Casey Desmond is a vocalist, song writer, and multi-instrumentalist who brilliantly balances edgy guitars, soulful pianos & haunting instrumentation with her nearly 4 octave vocal range to create
music that defies the boundaries of genre. With over 25 songwriting awards and nominations, Casey has written and recorded with such luminaries as multi Gold and Platinum Producer Anthony J Resta (collective soul, Shawn Mullins) Grammy winner Will Ackerman, Peter Gabriels' Tony Levin, Bryan Carrigan, Chris Fogel & more.
She’s performed at colleges & venues all over the country as well as the following festivals: CMJ, Virgin College Mega Tour, Sundance Film Festival , South Park, London Calling, MMS, MPMF, Head of the Charles Regatta, NACA, COCA, DBMC, Chickfest, Collegefest, Intl. Folk Alliance, NAMM, & DFEST.
She is currently in the studio recording a new CD and several videos.
Casey is endorsed by Daisy Rock Guitars & sponsored by Rock Star Energy Drink
Press and Web Highlights
*Nominee for Best Local Female Vocalist
Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll 2008 (4/08)
*Nominee for Best Local Female Vocalist
Boston Music Award 2007 (10/07)
*Featured artist in 2007 Music Edition of Improper Bostonian
* Track on the Sept CMJ NMM compilation
*Finalist in the 92.5 fm The River's Rising Stars
winning local commercial airplay
*JimDunlop.com (strings and picks)
October 21/ 07 Band of the Week
*Nominee for Los Angeles Music Award 2007
*July 07 Artist feature on intl booking site vip-booking.com
*June 07 Performingsongwriter.com's Top 12 DIY download artists,
*May 07 Featured Artist on XMRadio & www.radarreport.com
*April 07 Featured Artist on www.alternativeaddiction.com & onlinerock
* Feb 07Best New Artist at womenrising.com
*Jan 07 Featured Artist Indie Matters magazine,
*Jan 07 Artist Spotlight in Campus Activities Magazine,
*voted one of Nexbighit.com's best of 2006
SONGWRITING CREDITS/AWARDS:
*Song of the Week on www.songwars.com for week of Oct 19
* Finalist 2008 John Lennon Songwriting contest- Electronic category
*Finalist & 2nd place winner in the 100% music competition-female vocalist
Nominee for ISSA 2008 – Pop Category
Nomineww for 2008 Hollywood Music Award- - Pop category
*Winner- Quantum Leap/Future Studios’ songwriting contest’s
$10,000- live video/dvd recording package
*Winner- Broadjjam’s College Credit contest’s
college radio airplay & TV licensing
* $10,000 Grand Prize Winner: Vision4Music
songwriting contest for "Save Me Now"
* Winner of Daisy Rock Guitar Endorsement
* Winner Next Big Hit song contest 3/07
* Winner 2006 Rock Star Energy Drink &
Effen Vodka - Be an Effen Rock Star competition
* Video prize for "Save Me Now" at
Digifest Intl video competition in Florence Italy.
* Winner 2006 Los Angeles Music Award-
Female Singer/Songwriter -Electronica category
* Winner -Songwriters Universe Sept 06(Save Me Now)
* Nominated for Indie Act of the Year &
Indie video of the year- 2006 Immie Awards
* Winner - Indie song of the year
(Save Me Now) 2006 Immie Awards
* Finalist- 2006 UK Songwriters competition-Rock
* Semi Finalist - 2006 UK Songwriters competition -Pop
* Semi-Finalist - Williamsburg Songwriter Competition
* First prize winner -VH1 Song of the Year Awards-pop
April 2006 -Dance/Electronica category
* Finalist in the 2005 John Lennon songwriting contest
* 2 time Semi finalist in the NE Independent Music World Series
* 2 time honorable mention winner in the
Billboard songwriting contest
* prize winner- the Singer/Songwriter awards
* prize winner - International Acoustic Music Awards
* Vocalist of the Month (7/05) for Singeruniverse.com
* Song of the Year awards suggested artist
* 2005 N.E. Regional winner –Global Battle of the Bands
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music that defies the boundaries of genre. With over 25 songwriting awards and nominations, Casey has written and recorded with such luminaries as multi Gold and Platinum Producer Anthony J Resta (collective soul, Shawn Mullins) Grammy winner Will Ackerman, Peter Gabriels' Tony Levin, Bryan Carrigan, Chris Fogel & more.
