{"id":3300,"date":"2011-08-09T19:15:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T02:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=3300"},"modified":"2011-08-09T19:15:52","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T02:15:52","slug":"casey-desmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/08\/casey-desmond\/","title":{"rendered":"CASEY DESMOND"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CASEY DESMOND<\/h1>\n

Talent, tenacity and tech savvy are moving this <\/strong>indie artist forward<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Casey Desmond is the kind of kid who makes parents proud. At 24 she\u2019s already received more awards and acclaim than many artists accumulate\u00a0over a career. In addition to recently winning the Vision 4 Music songwriting competition and the Los Angeles Music awards, she\u2019s been a repeat nominee for\u00a0the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, a finalist in the Boston Music Awards\u2019 Best Local Female Vocalist category and a consistent contender for honors\u00a0in numerous other national competitions. She\u2019s also included on several high-profile artist compilations and has released two albums on her own\u20142005\u2019s self-titled debut and No Disguise<\/em> in 2007\u2014along with two EPs, 2008\u2019s Chilly Allston<\/em> and the new\u00a0Heart Shaped Faces<\/em>.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s her social networking and vigorous online outreach campaign that have garnered the most attention. \u201cYou really have to be a presence on the internet, because that\u2019s where a lot of people are,\u201d she says. \u201cEveryone is on Facebook and Twitter, and they\u2019re interested in lifestyle and what other people are doing. So it\u2019s important to invite them to share the creative process. If I\u2019m working on a music video for a new song, along the way I\u2019m blogging about the progress. It\u2019s a good way to keep in touch with your fans and reach other people who might not\u00a0normally find you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Desmond\u2019s been writing songs since she was 11 and performing since high school. Adept at guitar, keyboards and accordion, she offers a dance-friendly pop approach that often recalls the synthesized sounds that dominated the charts in the \u201980s and early \u201990s. Her choice of collaborators has influenced that style\u2014from singer, songwriter and producer Robert Ellis Orrall and veteran producer Anthony J. Resta (Collective Soul, Shawn Colvin, Duran Duran) to noted musicians Will Ackerman, Tony Levin and Chris Fogel. Desmond has also developed her visual appeal, outfitting herself in masks and costumes\u00a0she creates herself.<\/p>\n

Desmond cites her parents, Bill and Katherine Desmond, as her main champions. Artists themselves, they became musical fixtures in the family\u2019s Boston environs and have shared their creative input and business savvy with her. She has taken the increasingly popular avenue of licensing her music to movies and television shows for exposure. \u201cIt\u2019s always a challenge for an independent artist when it comes to finances,\u201d she says. \u201cPlus there\u2019s so much going on out there, it\u2019s really hard to get yourself noticed. But if you can find something that people can bond to\u2014a certain look, a certain sound\u2014you can find your way around that. There\u2019s also the element of time. There always seems to be so much to do, so you really have to manage your time wisely. If not, you can really exhaust yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Record labels have come calling, but Desmond says she\u2019s in no hurry to leap at the first opportunity. \u201cThere are two ways to go about this,\u201d she figures. \u201cI can continue to be independent and look for that door that might open as an independent artist, or I can take the label approach. It\u2019s hard releasing albums on your own. It would be good to have someone working my music at radio and getting press because it\u2019s really difficult doing that on your own. People tell me I don\u2019t have<\/em> to get signed by a label. It\u2019s just about how you market yourself. It would be great to find a label that wouldn\u2019t inhibit me but would support my musical endeavors. I like doing stuff my way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013Lee Zimmerman<\/strong><\/p>\n


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