Kolda Introduction

     Hello! My name is Lydia Kolda. Originally from Austin Texas, I am now studying music industries at Loyola University New Orleans (Obvious? Maybe a little). I am half Mexican on my mothers side, which is in no way obvious because the other half of me is Czech. And somehow I am the only one of my siblings who looks adopted. 

     I recently started a band at Loyola called Lydia Kolda and Work for Hire, in which I play guitar and sing. Check us out, we rock. Go here. Other things I like to do: Breathe (very important), roll around in mud, kick balls at giant nets and yell GOOOOAL!, hula hoop at night, watch dumb shows like The Vampire Diaries, break up with boys so I can write songs about them... just kidding, that's lame. 

     Mostly I just like to sit around and dream up crazy ideas that usually have to do with music. I've been telling my parents I want to be a rock star since I was 10. Before that, apparently I wanted to grow up to be a tree. Yeah that didn't work out for me...

     But the rolling around in mud thing, I was serious about that:

 These are a few of my caving friends from high school, Nicole, Isaac, and Papa Perry. I was part of the Devils Canyon Wilderness Program at St. Stephens High School in Austin. Oh man, that was awesome. Crawling through impossibly tiny holes (my favorite of which is called "The Birth Canal" in Whirlpool Cave), taking cave naps (five minutes of lights out and no noise at all, deep underground), and going the muddiest route possible simply because it's awesome... that is what got me through high school. And a lot of my music and lyric-writing is influenced by my love of nature. 

     I am sad that there are no caves in New Orleans, but I'll be fine as long as I get to play music. At this point, that's all I ever want to do anyway. And I will admit that if I'm not paying attention in class, its probably because I'm daydreaming about some stage somewhere that I wish I could be on. I fully intend to be a good student, however. So... I guess we'll see.