ABOUT
Kathy Kurasch is an American composer, producer, artist, and designer whose creative career began at an extraordinarily early age. At fourteen, she was signed to New York Times Music Corporation, which placed her songs with emerging artists and in the motion picture Disco Fever. By eighteen, she was serving as a judge for the American Song Festival and Clio Awards and was nominated to the board of governors of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
By twenty-one, Kathy had composed and produced the signature mini-song jingles for CBS KNX-FM, collaborating with artists Abbey Anna, Amy Holland, Mr. Mister, Jimmie Spheeris, and Billy Vera.
As a songwriter, she has written for Kim Carnes, Philip Bailey, Rita Coolidge, and Valerie Carter. Her songs have been performed on American Bandstand, Solid Gold, The Noel Edmonds Show, and at Farm Aid.
In addition to songwriting, Kurasch has worked as a producer and engineer on recordings by artists including Lauren Wood, Nicolette Larson, Larry John McNally, and Albert Lee.
In the 1990s, Kathy founded The Audio Prop House and served as a technical advisor on films including The Doors and What’s Love Got to Do with It.
During this period, she designed and developed a computerized 24-frame playback system, introducing it under the name eVideo.
In the early 2000s, with the rise of the iPhone, Kurasch embraced iPhone photography as another form of creative expression. One of her early photographs was published in association with The Art of Elysium and Shepard Fairey and featured in the annual Pieces of Heaven charity art auction in Los Angeles. A series she created for Tom Petty was later included in Bonhams’ Tom Petty: Off the Record estate auction to benefit various charities. Her work is also held in private collections.
In 2017, following the passing of her longtime friend and collaborator, singer-songwriter Valerie Carter, Kathy produced several posthumous releases, including The Lost Tapes and Valerie Carter and the Faragher Brothers, continuing her commitment to preserving and honoring Carter’s body of work.
Kathy’s lifelong dream was to live creatively by the beach and rescue dogs. By twenty-five, that dream had become a reality. Over the years, she invested in beachfront properties in Malibu and Newport Beach, restoring them and developing a distinctive design aesthetic that earned recognition within the entertainment community. Her homes became sought-after residences among high-profile clients.
For more than thirty years, Kathy has been devoted to animal rescue. She serves on the board of directors of Beagles and Buddies, a 501(c)(3) organization that has rescued over 30,000 dogs.
