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2/25: Had an awesome concert with the Sandburg orchestra. Special thanks to Matt Cotton for conducting, arranging all string lines, and putting it all together. Here is "Take Me Away" from my album Changes.
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2/25: On Feb 12 I have the honor of playing a show with the kids of the Sandburg orchestra. We will be playing my original songs as well as a few covers.
I've never collaborated with a full concert orchestra and I am super excited to hear how my original songs sound. Many of them were written with the intent of having strings and horns and orchestral percussion.
Special thanks to Mr. Cotton, a terrific teacher who arranged the entire event, and whom in his spare time charted out and arranged all the parts for my songs. Not to mention directed/ motivated over 100 young musicians from 4 different schools, promoted the event, and arranged schedules and logistics.
This is a public event. Feb 12, 7pm, Sandburg School in Elmhurst.
11/23: This Friday (Nov 10) I'll be playing the United Center Concert Club room before the Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan shows. I go on at 5:30pm. You can buy tickets at ticketmaster.
6/23: Friday June 23 I'll be playing the Stevie Nicks VIP pre-show at the United Center. Tickets to the pre-show include parking, apps, and drinks. Tickets at Ticketmaster, select the option for VIP Pre-show at checkout. I play from 5-7pm.
1/23: Here is a cover of Eminem's "Lose Yourself". I got a chance to record this at a very cool little studio called Oak Street Studios.
1/23: Here is a cover of Michael Jacksons "Billie Jean". I got a new toy... a RD8 drum machine that syncs via midi up to my Boss Loop Station RC-300. Now I can make and change beats on the spot. Everything is played live.. no pre-recorded tracks.
1/23: Here is a cover of The Bands "Atlantic City". I love this song. Hopefully I did it justice. I played my Godin electric acoustic mandolin here (looped) and then my Martin DCME guitar, along with a POG bass emulator to get that low end.
12/22: I had about 30 plays on the Nickelodeon channel this week. They are using my song "Oh Christmas Ukulele" as a lead in for Spongebob Squarepants and Dora the Explorer. I'm sure they will continue to use it thru the holidays.
I also had plays on Property Brothers and I'm willing to bet I'll have a few plays on the Great Christmas Light Fight (last year I had 7).
3/22: I played a gig at Lagunitas Chicago today… a very cool spot. It was for a product launch party, “disorderly teahouse”, a delicious hard tea that I got to sample. The party was for online influncers... which, as I'm learning is an interesting world/ profession.
10/21: A newspaper story was published today in the Daily Northwestern about me and my musical endeavors. Thanks to the author, Pavan, and my old bandmates Andres Roldan and Rusty BassEhler for throwing in some quotes.
Link to the article
9/21: Cary played a great event for the ALS association.
8/21: Cary rockin' a set at the SJC Fest in Westmont
5/21: A solo acoustic for 5000 somewhat socially distanced people. Great event. The Lights Fest Twin Lakes WI.
1/21: A cover of Ice Cubes "It Was a Good Day" that has generated 16k views in a few months. Live looping.
12/20: December has been a good month for Cary's TV placements. He has had over 30 plays! Mostly from his Christmas album. Here are a few of the shows:
- Sponge Bob Square Pants (Nickelodeon)
- Property Brothers (HGTV)
- Dashing in December (promo segment on Paramount Network and Spike TV)
- Moonshiners (Discovery Network)
- Beach Hunters
12/20: Here is a Cary Kanno cover of Midnight city by M83. With a Taylor 314CE and Godin a8 Mandolin. Live looping.
With vocal vocoder (around the 3:20 mark).
Order of looping:
Scratching,
Beat,
Guitar,
Bass,
Lead guitar line,
Mandolin,
Vocoder.
I also have a vocal harmonizer going on some of the verses.
10/20: Here is a music video for Cary's song "Six Strings"
3/20: Here is a music video for Cary's song "Freeze". New album due out in 2020
10/20: Check out and hit "follow" on the Spotify playlist for Cary's Greatest Hits: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Zo4LxJ7GO8O6XKbaRq0Fx?si=R5iGaixbQHegi4R2EuxjoQ
8/19:
It's been a busy summer. Here are a few shots from a recent gig on a boat in Chicago.
10/18: Here is a music video for Cary's song "Running Away" from the album The Light Fantastic
10/18: Cary's song "Running Away" was featured on a youtube blog called Mr Foxx Frequency. The blog features some really great music and is very popular. Some of their videos have over 1 million plays.
10/18:
Cary had a great show at the United Center Concert Club. He played to a capacity crowd. Phil Collins was amazing. He and his band put on a great show.
