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Tuesday, December 08, 2009 
A new year, a blank page in the form of time, a gift to all of us.
Where do you see yourself?
I kinda kept to myself this year. I was reflecting on a lot of personal changes, including my move to New York City. I was thinking about the people I met in the cities I visited, and the songs I played for them. I was absorbed in creating a new narrative, one that I could come out the house and let speak for me.
So if you are onboard, you'll see me next year. You'll see a New EP, a New Album, New Shows in YOUR city. More on that later.
It feels like a new chapter, and I can't think of a better way to close the last one than to throw a
New Years Eve Concert/Party in Chicago, where it all started and will always be home for me.
Joining me will be Glassnote/Warner Bros. recording artist Second Hand Serenade, but come midnight, It'll be you, me, and the Todd Carey family rocking "Auld Lang Syne". The show will be at The Abbey Pub in Chicago, where Josh Kelley and I brought the New Year back in 2007. It's an all out party, and Here (and below)
includes a full night of open bar, apps, and of course, music.
See you there, and see you 2010!
Todd
Click here to Buy your ticket to Todd Carey/Second Hand Serenade New Years Eve Concert
The Abbey Pub,8pm Doors
Where: The Abbey Pub- 3420 W. Grace, Chicago, IL 60618
When: New Years Eve, Doors 8pm
Extras: Tickets Include Full Open Bar All Night, and Appatizers.

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Thursday, October 29, 2009 

 Generally, I try and stay away from boring news-oriented updates. But I have a bunch of really exciting stuff happening and I wanted to share it straight away.
1. I made a video for you to say hi. I miss you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFyrr_kGJjo
2. I will finally have RELEASE date for my EP (Produced By Mikal Blue: Colbie Caillat, Five for Fighting). It's going to be available in FEBRUARY! I'll keep you posted on when.
3. I am heading back into the studio next month (With Mikal Blue) to complete an album. The record will be released sometime after the EP. PUMPED!
4. I am playing a Chicago Homecoming Show with the one and only CURTIS PEOPLES on November 17th. Tickets are going fast, so get them soon!!Todd Carey and Curtis Peoples
S.P.A.C.E: 11/17
....Evanston.., ..IL....
Doors ..7:3pm..:

The last show sold out so get your tickets now by clicking here:

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2520504

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Saturday, October 24, 2009 
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Friday, October 09, 2009 

Do you have it? How bad do you want to achieve your goals?
   You know what keeps you young? Refusing to believe that your dreams are out of reach. It's the blind rejection of the notion that what you are trying to do can't be done. It's going after something you want because you won't bother to investigate how far fetched it is.
   And that's how you attain what you are searching for. It's only when you listen to the the voices of doubt around you, and your own insecurities (yes we ..ALL.. have them), that you fail.
   Want to stay young forever? Be enamored with what you do. It has to be rapture and hustle. Be stubborn, and most importantly, believe. You just may be crazy enough to succeed.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqw-8IzjarQ

 

11.5. Baltimore, MA: Univeristy of Baltimore 12pm
11.6 Bettendorf, IA: APCA Conference
11.17 Chicago, (Evanston), IL: SPACE
      Homecoming Show Discount Presale Tickets Here
      Enter the code word "nexttoyou"
11.30 Bridgewater,MA: Bridgewater State, 8pm
12.1 Portsmith, NH: Great Bay College, 4pm
12.1 Henniker, NH: New England College, 8pm
12.5 Troy, NY: Rensselaer Institute, 8pm
1.29 Potsdam, NY: Clarkson University, 10pm
2.10 Sioux City, IA : Briar Cliff University

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Wednesday, September 09, 2009 
It's Hardwired in You

   Doesn't this time of year make you think you should be back in school or something? We've all grown up with that definitive "new year" mentality that starts around late August, early September.
   I was sitting outside in Brooklyn and overheard a father asking his little daughter what kind of supplies she needed for school and she got SUPER excited. Later, I was shopping for a new printer in Staples and was swept away in stream of back to school shoppers. Needless to say, they were stoked. And I got stoked too. I bought a new notebook.
   I still get to go back to school in a sense with the FALL COLLEGE TOUR (See below) and all, but it doesn't ever quite replace that sense of finality when summer turns to fall. It is hardwired in all of our brains somewhere. Do we miss the homework? Hell no. Do we miss all the drudgery? Of course not. But that's not gonna stop me from getting nostalgic.

  Speaking of the tour, it's a "Greatest Hits/Golden Classic/Farewell/Reunion" type of tour, so, just think Epic. Lots of pyro, dancers, and backup singers...AND Lots of shows at colleges and major cities like Chicago, LA, Boston, Indianapolis. See below.


