Katherine "Kat" Alexandra Meoz (born July 27, 1988) is a Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, composer, soundtrack and record producer.

Career

The first ever televised composition from Meoz was the theme song for show Knock First which ran on

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for 6 episodes in its second season from 2003-2004. In 2014, Meoz produced the entire soundtrack for feature film ''The Dust Storm.'' Three of Meoz's original songs in the film were performed by actor

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. The founder and principal songwriter for the self-titled

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project, Kat Meoz(f.k.a. GRIT). Her debut EP ''LA Don't Love You'' was released by indie label Bodan Kuma Recordings (

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, EFG, Detroit Rebellion) in June 2017. The first official music video released was shot and directed by

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director

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in August 2017 for song ''LA Don't Love You''. The video and song which stars

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caught the attention of legendary radio DJ

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who put the song in regular rotation on

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(

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). In 2016 and 2017, Meoz had three songs placed on reality television series the

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: ''Cold Blooded'''', Fool's Gold','' and ''LA Don't Love You''''.'' In October 2017, filmmaker

and Meoz shot the only existing footage of

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's papier-mâché bird and subject of his book Willard and His Bowling Trophies, Willard, for a music video for Meoz's song "Here I Wait". The song was released January 2018 on Bodan Kuma Records and premiered on Pop Matters. In November 2017, Meoz was included on

's Christmas compilation album, ''Santa's Got a GTO Vol.2.'' For which Meoz composed an original Christmas song, "Christmas in Hollywood". The compilation, released on limited edition vinyl through

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, included artists such as C. J. Ramone and

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. Meoz was asked by

Jennie Vee Jennie Vee (born January 20, 1983) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. She has released one studio album and two EPs as a solo artist, and is the live bassist for rock band Eagles of Death Metal and bassist for Midnight Cowgirls. Vee has prev ...

to join her solo project: Jennie Vee & The Garden of Eden as a rhythm guitar player in 2017, the act toured with Swedish band

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in California. In late December 2017, Meoz was asked to sing background vocals for

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and

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on the recording of their 2018 single release, ''Savior''. Meoz performed for their track at

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in Los Angeles. The song and Meoz's voice went on to be featured in a

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commercial for Monster Products' headphones. The commercial stars Azalea,

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, and

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. As an actress, Meoz was cast in a

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commercial, which began running nationally March 1, 2018, a give-away commercial campaign from

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which ran in late 2018 (internet only), and a tourism commercial for the city of

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which began running globally in January 2019 for Visit the USA. In April 2019, Meoz's song, "Don't You Worry" appeared on

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television series ''

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'', episode 211; and then again on Freeform in March 2020 for episode 4007 of ''

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'', starring Raven Simone. In July 2019, Meoz released the ''Royalty EP'' through Position Music, which garnered attention from popular

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channels such as Cloudkid, and Gyuuki Nightcore. A major license for the song ''Whatever I Want'' with the trailer for

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's:

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'' Definitive edition, which first began airing in October 2019. In February 2021 ''Whatever I Want'' received its second major license in a commercial for

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airing in the territory of

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and starring comedian

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. In 2020, Meoz had multiple placements including an unreleased song on the 2019-2020 season of

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, ''Are You Ready'' in a Sony-Xperia

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mobile spot, and ''Royalty'' was placed in Chris Hemworth's fitness launch (internet only) for Centr 6. In March 2020, Meoz released an EP of cover songs, titled ''KVRZ''. Most notably her cover of Blondie's ''

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'' was used in a promotional spot which began airing for season 18 of

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in September 2020. Another recording from the ''KVRZ'' EP,

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was used in Hulu's 2022 show

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. 2020 also marked the beginning of releasing music under UMG label Cloudkid. Three singles released: ''Back For More'', ''Somebody Else'' and ''Run Tonight''. ''Somebody Else'' was co-promoted by TrapNation and produced by Birk B of Denmark. In 2021, Meoz newly began releasing under label 7Clouds, whose

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channel exceeds 10 million subscribers, the first single ''Reason'' came out March 12, 2021. The single was written by Meoz and produced by Birk B. Meoz’s music has been featured twice on ''

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'', first in 2021 and then again in July 2022 for another season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meoz, Kat 1988 births Living people Guitarists from Nevada Guitarists from Texas Singer-songwriters from Texas American rock guitarists Record producers from Texas American multi-instrumentalists American women film score composers 21st-century American women singers American women record producers 21st-century American women guitarists 21st-century American guitarists American people of Venezuelan descent 21st-century American women composers 21st-century American singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from Nevada