Tony Castley

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Hot Night - Studio Demo
September 14, 2015 13:32:34
Hot Night - Studio Demo by Carsie Blanton
SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/carsieblanton/hot-night-studio-demo/s-hPfAr
Ain't nobody gonna give it to ya!
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Hot Night - Studio Demo

Greetings from beautiful Wilmington, NC, where I'm taking a little beachside work-cation in the middle of my tour!


Besides touring, I've been getting my ducks in a row for the new album. We will be in the studio in January, which means I need to come up with a pile of money to fund the dang thing. Thus, I'm about to start running another Kickstarter, starting on October 6th!


I have a special request for you, my darling patrons. I've decided I won't be posting any "paid" work here on Patreon for the month of October; instead, I'll ask you to pledge your monthly patronage to my Kickstarter project. I'll send a reminder on the day the Kickstarter begins (October 6th). 


I'm also looking for HELP DESIGNING, PROMOTING, AND RUNNING my Kickstarter. If you'd be willing to help (with reward ideas, promoting the project online, or by becoming a major donor), SEND ME AN EMAIL at [email protected] Put "hell yes I'll help!" in the subject line, and INCLUDE YOUR PHONE NUMBER. 


I will personally call you next week to discuss!!


Attached, you'll find the last of the 'studio demos' we made back in May, 'Hot Night'. Very excited about this song! Remember, studio demos are but a step on the long road from song-conception to album-birth; a guiding light to shine into our brains when the hours get long and confusing.


Thanks, as always, for everything.


Playfully yours,


Carsie


PS. The image you see in the magic window is MY NEW TATTOO! And you are the first, in all of internet-land, to see it. The work is By David Hale (as always). It's a river otter named Puck, who will be accompanying me into the studio (and everywhere, til I get dead or armless) to remind me to stay playful. Ain't nobody gonna live it for ya, he says.

Carsie Blanton

September 14, 2015 13:32:34

Graham It feels so Paul Simon-y I love it.

September 23, 2015 21:30:34 · Reply

Björn Nonhoff Great song ... thx

September 26, 2015 18:46:44 · Reply

Artist Kartavaya Olya Beautiful song!

September 27, 2015 19:32:24 · Reply

Baby Baby - mp3 and wav downloads
September 3, 2015 18:25:57
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September 3, 2015 18:25:57

Pomplamoose in France!
August 11, 2015 14:34:41
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Pomplamoose in France!

We're in France this week cuz Nataly is a bridesmaid in a wedding! More photos below!

Pomplamoose

August 11, 2015 14:34:41

Hal Stead Why don't you guys get married?

August 11, 2015 22:23:58 · Reply

Hal Stead Natalie I love your hair that way. (You too Jack)

August 11, 2015 22:26:06 · Reply

Frank Monaco I now have that music in my head from that old movie. Yut-ta-ta. Yut-ta-ta. (An American In Paris)

August 14, 2015 00:37:01 · Reply

I Could Lose - Acoustic Demo
July 14, 2015 19:35:20
I Could Lose - Acoustic Demo by Nataly Dawn
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeciLlwVFL8&feature=youtu.be
This is a song I wrote and recorded (in a bathtub).
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I Could Lose - Acoustic Demo

So I recorded this song in the bathtub with the back of my parlor guitar pressed up against the tub to amplify the sound. This is definitely one of those songs that'll sound better on headphones than on a laptop. 


Lyrics:


What are we doing here

My body it aches and toils

And my soul is restless for tomorrow


Wringin' out all my fear

Oh what are we waiting for

Don't you dare say it'll be easier tomorrow


I could lose everything

And I probably will

Everything but my faith in you


Countin' up all my Kings

Security can't be bought

It can only be bargained for tomorrow


And girl you ain't worth a thing

Except what your hand has caught

So don't you wait for it to be given to you tomorrow.