She’s performed at colleges & venues all over the country as well as the following festivals: CMJ, Virgin College Mega Tour, Sundance Film Festival , South Park, London Calling, MMS, MPMF, Head of the Charles Regatta, NACA, COCA, DBMC, Chickfest, Collegefest, Intl. Folk Alliance, NAMM, & DFEST.
She is currently in the studio recording a new CD and several videos.
Casey is endorsed by Daisy Rock Guitars & sponsored by Rock Star Energy Drink
Press and Web Highlights
*Nominee for Best Local Female Vocalist
Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll 2008 (4/08)
*Nominee for Best Local Female Vocalist
Boston Music Award 2007 (10/07)
*Featured artist in 2007 Music Edition of Improper Bostonian
* Track on the Sept CMJ NMM compilation
*Finalist in the 92.5 fm The River's Rising Stars
winning local commercial airplay
*JimDunlop.com (strings and picks)
October 21/ 07 Band of the Week
*Nominee for Los Angeles Music Award 2007
*July 07 Artist feature on intl booking site vip-booking.com
*June 07 Performingsongwriter.com's Top 12 DIY download artists,
*May 07 Featured Artist on XMRadio & www.radarreport.com
*April 07 Featured Artist on www.alternativeaddiction.com & onlinerock
* Feb 07Best New Artist at womenrising.com
*Jan 07 Featured Artist Indie Matters magazine,
*Jan 07 Artist Spotlight in Campus Activities Magazine,
*voted one of Nexbighit.com's best of 2006
SONGWRITING CREDITS/AWARDS:
*Song of the Week on www.songwars.com for week of Oct 19
* Finalist 2008 John Lennon Songwriting contest- Electronic category
*Finalist & 2nd place winner in the 100% music competition-female vocalist
Nominee for ISSA 2008 – Pop Category
Nomineww for 2008 Hollywood Music Award- - Pop category
*Winner- Quantum Leap/Future Studios’ songwriting contest’s
$10,000- live video/dvd recording package
*Winner- Broadjjam’s College Credit contest’s
college radio airplay & TV licensing
* $10,000 Grand Prize Winner: Vision4Music
songwriting contest for "Save Me Now"
* Winner of Daisy Rock Guitar Endorsement
* Winner Next Big Hit song contest 3/07
* Winner 2006 Rock Star Energy Drink &
Effen Vodka - Be an Effen Rock Star competition
* Video prize for "Save Me Now" at
Digifest Intl video competition in Florence Italy.
* Winner 2006 Los Angeles Music Award-
Female Singer/Songwriter -Electronica category
* Winner -Songwriters Universe Sept 06(Save Me Now)
* Nominated for Indie Act of the Year &
Indie video of the year- 2006 Immie Awards
* Winner - Indie song of the year
(Save Me Now) 2006 Immie Awards
* Finalist- 2006 UK Songwriters competition-Rock
* Semi Finalist - 2006 UK Songwriters competition -Pop
* Semi-Finalist - Williamsburg Songwriter Competition
* First prize winner -VH1 Song of the Year Awards-pop
April 2006 -Dance/Electronica category
* Finalist in the 2005 John Lennon songwriting contest
* 2 time Semi finalist in the NE Independent Music World Series
* 2 time honorable mention winner in the
Billboard songwriting contest
* prize winner- the Singer/Songwriter awards
* prize winner - International Acoustic Music Awards
* Vocalist of the Month (7/05) for Singeruniverse.com
* Song of the Year awards suggested artist
* 2005 N.E. Regional winner –Global Battle of the Bands
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Members
Casey Desmond: vocals, guitar, keysTaylor Barefoot: guitars
Nate Christy: bass
Andrea Belfiore: drums
Cassandra Milone: backing vocals
Type of music
Pop
