Casey Barnes
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Casey Barnes is an Australian singer-songwriter from Gold Coast, Queensland
who rose to fame as a contestant on the 2009 season of Australian Idol
.
and drums and benefited from having an encouraging music teacher at school. He also became blind in his right eye after an infection. While Barnes was juggling a job, playing gigs and songwriting, his parents suggested that he give music his full attention and since then he has fallen in love with it.
and Europe
to promote the album. The cities included San Francisco, Chicago
, New York
, London
, Paris
, Prague
and Singapore
. Barnes' self-titled album, Casey Barnes, was released in 2007. The album was also released digitally on iTunes
on 1 August 2007. In November, Barnes recorded a song with Connor Maclean, titled "How Good It Would Be", through Sony BMG and was released digitally on iTunes
and on Barnes website. The single was featured on a Christmas album released by Connor. All proceeds of the single and the album went to the Westmead's Children's Hospital
.
In 2008, Australian DJ-producer Marco Denmark released a version of Elton John
's "Tiny Dancer
" featuring Barnes. The track reached number 1 on most of the dance charts in the UK, and then went onto reach top-5 on most of the dance charts throughout Europe
including one in Italy
followed by 5 Australia. The track was also added to the daytime play lists of the biggest radio stations in the UK; Radio 1, Capital, Kiss FM and Galaxy.
. Barnes auditioned for idol at the Brisbane
auditions. Barnes received great feedback from the judges and went on to compete in the semi-finals. Barnes performed in the second week of the semi-finals, in group 2, but lost the advance to the top-12 to Ashleigh Toole and Nathan Brake but was announced that he would be a contender in the wildcard show, alongside fellow contestant Lauren Street. On the wildcard show, Barnes lost the public vote to the top-12 but made it through the judges' picks. Barnes was eliminated in the top-11 show on 20 September 2009.
Idol performances
titled Red Lion Motel. Barnes released a single from the album titled "I Promise", released digitally on 5 May 2010. A video for the single was shot in April 2010 and was released on 9 May 2010.
On 12 January 2011, Barnes digitally released a single, "Never Break You". All sales of the single go towards relief efforts for the 2010–2011 Queensland floods
.
with his wife, Michelle Barnes and their child, Charli Barnes.
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
who rose to fame as a contestant on the 2009 season of Australian Idol
Australian Idol (season 7)
The seventh and final season of the Australian Idol series began on 9 August 2009, to determine who would succeed Season 6 winner, Wes Carr. Beginning amid controversy, judge Kyle Sandilands was replaced by Sony Music record executive, Jay Dee Springbett. It was the first season where all four...
.
Biography
Barnes was born and raised in Tasmania, Australia by very musical parents. At a very young age, Barnes taught himself to play the guitarGuitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and drums and benefited from having an encouraging music teacher at school. He also became blind in his right eye after an infection. While Barnes was juggling a job, playing gigs and songwriting, his parents suggested that he give music his full attention and since then he has fallen in love with it.
2006–08: Casey Barnes
In April 2006, Barnes released a new single titled "What The Hell Are You Waiting For?", the lead single from his self-titled second studio album. The single was selected to be on 'The Whiteroom 10', a site set up in the UK designed to unearth unsigned artists and bands on a major level. Barnes did a five-week tour in AmericasAmericas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to promote the album. The cities included San Francisco, Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
and Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. Barnes' self-titled album, Casey Barnes, was released in 2007. The album was also released digitally on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
on 1 August 2007. In November, Barnes recorded a song with Connor Maclean, titled "How Good It Would Be", through Sony BMG and was released digitally on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
and on Barnes website. The single was featured on a Christmas album released by Connor. All proceeds of the single and the album went to the Westmead's Children's Hospital
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children
The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children is a children's hospital in Sydney, Australia. The Hospital was founded in 1880 as "The Sydney Hospital for Sick Children"...
.
In 2008, Australian DJ-producer Marco Denmark released a version of Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
's "Tiny Dancer
Tiny Dancer
"Tiny Dancer" is a 1971 song by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It appears on John's fourth album, Madman Across the Water, and was released as a single in 1972...
" featuring Barnes. The track reached number 1 on most of the dance charts in the UK, and then went onto reach top-5 on most of the dance charts throughout Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
including one in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
followed by 5 Australia. The track was also added to the daytime play lists of the biggest radio stations in the UK; Radio 1, Capital, Kiss FM and Galaxy.
