Casey Dienel
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| Casey Dienel | ||
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 Promo shot of Casey Dienel for her album Wind Up Canary.
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Scituate, Massachusetts | |
| Genre(s) | Pop Indie Pop |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, pianist | |
| Instrument(s) | Piano Vocals Guitar Cello Clarinet Accordion Melodica |
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| Years active | 1999 - Present | |
| Label(s) | HUSH Records | |
| Associated acts |
Tiger Saw | |
| Website | Official website |
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Casey Dienel (born March 10, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter and musician based out of Brooklyn, New York on the independent record label HUSH Records. She plays piano primarily, but also plays guitar, cello, clarinet, accordion, melodica, ukulele and a few other instruments. She has an often jazzy vocal and songwriting style and cites Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Gram Parsons among her early influences on her current performance style.[1]
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Casey lived in a number of small towns in Massachusetts before moving to Boston, including Hudson and Scituate. She first took piano lessons at age 4 and began writing songs at about age 9 and lyrics around age 11.
She attended high school in Scituate, Massachusetts and formed a band a band with a few friends called Helen Keller. Their songs consisted of covers and songs about topics such as Latin and Henry Spodek, but her parents disapproved of the band name and it soon disbanded. It was during this period that she learned to play the guitar, and she cites Black Francis, Johannes Brahms, Marlene Dietrich and Tom Waits among her influences at this time.[1]
[edit] University and Tiger Saw
After high school, Casey was accepted as a classical vocalist to the New England Conservatory, so she moved to Boston and enrolled there rather than at Sarah Lawrence College. She was enrolled for two years, switching her major to composition after her first semester upon deciding against a career in opera. She studied under jazz vocalist Dominique Eade and studied composition under Lee Hyla. After two years, Casey began touring and ended up cancelling her composition degree to pursue music as a career. She still plans to return and finish her degree.
During her university years, Casey met Jason Anderson, Nat Baldwin, Dylan Metrano, Juliet Nelson, Sam Rosen and others now of the band Tiger Saw. She has since been part of the band's rotating lineup and has contributed to individual recordings by members of the band, as well as receiving contributions from them for her own recorded music. She toured throughout the United States with Tiger Saw in the early summer of 2006.[2]
[edit] Wind-Up Canary
In 2005, Casey recorded a number of her songs with some friends without the intent of releasing them. A copy of the CD made its way to Chad Crouch, head of HUSH Records. Chad was impressed and contacted Casey about releasing an album. Casey agreed and HUSH produced the record. She sold the album, Wind-Up Canary, at shows for some time before releasing it for international sale in March 2006.[3]
[edit] Vessels
On November 29th, 2006, Casey made blog post in which she announced Vessels to be the title of her new EP, slated for release in early 2007.[4] About the contents of the EP, she mentioned:
I've had my head shoved in the books for several weeks now, attempting to finish a little EP for your ears that I'm calling Vessels. I can't talk too much about it, for you know how fickle I am when it comes to these things, but hopefully in the new year it will find its way to your hands with ribbons and brass, etc. I can tell you that some sounds are sprawling and some are still quite intimate, and it features a few of my favorite friends with me.
Additionally, she mentioned having worked on the EP with Djim Reynolds.
[edit] Discography
[edit] References
- ^ a b Casey Dienel. 2:30 Publicity (2006). Retrieved on August 8, 2006.
- ^ HUSH: Tours. HUSH Records (2006). Retrieved on August 9, 2006.
- ^ Casey Dienel - "Wind-up Canary". HUSH Records (2006). Retrieved on August 8, 2006.
- ^ Musings - my book report.. Casey Dienel (2006). Retrieved on December 22, 2006.
