Jack Conte
Jack Conte | |
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Born | San Francisco, California, United States | July 12, 1984
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion, accordion |
Jack Conte (born July 12, 1984) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, disc-jockey, entrepreneur, and filmmaker. He is also one half of Pomplamoose with Nataly Dawn. Conte has recorded two EPs — Sleep in Color and Nightmares and Daydreams — and released them along with the compilation VideoSongs Volume I through the iTunes Store.[1] Conte's use of Electro-Harmonix audio equipment has been featured by the company in several different videos.[2][3][4] Conte is also the co-founder of Patreon.
Early career
Conte's first notable appearance in mainstream media was when he supplied his voice for the "teenage boy" character in the popular videogame The Sims 2.[5]
YouTube Success
Conte first gained widespread attention when his video Yeah Yeah Yeah [6] was featured on YouTube's main page.[7] The video, animated in stop motion, has garnered over 913,000 views as of September 2015. The majority of his new music is released as singles posted to YouTube. These mostly take the form of "VideoSongs", a medium he defines with two rules:
#What you see is what you hear. (No lip-syncing for instruments or voice)
- If you hear it, at some point you see it. (No hidden sounds)
Pomplamoose
Conte formed the band Pomplamoose with Nataly Dawn in summer 2008.[8] The band's presence is primarily online, having only performed a handful of live shows. Nevertheless, the collaboration has garnered significant fan support. Fueled by the feature of their video "Hail Mary" on the main page of YouTube, Pomplamoose's channel has over 445,000 subscribers as of March 2015. The band recently produced the next studio album of Julia Nunes.
Reception
Much of Conte's work has been met with positive review, citing evocative lyrics in Sleep in Color,[7] creative delivery of his videosongs[9] and the tenacity to create his own niche in the Internet music market. However, Conte's music was reviewed less favorably by Amplifier magazine: "Hints of Conor Oberst, Radiohead, Patrick Watson, contemporary punk rock (screamo), radio power pop, and incalculable other singer songwriters are more than borrowed, making for a short mishmash of electro rock."[10]
Entrepreneurship
Conte is also the co-founder of Patreon.
Personal life
Conte and Nataly Dawn became engaged in January 2016.[11]
Discography
Albums
- VideoSongs Volume 1
- Release date: 29 August 2008
- Label: ShadowTree Music
- Format: Digital download
- VideoSongs Volume 2
- Release date: 15 August 2008
- Label: ShadowTree Music
- Format: Digital download
- VideoSongs Volume 3
- Release date 13 July 2008
- ShadowTree Music
- Format: Digital download
- VS4
- Release date: March 23, 2011
- Label: ShadowTree Music
- Format: CD, Digital download
Extended plays
- Nightmares and Daydreams
- Release date: May 21, 2007
- Label: ShadowTree Music
- Format: Digital download
- Sleep in Color
- Release date: September 25, 2008
- Label: ShadowTree Music
- Format: CD, Digital download
- Conte
- Release date: 2013
- Label: ShadowTree Music
- Format: Digital download
Music videos
- "Yeah Yeah Yeah"
Patreon venture
On May 7, 2013, Conte announced the launch of a new crowdfunding venture together with cofounder Samuel Yam. The startup is "like a kickstarter for people who release stuff on a regular basis."[12][13]
References
- ^ "Jack Conte – Sleep in Color EP". DOA. October 13, 2008. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ "Voice Box Demo by Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn". Electro-Harmonix. January 6, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^
"Electro-Harmonix Tube Zipper Soups The Heck Out Of Jack Conte's Martin". Gearwire. June 24, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
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"Electro-Harmonix Bass MicroSynth Makes Some Amazing Low End For Jack Conte of Pomplamoose". Gearwire. June 24, 2009. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
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- ^ "Jack Conte - Yeah Yeah Yeah". Jack Conte. April 12, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ a b "Jack Conte gets emotional in new album". The Maneater. October 13, 2008. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
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"Pomplamoose: your new favourite band". The Brock Press. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
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- ^ "Jack Conte - Sleep in Color EP". Amplifier Magazine. January 12, 2009. Archived from the original on November 11, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
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- ^ "Jack Conte - Pedals Music Video (featuring REAL robots)"
- ^ Ryan Tate (October 22, 2013). "The Next Big Thing You Missed: 'Eternal Kickstarter' Reinvents Indie Art". Wired. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
External links
- Living people
- People from the San Francisco Bay Area
- American multi-instrumentalists
- American guitarists
- American Internet celebrities
- American pianists
- American accordionists
- American keyboardists
- American drummers
- American percussionists
- American ukulele players
- American male singer-songwriters
- 1984 births
- American YouTubers