10/18:
Once again Cary will be playing a show at the United Center Concert Club. This time playing before the one and only Phil Collins.
8/18:
Cary had two great shows at the United Center Concert Club. The Smashing Pumpkins put on a rockin show.
8/18:
Thanks to On Art for the rad photo!
8/18:
Cary is making a return to the United Center this time for a two night stand, Aug 13 and Aug 14. He'll be playing at the Concert Club before both of the Smashing Pumpkins shows. Aug 13 is sold out, but there is still tickets for Aug 14.
8/18: According to an in-store radio report for the 1st half of 2018. Cary had over 10 million plays in countries from Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Fiji, Israel, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey.
6/18:
Cary had a great show at the United Center. The crowd was very responsive. Paul Simon was awesome and inspiring. What a great night!
6/18: This Wed, June 6, Cary is thrilled to be playing at the "Concert Club" at the United Center (a VIP area). He goes on from 6:10pm to 7:45pm. Paul Simon goes on after that (on the main stage)..... so yeah he's kinda opening up for Paul Simon at the United Center.
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6/18: Cary will be playing a series of 13 shows all summer long for B96 (Chicago radio station) and Miller/ Coors. Check his schedule to find out where.
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5/18: Cary's song "Keep Driving" was featured on History Channels "Pawn Stars" as well as 2 of his other songs.
He also had 2 plays on a show called "Rattled" on TLC.
2/18: Cary's song "Home is Where the Heart is" was played on Paw Patrol on Nickelodeon last week.
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1/18:
According to an in-store radio report for the 2nd half of 2017. Cary had
over 1.5 million plays in countries from Chile, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Fiji, Israel, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey.
1/18: Cary had some more TV placements come thru in the last few weeks... Food Network "Baked in Vermont", Discovery Channel "Moonshiners", History Channel "Pawn Stars", and his commercial for Panama City Beach.
11/17: One of Cary's songs was played for a segment on Goran Dragic on "NBA Inside Stuff". Listen around the 1:25 min mark.
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/nba_tv/2016/05/07/20160507-inside-goran-dragic.nba/#/
8/17: Cary will be playing a Lollapalooza event at Macys on State St (by Lolla) on Fri and Sat at 11:30am
7/17: Cary had the opportunity to play for a Major League Soccer All-Star event in Chicago. He played the welcome reception for the All-Stars and Real Madrid, as well as the mayor of Chicago and other distinguished guests.
6/17: "I play alot of gigs, but tonight's was one of the most meaningful and rewarding.... I played at Camp I Am Me, a camp for kids who are burn survivors. The room was rockin... kids singing along, playing percussion, dancing. My beat boxing/ looping tutorial even went over well. Great kids, great staff, great camp!"
*thanks for Phil Zaleski for the photos
5/17: This national commercial, has been getting alot of play recently on NBC. It's for Panama City Beach Tourism featuring "Fun Under the Sun" by Cary Kanno
3/17: Cary's song "Everybody Has It" was featured in an episode of the tv show "Nashville". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io6ve5pcUeo). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io6ve5pcUeo
3/17: Cary's in-store radio report for the 2nd half of 2016: 1.19 million plays for his original music from Croatia to Italy to Sweden (mostly Italy and Spain).
3/17: Here is a music video for Cary's song "A Little More Love " from the album of the same name.
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3/17: Here is a music video for Cary's song "This is a Wonderland" from the album Wonderland
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2/17: Cary had the opportunity to make this song, "Smile With Simon" with a talented writer and friend Patricia Simon. She wrote 2 children's books (due out soon) about a bird who looks a little different due to a cleft palate. It's a great story about tolerance, understanding, and awareness. https://vimeo.com/206003080
2/17: A new live show date has been added to the calendar... April 10th at Mona Records Cafe in Tokyo, Japan!
2/17: Cary's song "Sunshine Love" is being used for a Krispy Kreme commercial...
1/17: Cary's song "Impossible" is featured on a National Geographic Channel show called "Dirty Rotten Survival". It's around the 1:45min mark here http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/…/vi…/the-hog-catcher/.
11/16: Cary's songs "Keep Driving" & "Running Away" are featured in a new German mini-documentary called "Eine Nacht im gruseligsten Wald der Welt - Hoia Baciu". It's about a man who travels to a haunted forest in Romania and spends the night. The video has 2.2 million views!
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10/16: Cary's song, "Inspiration" (off the album Impossible), has been featured in a new book called “Diary of a Teenage Empath” by Jeannette Folan. How can a song be "in" a book? It's called BookTrack, and readers can listen to a soundtrack playing in synch with the text.
https://www.booktrack.com/…/95ae8c3258a14d5792295153feba6e3f
https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJeannetteFolan/
http://empathdiary.com/music
10/16: This video has over 4.5 million views... features "Things that I've Seen" off the album Bum 1. It's of bikers going down ski hills... pretty nuts.