Nataly Dawn

July 14, 2015 19:35:20

Frank Monaco I got the strangest feeling watching and hearing this. Not only are you done up a little like Marilyn Monroe, but the lyrics could very well have reflected her last thoughts. Okay, maybe I'm projecting too much into this, but I go there sometimes. Bottom line: I like it. Thumbs up (without accidentally plucking a guitar string - LOL)

July 18, 2015 00:17:09 · Reply

Will Bonn Yeah, I Do ... Try THIS One: For THIS Time ... ------------------------------------------- "Night Train" ... Rikki Lee Jones ... I Think it's Perfectly Suited for Your Voice and Tone... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQpO_kl_6S0&list=RDXQpO_kl_6S0#t=8 ================================================ lyrics: written by Rickie Lee Jones Here I'm going Walkin' with my baby in my arms 'Cuz I am in the wrong end of the eight ball black And the devil, see, he's right behind us And this worker said she's gonna take my little baby My little angel back But they won't getcha, 'Cuz I'm right here witcha On the Night Train Swing low, Saint Cadillac Tearin' down the alley And I'm reachin' so high for ya Don't let 'em take me back Broken like valiums and chumps in the rain That cry and quiver When a blue horizon is sleeping in the station With a ticket for a train Surely mine will deliver me there Here she comes ... I'm safe here with you On the Night Train Oh mamma, mamma, Concrete is wheeling by Down at the end of a lullaby On the Night Train. lyrics

July 24, 2015 16:19:13 · Reply

Michael Athanas Honestly. Just absolutely perfect. Bathtub album with just you and your guitar. Pretty please?

July 31, 2015 13:34:55 · Reply

To Be Known - Studio Demo
June 30, 2015 17:58:55
To Be Known - Studio demo by Carsie Blanton
SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/carsieblanton/to-be-known-studio-demo/s-J0tGC
A cleaner, sweeter, string-saturated version of 'To Be Known'.
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To Be Known - Studio Demo

Good day, sweet patrons. 


Here's the second installation in our "I'M GONNA MAKE ANOTHER FREAKIN ALBUM!@%#&" series. Joe and I went to Philly in May to make demos, as some of you know. These demos are the intermediary steps between home demos (which I sing into my crappy mic, with roosters on background vocals) and the final album versions (which take months of sweat and heartache and many thousands of dollars and very fancy studio equipment). 


I released To Be Known (my crappy-mic version) on this site just over a year ago. Holla to those of you who were with me back then! Songs take such a long, weird, crazy journey from our heads into the real world. Thanks for joining me.


This is a sweet, sad, ghosty one. Pete Donnelly produced this demo, and Joe Plowman played all four string parts on his big ol' bass. I played the weird organ and the angel choir. Please enjoy! You can download directly from Soundcloud.


Love and angel choirs,


Carsie


Carsie Blanton

June 30, 2015 17:58:55

Christie Carsie, I love this song so much. I recall the first time I heard it, it gave me chills. I cried when you sang it in Greensboro this spring. Thank you for being so awesome!

June 30, 2015 18:16:44 · Reply

Amy O'Leary Wow. I think I have a new favorite recording of yours. Sheesh.

June 30, 2015 19:46:54 · Reply

Hot Night - Home Demo
March 25, 2015 16:45:32
Hot Night - Home Demo by Carsie Blanton
soundcloud.com
https://soundcloud.com/carsieblanton/hot-night-home-demo
Here is a song about lying in the nighttime heat of Madrid (and later New Orleans, and later Charleston), sweating and roasting and thinking about life. I started this song a couple years ago, and ...
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Hot Night - Home Demo

Two things about this song that I'm particularly excited by: 1) It's not about sex or love, it's about lying in a hot room looking up at the ceiling and being bathed in waves of sweat and revelation. I've been waiting for these kinds of songs to find me, and the upcoming record will be the first I've made that deals heavily in non-romantic topics. 2) This is the first time I've sent Joe (my longtime bassist and musical soulmate) an unfinished song with no guitar part and he's sent back something SO much more finished and groovy. This is a new form of collaboration for me and I'm delighted to experiment further! I hope you dig it. Lyrics and download link can both be found on the Soundcloud page. I'll be in the studio next month making "official" demos for the next record - the first substantial step in the long, delightful, exhausting process of record-making! Love and hothouse flowers, Carsie

Carsie Blanton

March 25, 2015 16:45:32

Amy O'Leary lovelovelovelovelovelove!!!!!

