I'm pleased to make my first guest blog appearance on YH and announce that Maroon 5 is kidnapping me. It all started when I was a little girl singing for customers in my parents gas station in Alaska. I grew up and moved to L.A. and before I knew it I was making a record. Along the way I became friends with M5. So there I was having lunch with my girlfriend when they called to say I was coming on their " Back-To-School" tour whether I liked it or not. You see I am a singer/songwriter piano/guitar player & artist on Universal Republic Records and it just so happens that my major label debut titled " Kate Earl" hits stores on Nov 3rd. That night I will open for the fellas at a college in Louisville, Kentucky followed by a show in Rochester, New York. I will be on a tour bus with rockstars. No way. Charmed life I tell you. Or hard work? Timing? Who knows.

The first night there will be an audience of 7,000 I hear... I watched "This Is It" tonight and took Michael Jackson's words with me. He said something like this to his touring companions:

"There's nothing to be afraid of. It's a great adventure. We want to take them places they've never been before. We have to bring love back into the world."

To hear more from Kate, check out her MySpace here