Casey Barnes
| Casey Barnes | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Casey Barnes |
| Born | Tasmania, Australia |
| Origin | Gold Coast, Queensland |
| Genres | Pop folk, acoustic |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, drums |
| Years active | 2006 – present |
| Labels | Indie |
| Website |
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Casey Barnes is an Australian singer-songwriter from Gold Coast, Queensland who was a contestant on the 2009 season of Australian Idol.
Biography
Casey’s music has made an impact around the world. He’s had hits in Europe, written and recorded in America, appeared in a top-rating TV show in Australia, and played alongside many international stars including both Mariah Carey and Bryan Adams.
Casey started his singing career in his home state of Tasmania before relocating to the Gold Coast, which he now calls home. Casey’s songs are honest and heartfelt. The emotions are genuine. This was evident on his 2012 release ‘Jet Trails’, which spawned a string of well-received singles. This album was Casey’s first association with Aussie hit-maker Rick Price (Not a Day Goes By, Heaven Knows) after a chance meeting in Nashville led the pair to become lifelong friends and songwriting partners.
Writing with Rick Price continued into 2014 with Casey’s EP 'Flesh & Bone', which was recorded in Nashville. This EP was produced by Price and mixed by Grammy Award winner Jason Lehning and saw the release of four singles, ‘Valentine’, ‘Flesh and Bone’, 'Waiting On The Day and 'Hard Times, all receiving regular radio airplay nationwide. In addition, all four music videos were featured extensively on Foxtel’s CMC and all singles charted well in the All Australian Top 20 Countdown and CMC Country charts.
Casey’s most recent single, ‘The One You Love’ was produced by ARIA award winning producer Nick Didia. Nick has been responsible for working with such music heavy weights such as Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine and Australia’s own Powerfinger and Kasey Chambers. The catchy country/blues influenced song excelled on the charts and had wonderful support on radio. In its first week of release the track was the 7th most added single to Australian radio on the Play MPE charts. It also reached #3 on the Official Australian Airplay Country Top 20 charts and received general rotation on many stations including ABC Country.
Family and community are important to Casey. At the start of 2011, his defiant ‘Never Break You’ became an anthem after the devastating Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi. The song soared to number one on the AIR charts, Top 10 on the mainstream iTunes charts and number six on ARIA’s Australian Artists Singles chart, with Casey donating all proceeds to the Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal.
The last 3 years have seen many great achievements for Casey with shows in New York, Nashville and Los Angeles. He has also been fortunate to perform at gigs and festivals around Australia including main stage at one of Queensland’s premier events the ‘Caloundra Music Festival’ (twice) and the very popular 'A Day On The Green'.
A recent highlight was participating in Perth’s Channel Seven Telethon in 2013 and again in 2015. A seasoned television performer, Casey has performed numerous times on such shows as Sunrise, Mornings with Kerri-Anne, The Morning Show, The Circle and the Marngrook Footy Show.
In July 2015, Casey won People’s Choice Award at the Gold Coast Music Awards and followed this up with a win in September 2015 at the NCEIA Dolphin Music Awards for the second year running. Last year Casey won ‘Best Male Vocal’ for his single ‘Hard Times’.
Australians got to know Casey’s story when he was a top 12 finalist in the final series of Australian Idol. But Casey already had a career well before appearing on the show, having released three albums, played alongside Bryan Adams (for A Day On The Green), Eskimo Joe and Vanessa Amorosi and had a number one hit in Europe, singing Marco Demark’s remake of Elton John’s Tiny Dancer.
Casey has gone from strength to strength with a special guest appearance as support to US superstar Mariah Carey for A Day on the Green. He also has performed on premier music events such as Broadbeach Country Music Festival and this year will see him perform at Urban Country Music Festival.
Now under the wing of elite US based management company Arrow Entertainment, Casey signed an exclusive worldwide management deal in 2015. This new union will help build Casey’s profile internationally creating opportunities both here and outside Australia. Arrow Entertainment is headed up by Chris Sobonya (President) and has a roster of worldwide artists from countries such as the US, Canada, Sweden, The Netherlands, New Zealand, UK and Australia.
2016 has seen Casey bunker down preparing for his next release. Fresh from recording exciting new music for his upcoming album at the legendary Sound Emporium Studios in Nashville, Casey has walked away with some of his best music to date. Recording new songs in an iconic studio that is steeped in musical history was certainly a highlight of Casey’s career. This studio is amongst the finest in America and has seen elite artists such as Taylor Swift, R.E.M. Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Trisha Yearwood and Kenny Rogers record there over the years.
Casey has once again teamed up with fellow Australian Rick Price as co-songwriter and producer. The songs will be engineered and mixed by Eddie Spear who is responsible for working with the likes of Jack Johnson, The White Stripes, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow and more recently Chris Stapleton.
Casey continues to dominate the Australian music festival circuit and with more major festivals in the pipeline for 2016 sees him as one of Australia’s premier performers with a career truly on the rise.