March 27, 2015 00:55:14 · Reply

Anders Andreassen WOW!!!

March 30, 2015 13:05:16 · Reply

Tilke Elkins Ooo, this is soooo good!! It's such a big song, tho recorded so gently it still feels giant, like I can hear a bunch of instrumentation in the background. It's dreamy to hear just you and Joe together -- love that track, Joe, it's perrrfect!.... Goose bumps: check.

April 28, 2015 23:13:35 · Reply

Fight Back
October 21, 2014 20:42:31
Fight Back - Pomplamoose - Season 2
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWxzP6CGs4w
Fight Back is an original song by Pomplamoose intended to help you kick butt at whatever you're doing. Available on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/season-2/id902077038?uo=4 To support ou...
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Fight Back

Fight Back is an original song by Pomplamoose intended to help you kick butt at whatever you're doing. A special thanks to: Pat Gilles - our AWESOME cinematographer our patrons - for funding these crazy videos our fans - for watching and listening and coming to our shows Lenovo - for sponsoring our Season 2 TOUR! Epson - for giving us the awesome projector that we used to make this video!

Pomplamoose

October 21, 2014 20:42:31

ITTO Great band! the best band ever!

February 16, 2015 22:41:58 · Reply

Denis Chenard Just looked John Schroeder up on YouTube... WOW! Thanks :) Also, I love what you do. Two thumbs way up!

February 24, 2015 13:17:09 · Reply

Rob Love the 80s feel on this one!

June 23, 2015 21:46:33 · Reply

Pomplamoose WOOT! 80s electro maybe... loved the 80s. prince.... YES

June 27, 2015 02:14:19 · Reply

Get That Body Back
September 17, 2014 01:09:21
Get That Body Back - Pomplamoose
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNhrELiDVUA
Get That Body Back, from our new album, Season 2! Download this song on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/season-2/id902077038?uo=4 We're on TOUR! Get Tickets: http://www.pomplamoose.com/ Su...
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Get That Body Back

Get That Body Back, from our new album, Season 2! Thank you so much for making this possible. Just for the record, this is our "biggest budget" video yet. We were able to rent a dance studio for rehearsals and a gym to film in, and hire a choreographer and dancers! So thank you all for making that possible! Cinematography: Pat Gilles Choreographer: Rashad Pridgen Gym Manager: D’Arcy Drollinger Sexy Dancers: Beth Miles, Linden Cady, Juliana Shimer, Michael Ciarleglio

Pomplamoose

September 17, 2014 01:09:21

Blinky Blinky Computerband This is brilliant! A very catchy song and the funny clip! :-)

November 5, 2014 23:00:43 · Reply

Laura Forth Omg this is amaaaaaazing!!!!!!

December 17, 2014 04:57:46 · Reply

Rich Ressler Just a word of advise... You guys are AWESOME!!! Stick to what you do sooooooo well, for example... Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham! - Pomplamoose cover. Go back and watch this video, it is one of the best examples of what you do so well. No need to try and outdo yourselves, you found your sweet spot with cover songs/videos like this, don't wonder too far away from what you do so well. I wish only the best for you, don't let yourselves down.

December 21, 2014 22:10:15 · Reply

Patreon Raises $15 million
June 23, 2014 19:28:32
Patreon Raised $15 Million
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5vAdw3WY9Q
Live webcast: http://www.spreecast.com/events/patreon-community-discussion-6-23 Podcasts: http://www.patreon.com/Patreon
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Patreon Raises $15 million