Todd Carey
The "Golden Classics" Tour

9.10 Sturgeon Bay, WI: The Hitching Post, 10pm
9.12 Sturgeon Bay, WI: Nasewaupee Festival, 7pm
9.25 Boston, Newton, MA: Lasell College, 8pm
9.26 Nashua, NH: Daniel Webster College, 12pm
9.29 Middletown, OH: Miami University Middletown, 12pm
9.30 Hamilton, OH: Miami University Hamilton, 12pm
10.1 Rensselaer, IN: Saint Joesph's College, 8pm
10.2 Wheeling, WV: Wheeling Jesuit Univeristy, 10pm
10.4 Indianpolis, IN: Birdy's, 7:30pm Doors
10.6 Los Angeles, CA: Hotel Cafe, 930pm
11.6 Bettendorf, IA: APCA Conference
11.17 Chicago, (Evanston), IL: SPACE
      Homecoming Show Discount Presale Tickets Here
      Enter the code word "nexttoyou"
11.30 Bridgewater,MA: Bridgewater State, 8pm
12.1 Portsmith, NH: Great Bay College, 4pm
12.1 Henniker, NH: New England College, 8pm
12.5 Troy, NY: Rensselaer Institute, 8pm
1.29 Potsdam, NY: Clarkson University, 10pm
2.10 Sioux City, IA : Briar Cliff University




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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 
Hey, just wanted to thank everybody for listening to my brand new song ( http://www.myspace.com/toddcarey ) and participating in the contest. Thank you  Below are the winners.
Todd
 
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Friday, July 31, 2009 
We all have them. What is your secret weapon? We may not all sing like Adam Lambert. But maybe you make kick ass mashed potatoes, or you have REALLY fast reflexes, or you just know when a fight is gonna break out before it does, and you can stop it.
   Do you use your talents? Do people appreciate them? You don't have to throw it in people's faces, but it's always nice to get that extra little kick at excelling at something. What I'm saying is, don't be afraid to rock at doing something.
  And while you’re at it, do something different today, even if it is a tiny, insignificant thing. And then try and do something different like that every day. I'm trying to do this right now, and you know what? It's a challenge. As you start you start breaking the mold, the interesting things start happening. And that's what it's about. Keeping things interesting.
   Discover something in yourself you didn't know was there. I can assure you if you try, you will never stop finding unique new things. Talents you didn't know you had. You will.

TC
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 
So you've got passion. You feel the flame, you have the dreams,
and you think big. You see the finish line with the beautiful girl.
Or the cheering crowd, or the perfect family, or the big pile of money.
Maybe you see it all. But how hard will you work for it?
Will you spend the time on the vision, even when the dividends are out of sight?
Will you rejoice in the process, not only when the "process is the journey", but when the process sucks?
That's the grind. Throwing yourself into slowly chipping away at the stone. Refining the painting, finishing the song.
It’s all about the little victories on the way. "Life is what happens to you/ While you’re busy making other plans" John Lennon
The grind may not make you rich,
or make you a movie star.
But it will make you live, I mean really live. You’ve got to know how to recognize the moments that make up your life as they happen.
It’s such a gorgeous thing. We've been playing one of my new songs I recorded in LA with producer Mikal Blue
at the shows in Chicago.
It starts with the lines: "this is the first day of the rest of your life/ Your head was in the worst way so you cast it aside/
Open up your window, breath in the air/ The present is around you now, will you be there?/"
Those words, though seemingly brimming with positive energy, came during one of the darkest periods I’ve been through in a long time.
So when I listened back to the recording of the initial moment when those words and melody were improvised,
I was taken aback by what I heard. Now every time I sing them, I’m reminded, and I finally feel like I’m really able to understand.
Are you living in the moment?




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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 
    What do you care about? How much do you want to put into it? Does it drive your life? Make you get up in the morning?
     If you haven’t found it yet, that’s ok, keep searching: it is worth pursuing. Passion gives me purpose, and I don’t want to live without it. If you put it into the fire, it’s going to burn hot, and it’s going to burn for a long time. That’s all I can ask for, and that’s all I’m thankful for now. I’m happy to have a reason, happy to know, happy to share.
    You know what? It’s contagious too. Brush up against someone who wants to truly live inspired, and all of a sudden you are truly alive. Imagine even going to a movie that shakes you, and you’ll know what I’m talking about. You already know what I’m talking about.
  The challenge is keeping it going, and keeping it close and within reach. Try, and when you figure it out, share it. It will help us all.

TC
 


www.toddcareymusic.com
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Sunday, June 14, 2009 
Recording music is like a hot date or a one night stand. All passion and intensity. It is the greatest, most beautiful thing at that moment. It's actually a really good thing because it leads to sounds that are in the moment and relevant. Am I endorsing one night stands? Absolutely.

Inevitably, like the one night stand, you may discover flaws in the morning. Maybe you made a mistake or two? Luckily with recording, you can go spend some time and correct these. The real morning after? Not so much. Wow, I've really taken this analogy WAY too far.

Anyway, that's what I've been doing in the studio. Polishing the raw tracks. Fixing things I missed the first time around. Loving it and being completely in my element.

More to come,
TC
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