Source: http://www.caseybarnes.com.au/bio
Music career
2006–08: Casey Barnes
In April 2006, Barnes released a new single titled "What The Hell Are You Waiting For?", the lead single from his self-titled second studio album. The single was selected to be on 'The Whiteroom 10', a site set up in the UK designed to unearth unsigned artists and bands on a major level. Barnes did a five-week tour in Americas and Europe to promote the album. The cities included San Francisco, Chicago, New York, London, Paris, Prague and Singapore. Barnes' self-titled album, Casey Barnes, was released in 2007. The album was also released digitally on iTunes on 1 August 2007.[1] In November, Barnes recorded a song with Connor Maclean, titled "How Good It Would Be", through Sony BMG and was released digitally on iTunes and on Barnes website. The single was featured on a Christmas album released by Connor. All proceeds of the single and the album went to the Westmead's Children's Hospital.[2]
In 2008, Australian DJ-producer Marco Demark released a version of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" featuring Barnes.[3] The track reached number 1 on most of the dance charts in the UK, and then went onto reach top-5 on most of the dance charts throughout Europe including one in Italy followed by five Australia. The track was also added to the daytime play lists of the biggest radio stations in the UK; Radio 1, Capital, Kiss FM and Galaxy.[4]
2009: Australian Idol
In 2009, Barnes entered the seventh series of Australian Idol. Barnes auditioned for idol at the Brisbane auditions. Barnes received great feedback from the judges and went on to compete in the semi-finals. Barnes performed in the second week of the semi-finals, in group 2, but lost the advance to the top-12 to Ashleigh Toole and Nathan Brake but was announced that he would be a contender in the wildcard show, alongside fellow contestant Lauren Street. On the wildcard show, Barnes lost the public vote to the top-12 but made it through the judges' picks. Barnes was eliminated in the top-11 show on 20 September 2009.[5]
2010–present: Red Lion Motel EP
In May 2010, Barnes digitally released an EP titled Red Lion Motel.[6] Barnes released a single from the album titled "I Promise", released digitally on 5 May 2010.[7] A video for the single was shot in April 2010 and was released on 9 May 2010.[8]
2013 was a rewarding year for Casey. He continued to promote his then current album release ‘Jet Trails’ with shows in New York, Nashville and Los Angeles. He also performed at gigs and festivals around Australia including main stage at one of Queensland’s premier events the ‘Caloundra Music Festival’.
Writing with Rick Price has continued into 2014 with Casey’s brand new EP (Title: Flesh & Bone), which was recorded in Nashville was released in June. This EP was produced by Price and mixed by Grammy Award winner Jason Lehning and has so far seen the release of three singles, ‘Valentine’, ‘Flesh and Bone’ and now 'Waiting On The Day', all receiving regular radio airplay nationwide. In addition, both clips have been featured extensively on Foxtel’s CMC. Previous single ‘Flesh and Bone’ reached #6 on the All Australian Top 20 Countdown and #34 on the CMC Country charts.
Casey has gone onto receive international recognition with ‘Flesh and Bone’ reaching the finals of two prestigious US based competitions, International Songwriting Competition and Unsigned Only. The International Songwriting Competition alone had over 20,000 entries worldwide this year
Discography
| Casey Barnes discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 1 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 2 |
| Featured singles | 1 |
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart position AUS |
Sales | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Casey Barnes
|
– | – | – |
Extended plays
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Red Lion Motel
|
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart position AUS |
Certifications | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | "What the Hell Are You Waiting For?" | — | Casey Barnes | |
| 2010 | "I Promise" | — | Red Lion Motel | |
| "Coming Back to You" | — | Casey Barnes | ||
| 2011 | "Never Break You" | 47[9] | Non-album single | |
As featured artist
| Year | Single | Chart positions AUS[10] |
Certifications | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "Tiny Dancer" (Marco Demark featuring Casey Barnes) |
66 | – |
Other songs
| Year | Single | Chart positions AUS |
Certifications | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "How Good It Would Be" (With Connor Maclean) | — | – | – |
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "I Promise" | Nicholas O'hara-boyd and Cody Richardson |
References
- ↑ iTunes Store Casey Barnes album – Retrieved 24 July 2010
- ↑ Casey Barnes – News 07 November Update & December '07 notes – Retrieved 26 July 2010
- ↑ Marco Denmark ft Casey Barnes – Tiny Dancer Video Retrieved 25 July 2010
- ↑ http://www.caseybarnes.com.au/bio.php
- ↑ Australian Idol: Farewell Casey Barnes Who Magazine – Retrieved 25 July 2010
- ↑ Red Lion Motel – EP by Casey Barnes iTunes Store – Retrieved 26 July 2010
- ↑ I Promise – Single by Casey Barnes iTunes Store – Retrieved 26 July 2010
- ↑ Casey Barnes – I Promise [Official Video] YouTube – Retrieved 26 July 2010
- ↑ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50
- ↑ The ARIA Report issue 1091
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