In editing the above video, I realized that I left a few things out: -The investors in our new round have an incredible track record of investing in impactful, community focused companies like Etsy, SoundCloud, Twitch, and Kickstarter. We talked with dozens of investors, and most of them were not the right partners for Patreon: they asked us to increase our 5% cut to 15%, for example. We chose partners, however, whose goals aligned with ours, and who trust us to serve the forming communities on Patreon. -Our investors trust us so much, in fact, that Sam and I, as founders, have double voting rights on the board. At this stage in the company, because the board is comprised of only the two cofounders (Sam and me) and our lead investor (Danny Rimer at Index), instituting double voting rights is more of a symbolic gesture than a practical utility. However, it sets an important precedent for the future of Patreon’s governance. -A few exciting stats about Patreon, our creators, and our patrons: -We’ve sent over $2 million to creators since our launch 13 months ago. -It took 11 months to reach the first $1 million paid to our creators by patrons. The second million was reached in 2 months. -Patronage to creators (in dollars) grew 10x in a 5 month period. -There are now actually 26,000 creators using Patreon (not 25k as I mentioned in the video!) -The full list of investors in Patreon’s Series A: Index Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Freestyle Capital, Thrive Capital, Atlas Ventures, SV Angel, UTA, CAA, Alexis Ohanian (cofounder of Reddit), Garry Tan, Aaron Harris, Sam Altman (President of Y Combinator), Joshua Schachter (founder of Delicious), David Marcus (former President of Paypal), Stan Chudnovsky (VP at Paypal), Joshua Reeves (founder of Zenpayroll), and Jenny Haeg (founder of Custom Spaces)

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June 23, 2014 19:28:32

Steven D. Musgrave Good job!

November 13, 2014 05:44:35 · Reply

Clare Galloway I am only catching up with all these news now- great great progress- and I really look forward to being more connected in future, as a patron of Patreon! :-D

January 6, 2015 19:44:35 · Reply

VictorSeven Patreon is awesome. For people like me who do Let's Plays and funny parody songs, it has the potential to really reward us for all of the hard work we put in.

February 18, 2015 23:39:31 · Reply

Somewhere Over The Rainbow
June 11, 2014 18:26:55
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland - Pomplamoose
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRs0Kw2rUVQ
Our cover of &quot;Somewhere Over The Rainbow&quot; is a live performance of the classic. A HUGE thank you to our Patrons who made it possible for us to hire a string quartet! To get tickets to our...
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Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Our cover of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" is a live performance of the classic. A HUGE thank you to our Patrons who made it possible for us to hire a string quartet! To get tickets to our TOUR: http://www.pomplamoose.com A special thanks to: -Patrick Gilles - head cinematographer -Nick Jones - assistant producer -Anton Patzner - violin -Shain Carrasco - cello -Ishtar Hernandez - violin -Charith Premawardhana - viola

Pomplamoose

June 11, 2014 18:26:55

joe mcmorrrow Come to San Jose! Love you guys!

June 22, 2014 13:32:23 · Reply

William J Murtaugh BREATHTAKING!

July 4, 2014 15:17:00 · Reply

I.O. amazing voice… warm and rich and the keys so perfect together.

April 11, 2015 22:54:10 · Reply

I Feel Good - James Brown - Pomplamoose
April 15, 2014 22:18:34
I Feel Good - James Brown - Pomplamoose
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtdxFLFjFVI
Pomplamoose's cover of James Brown's &quot;I Got You (I Feel Good)&quot; is a live performance done in one take. All sounds were recorded or triggered live - so no overdubs or lip-syncing. To get t...
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I Feel Good - James Brown - Pomplamoose

Patrons - we can't tell you how much we appreciate your support! We hope you dig our most recent cover - it's a total reharmonization of "I Feel Good," the classic funk tune from the late and great king of soul, James Brown. Our take is a little more mellow, a little less funky, but we hope equally soulful! All sounds are either triggered or performed LIVE. No lip syncing for voice or instruments! We used a LaunchKey and a Launchpad for the sample triggering. Please let us know your thoughts! Talk to us! We're answering questions in the comments section! WOOOOOOT! THANK YOU EVERYONE, WE LOVE YOU!!

Pomplamoose

April 15, 2014 22:18:34

Steven Talbot I just barely found Pomplamoose on youtube yesterday and so glad I did. After listening to I Feel Good, I listened to the rest and bought two albums. Thanks. I love to see when musicians enjoy what they are doing and are really having fun.

April 17, 2014 15:23:04 · Reply

Amanda Wyatt Love this cover! Gives homage without being a carbon copy. This really speaks to me so much more than the original (no offense James Brown cause you rock).

May 31, 2014 16:11:12 · Reply

Jessica Peterson Groooooovy. Lurve it.

July 2, 2014 11:16:18 · Reply

Ok, so end of the week didn't happen
June 9, 2013 19:44:33
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