2009: Australian Idol
In 2009, Barnes entered the seventh series of Australian IdolAustralian Idol
Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
. Barnes auditioned for idol at the Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
auditions. Barnes received great feedback from the judges and went on to compete in the semi-finals. Barnes performed in the second week of the semi-finals, in group 2, but lost the advance to the top-12 to Ashleigh Toole and Nathan Brake but was announced that he would be a contender in the wildcard show, alongside fellow contestant Lauren Street. On the wildcard show, Barnes lost the public vote to the top-12 but made it through the judges' picks. Barnes was eliminated in the top-11 show on 20 September 2009.
Idol performances
- Audition: "Fire and RainFire and Rain"Fire and Rain" is a folk/rock song written and performed by James Taylor. As a song on his second album, Sweet Baby James, the song engendered widespread attention for him. The album was released in February 1970, with the song being released as a single that month. "Fire and Rain" quickly rose to...
" by James TaylorJames TaylorJames Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.... - Theatre Week (Round 1): N/A
- Theatre Week (Round 2): "Tiny DancerTiny Dancer"Tiny Dancer" is a 1971 song by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It appears on John's fourth album, Madman Across the Water, and was released as a single in 1972...
" by Elton JohnElton JohnSir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor... - Theatre Week (Round 3): N/A
- Top 24: "Her DiamondsHer Diamonds"Her Diamonds" is the lead single from Rob Thomas's second studio album Cradlesong.Thomas confirmed the single's release via a Twitter account he had created on March 11, 2009. The single premiered on April 22, preceding the release of Cradlesong on June 30...
" by Rob ThomasRob Thomas (musician)Robert Kelly "Rob" Thomas is an American rock recording artist and songwriter. He is the primary songwriter and lead singer of the band Matchbox Twenty. Thomas also records and performs as a solo artist... - Wildcard: "Never Say Never (Don't Let Me Go)Never Say Never (The Fray song)"Never Say Never" or "Never Say Never " is a song by Denver-based piano rock band The Fray that was included on their second studio album, The Fray...
" by The FrayThe Fray-Literature:*Fray, a phenomenon in Terry Pratchett's The Carpet People*Fray , a comic book series by Joss Whedon**Melaka Fray, titular character of the comic book series-Music:*"Fray", a song from the album 14 Shades of Grey by Staind... - Top 12: "On My Mind(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" On My Mind" is a song on Powderfinger's fifth studio album Vulture Street. It was released as a single in 2003 and reached #9 on the Australian music chart, the band's third highest charting single to date.-Background:After two albums of Powderfinger releasing singles that were either acoustic...
" by PowderfingerPowderfingerPowderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill.... - Top 11: "I'm Not Over" by Carolina LiarCarolina LiarCarolina Liar is a Swedish alternative rock band. Lead vocalist Chad Wolf is originally from Charleston, South Carolina, but the band and most of its members originate from Sweden....
- Eliminated on September, 20
2010–present: Red Lion Motel EP
In May 2010, Barnes digitally released an EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
titled Red Lion Motel. Barnes released a single from the album titled "I Promise", released digitally on 5 May 2010. A video for the single was shot in April 2010 and was released on 9 May 2010.
On 12 January 2011, Barnes digitally released a single, "Never Break You". All sales of the single go towards relief efforts for the 2010–2011 Queensland floods
2010–2011 Queensland floods
A series of floods hit Australia, beginning in December 2010, primarily in the state of Queensland including its capital city, Brisbane. The floods forced the evacuation of thousands of people from towns and cities. At least seventy towns and over 200,000 people were affected. Damage initially was...
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Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart position AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
Sales | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
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| 2006 | Casey Barnes
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Extended plays
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Red Lion Motel
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart position AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | "What the Hell Are You Waiting For?" | — | Casey Barnes | |
| 2010 | "I Promise" | — | Red Lion Motel | |
| "Coming Back to You" | — | Casey Barnes | ||
| 2011 | "Never Break You" | 47 | Non-album single | |
As featured artist
| Year | Single | Chart positions AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "Tiny Dancer Tiny Dancer "Tiny Dancer" is a 1971 song by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It appears on John's fourth album, Madman Across the Water, and was released as a single in 1972... " (Marco Denmark featuring Casey Barnes) |
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Other songs
| Year | Single | Chart positions AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... |
Album |
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| 2007 | "How Good It Would Be" (With Connor Maclean) | — | - | - |
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "I Promise" | Nicholas O'hara-boyd and Cody Richardson |
Personal life
Barnes currently lives in Gold Coast, QueenslandGold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
with his wife, Michelle Barnes and their child, Charli Barnes.