Casey Desmond

The daughter of two musicians & raised in a recording studio, its no surprise that Casey Desmond shares her bedroom with many vintage synths & keyboards, guitars and recording gear, and converted her living room into a practice space for her band. Home is where the music plays any time of night or day. Writing and recording with multi gold and platinum producer Anthony J Resta (Elton John,Collective Soul, Shawn Mullins, Duran Duran), Grammy winner Will Ackerman & bassist Tony Levin, her music has collectively garnered her over 2 dozen songwriting awards & prizes, film & tv placements, composition work with a major tv network and music library as well as 2 tracks on a compilation with Amy Winehouse & Duffy. Drawing from her education in illustration and fashion design, she incorporates the style and dramatic flair of rock's electro-pop icons like David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Cyndi Lauper, & Blondie & contemporaries Bat for Lashes and LaRoux into her newest music,stage show, and even her hand made stage attire. Casey has shared the stage with David Cook, Johny Lange, Ed Kowaszyk (from Live), The Motels, Luka Rossi, Kate Voegel & performed at dozens of colleges & venues all over the country as well as CMJ, NXNE, Sundance Film Festival, Virgin College Mega Tour, South Park, London Calling, MMS, MPMF, Head of the Charles Regatta, NACA, COCA, DBMC, Chickfest, Collegefest, Intl. Folk Alliance, NAMM, & DFEST. *"Casey is a musical hurricane with a 4 octave range, and its only a matter of time before she blows you away" -Anthony Resta *“Desmond's big ideas seem eternally destined to find the big stages”.-Performer Magazine *“Casey Desmond is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist destined to be a household name.” –Wildy’s World blog *“Though accomplished on guitar and keys, it’s her voice that is pushing her into female rock history.” –Skope Magazine *“Desmond’s rock chops, social awareness and amazingly versatile voice keep you listening”.-Performing Songwriter Magazine Casey has 2 songs: ANY WONDER and SAVE ME NOW on a compilation called BAD GIRLS DON'T CRY with noted artists Amy Winehouse , Duffy & Ayo. distributed in Poland/Eastern Europe & Asia by AUR/UNIVERSAL. **Casey is a composer for Oprah Winfrey's HARPO productions and Studio 51 film library. She has licensed her music to: Sundance Official Selection: The MYSTERIES of PITTSBURG trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pgUrSyvkNY "Human Giant" MTV Network "Bad Girls Club" OXYGEN Network “America’s Psychic Challenge” LIFETIME Television “Road Rules – The Real World” MTV Network "MY SUPER SWEET 16" MTV Network The Water Channel's Port O' Call show. Prizes and Press: *Finalist 2005, 2008 & 2009 John Lennon Songwriting Contest *2nd Place Winner- Pop- Indie International songwriters competition 2009 *Honorable Mention- NYSC 2009 *Semi Finalist ISC 2008 *Finalist & Semi Finalist 100% Music Contest 2008 *Winner (Pop) ISSA contest 2008 *Winner Star Music Award-Best Pop Song 2008 * Winner $10,000 Grand Prize : Vision4Music * Winner of Broadjam/Daisy Rock Guitar Endorsement *Winner Oct 07 Broadjam Rock songwriting contest * Winner Next Big Hit song contest 3/07 * Winner 2006 Rock Star Energy Drink & Effen Vodka - Be an Effen Rock Star competition * Video prize Digifest Intl video competition - Italy. * Winner 2006 Los Angeles Music Award- Female Singer/Songwriter -Electronica category * Winner -Songwriters Universe Sept 06 *2006 Immie Awards Winner - Indie song of the year * Finalist- 2006 UK Songwriters competition-Rock * Semi Finalist - 2006 UK Songwriters competition -Pop * Semi-Finalist - Williamsburg Songwriter Competition * First prize winner - April 2006 VH1 Song of the Year * Finalist in the 2005 John Lennon songwriting contest * 2 time Semi finalist in the NE Ind Music World Series * 2 time honorable mention winner 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 *Nominee Hollywood Music Awards 2008 *Nominated for Best Local Female Vocalist Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll (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.com * 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 Mgmt & Booking: Katherine Desmond/Sound Museum Music. 617-823-4403 katherinedesmond@mac.com info@caseydesmond.com