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I made a vow that I would never write another artist bio. The money is macaroni and cheese money. The artists always complain: "I didn't say that" or "Who wrote this garbage about me" or “Could you pass me that red pen?” As author, you sign your name to your writing and then watch as the record companies "mistakenly" leave the name off. Bottom line, it's not dignified work. So I took my vow. Never again. And I didn't write one for over a year. An...
Carey Ott has a quality that no amount of marketing could embellish or hide. He is a hard working musician that lets his music do all the talking. His songs have a way of sounding familiar and inventive while at the same time reaching listeners with substance, not lumping them in the head with form. Through a combination of feeling, voice, and the sounds that magnify these talents Ott fills an indie-pop canvas with different shades of some well used colors. Lucid Dream, his solo debut is set to release on the historically country-fried Dualtone...
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7/21 - Ann Arbor, Michigan - Headlining the Ann Arbor Summer Festival / South View Art Fair Stage /"Ann Arbor's 107-one"
7/09 - Nashville, TN - 3rd and Lindsley / Lightning 100 presents Headlining back in Nashville at 3rd and Lindsley's / Lightning 100's concert series. Carey's single "I Wouldn't Do That To You" has been officially added to this popular stations play list. Special guest is Casey Dreissen.
7/08 - Chicago, IL - WXRT presents Lakeview Summer Fai...
A great songwriter once opined, "In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." Carey Ott's love for pop music runneth over on the kaleidoscopic "Lucid Dreams." Ott, late of Chicago alternative rockers Torben Floor, has waxed an engaging debut disc akin to the way artists used to make records in an era before marketing research executives overtook A & R (think back to classic Lennon/McCartney, Matthew Sweet, Ray Davies, Elvis Costello, Big Star).
Ott assumes a varied persona in just about every tra...
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