Skylar is a self-taught pianist and vocalist. She feels perfectly comfortable playing anything she listens to by ear. Her musical influences include Brandy Carlisle, Jason Mraz, The Beatles, CSNY, Nahko, and Kacey Musgraves.
“Running” was written by a sad Skylar who went to her piano one night and started spilling out all of her emotions into a song. It’s about the feeling you have inside telling you that no matter how hard you try to fix all the wounds of a relationship, deep down you know it will never work. The chorus, Keep on running, was a huge realization that put all of her emotions into perspective as she was going through a tough heartbreak. Little did she know it would later transcend into such a meaningful song. “Although I wrote all of the music, I received some amazing ideas from my producer, Rick Witkowski, that made my song 100% better,” praised Skylar.
She reflects, “I have such a great musical family, music has always been a huge part of my life! My biggest goal is to connect with people who listen to my music or watch me perform. I don’t think I could go a day without music. Music will forever feed my soul!”
credits
from Reimagination 7 (2020),
released July 9, 2020
Skylar Burkett: Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Cello, Vocals
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