, and beachside grilling. Fleetwood Mac had a vacation home steps away from the sun bathers, known as the "Mac House." This place left a special imprint engrained in my memory of a trip I took with my husband, MC ZiLL, celebrating our 3rd Anniversary. It was important for me to transpose this peaceful positive energy and love into my song, Sapphire Beach.