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9/16: Cary's new album and song "This is a Wonderland" got a nice blog writeup by Yab Yum Music.
Chicago-based Cary Kanno has quite the lighthearted, summertime feel for someone out of the Windy City. “This is Wonderland” combines ukes, banjos, tambourines, shakers and more without over-saturating the sound. Instead, you find a harmonious merging and the effect is effervescent. If you enjoy “This is Wonderful”, I recommend checking out Kanno’s new album, Wonderland, available here.
https://www.yabyumwest.com/tag/cary-kanno
8/16: Here are a number of new placements for Cary Kanno songs:
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A commercial the Courtyard Marriott featuring "Animals"
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A commercial from France featuring "Fun Under the Sun"
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A commercial for East Glacial River - Rafting in Iceland (Viking Rafting Promo)
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A commercial for a children's clothing company called LemonTree. Features "Daddy's Song".
NOTE: probably need to click on the youtube link to play video
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Some cool drone footage of the city of Dubrovnik, Croatia (from the Dubrovnik Tourism Board). Features "Back on the Roof".
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A TV segment on Ostrich Farming from South Africa . Features "Goodnight".
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A TV segment from Indonesia on food. Features "Fun Under the Sun".
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A tourism commercial for San Javier, Spain, with some cool drone footage. Features "Fun Under the Sun".
7/16: A blog called Middle Tennessee Music posted one of Cary's songs, "This is a Wonderland" off his new album. They have about 6000 followers. These blogs are overwhelmed by music, especially because major labels are going after blog placements. It's very hard to get a placement, so this is pretty cool!
soundcloud.com/bunks/sets/indie-music-spotlight-part-vii
twitter.com/midtnmusic/status/753626581608779776
6/16: Cary's new CD "Wonderland"has officially been released!
Cary: "I've always found it easy to write slow, melancholic songs, or funky songs in a minor key, so I wanted to challenge myself to write songs that were happy, bouncy, major key, musically interesting, had exciting moments, and still sounded good. In the end I wanted an album that I would enjoy listening to. There's alot of ukulele, banjo, piano, and acoustic guitars."
You can get the album here (digital or CD), or at itunes.
https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/carykanno10
6/16: Cary Kanno hashad some good plays on TV shows: 2 on "Pawn Stars" (History Channel), 2 on "American Restoration" (History Channel), "Food Porn" (FYI Network), "Golf, Farmers Insurance Open" (CBS), 2 on "The Ride" (MTV UK), 2 on "Tiny House Nation" (FYI Network), and 8 on "Watch What Happens Live" (Bravo network) .
5/16: Cary Kanno had another play on his cousins show on TLC (The Willis Family). Season 2 episode 5 at the salon. It happened by sheer coincidence. He also had 5 more plays on "The Voice" (NBC), which brings the total up to 14 plays on that show.
5/16: The new album "Wonderland" is very close to being done. It features 17 songs of ukulele, banjo, guitar based music.
4/16: The Pandora stats came in today and "Daddy's Song" has had over 75,000 spins on Pandora in the past year.... 149,000 total spins.
2/16: The instore radio report for 2015 is in and Cary's music has been receiving heavy in-store radio play in Europe (mostly Italy). 76,312 stores are playing his songs, for a total of 1,269,602 plays.
2/16: A new video for a new Cary Kanno song.... "Sun and Moon":
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2/16: Here is a Dutch pharmaceutical company commercial featuring cute dogs and cats... and a song by Cary Kanno:
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2/16: A cool video for an interior decorating company featuring Cary's "Fun Under the Sun"
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1/16: A new national commercial for Panama City Beach Tourism featuring "Fun Under the Sun" by Cary Kanno
1/16: Here are some great photos from a very talented photographer/ musician Adam Dausch. They were taken at a recent gig...
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11/15: Cary was comissioned to write a song for Volkswagen in Turkey. They have used it in 3 commercials:
9/15:Here is a fashion blog/ ad that features my song "Like the Wind" off my latest album The Light Fantastic:
>9/15: Here is a commercial (from France), featuring Cary's song "Fun Under the Sun"
9/15: Here is a live recording of "A Little More Love" off the "More Love" album.
6/15: A cool little placement for "Fun Under the Sun"... 84,000 youtube hits in less than a week. Seems like a good idea too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr4gnAtwt2E
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5/15: The Light Fantastic received a nice review/ preview from berkeleyplaceblog.com.
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