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March
7, 2011. Carey Ott's Human Heart, his 20-song CD travels throughout
the World gathering momentum and inspiring true music-loving Fans. Here's what Carey has been up to!
If you like, feel free to download "Screensaver" written by Jack Tempchin and produced and performed by Carey Ott. Carey will be doing selective dates throughout 2011. One such date is in Nashville, 3/29/11 @ 3rd & Lindsley / Lightning 100 Birthday Bash! Carey is part of a line-up including Cary Brothers - Gabe Dixon - Katie Herzig - Josh Hogg - Tyrone Wells and many more. Carey performs with his Nashville band, "Dr. Brilliant." To Learn More About Carey visit his website at www.careyott.com. |
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About Carey More. This is where Carey Ott lives. Do more. Give more. Grow more. In all ways, for himself and for others, to live and be more. It is no surprise, then, that with just 2 albums Ott has established himself as a leading singer/songwriter who has earned his stripes and is, well, reaching for more. With an intelligent, evocative pop/rock style and truly monster hooks in the vein of Thom Yorke, Jack Johnson, and Coldplay, Ott is a perfect fit for today's creative and human landscape. Fueled by his genuine love of people and the desire to serve and help them, Ott is certainly more than great musical talent. Growing up in the Chicago-adjacent town of Ottawa, IL, music first found Ott in the home. From a 7-year old fascination with the piano at his grandparents' farm to pretending he was Prince on his Uncle Lanny's string-less blue guitar, home is where he fell in love with melody. Then at 13, as little brothers will do, Carey began quietly eavesdropping on his older brother's guitar practice sessions, and sneaking in to pick up where his brother left off when he was done. It wasn't long before Carey was shredding on Skid Row and Poison guitar solos, with mega-hair dreams and obvious guitar chops ablaze. When he was caught practicing in his brother's room, his brother made the obvious move: he asked Carey to join his band. The 7-year period that followed, and was so vital in putting Ott where he is today, included a move to Chicago with his brother Chris and their band Torben Floor (the name of their Danish grandfather), recording with Steve Albini (Nirvana, Bush) and Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron and Wine), doing national tours and countless live shows,several almost-signed record deals, getting his college degree, waiting tables, endless songwriting, getting jaded, getting tired, and getting out of music to work as a banker in the Sears Tower. As far as he was concerned, Carey Ott was done with "professional" music. Ray Kennedy and Dualtone Records didn't see it quite the same. Blown away by the demos that Carey had recorded in his Chicago bedroom on a Tascam Portastudio 4- track, Kennedy asked him to come to Nashville and record his solo debut album, which was given the fitting title of Lucid Dream. Needless to say, Carey said yes. continue reading |
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What Critics Are Saying CAREY OTT Human Heart [ Discoverrock.com ] A CD with this many songs, 20, and this long, nearly 80 minutes, shouldn't work. Oddly, this one does, due mainly to the fact Ott is a talented songwriter. Ott also takes several different approaches that make him unpredictable. Case in point is that Ott nails you with the sincerity of the folky tone of opener "Anyone," but then immediately goes electric with "Save My Life" and then wages a Jack Johnson-like singalong by third track "Ain't No Upside." - Tom Harrison - The Vancouver Province - E-Today
"Ott reminds me a bit of the late Harry Nilsson who borrowed from
the
fairly wide palette of his contemporaries, both in jest and in
earnest,
while establishing a unique sound. Like Nilsson, Ott possess an
ability
to craft songs with keen pop sensibility and broad appeal."
© James
Filking - www.minor7th.com/
"I lost track of Carey Ott after his Dualtone release Lucid Dream. That was one of the great lost albums of the decade in my opinion and it's nice to see he's still out there making music." - No Depression "Carey Ott's atmospheric composition and imagery-filled lyrics are a natural choice as adjuncts to feature films, documentaries, episodic television and commercial promotions. His songs offer a perfect aural compliment to a variety of genres of dramatic visual storytelling." - Les Wiseman / Prof. / University Of Victoria / Pop Culture More |
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