Saturday, December 27, 2014

Brand New Playlist From Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's Album The Barn Sessions!

Happy Holidays Everybody!

We finally found the format that is driving our music to an audience of people who love music!! It has taken awhile but SoundCloud is a life saver for indie rock bands or for that matter any bands trying to reach as many people as possible! #freemusic

Well Here is another little playlist that you can listen to and enjoy for FREE, through the link below!

Happy New Year to all!!#freesongs

Check out the link below and we hope you like it! Oh Yeah!!!

YEAH! Let Me Hear a Little Barnshaker Rock n Roll!!

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Free Playlist From Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's On Soundcloud!#music#freesongs#soundcloudplaylists#freemusic

Season's Greetings From Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's!!

We hope everyone is having a great holiday season! We have had a fantastic year and 2015 looks even brighter!

Since finding and using Soundcloud, our music is being listened to by thousands of people! That platform is really amazing. Remember, our album The Barn Sessions is available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon MP.3 and CD Baby.

We are so grateful to be able to be playing music. It has really been a gift and we would like to share some more music with you right here for FREE!

The Link below will get you access to one of our playlist on Soundcloud. All of these songs are from The Barn Sessions and we hope you enjoy them and buy our album! So for now, we wish everyone a healthy, happy and prosperous 2015! We are working on a new release as we speak, and we are available for bookings in 2015!

I can be reached at jleary60@hotmail.com. Enjoy the songs everyone!!

https://soundcloud.com/joeleary/sets/joe-leary-the-barnshakers-the

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Free Song From Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's!#freemusic#freesongs#freestuff#giveaways

Hi Everyone,

Whew!! It has been a crazy time here in Barnshaker land! There is a lot going on, and hopefully there will be more after the new year!

So for the time being we wanted to give away a song that we recorded! The song is titled "Already There".

I wrote it because I am continuing to see that the catholic church STILL has plenty of priests roaming around that have molested thousands of kids and its pissing me off!!

I mean how much longer is this charade going to go on? #freemusic

I was an altar boy, went to catholic grammar school taught by nuns, and then went to an All Boys Catholic High School! I guess you call that the Tri-Fecta!!No wonder I am so screwed up!! Just kidding.#freesongs

So here it is anyway, I hope you like it. All comments are as always, welcome!! Remember, our album is called The Barn Sessions! Available right here on this blog on the right column, or through iTunes, Google Play, Amazon MP.3!

We are trying to sell enough so we can actually print real CD's! Hey, I told you before, we are a working band that manages ourselves and it aint easy as they say! So it would be great to see that people are buying the album!

Click on the link below! And NOW, Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's Present To You.......

"ALREADY THERE"
https://soundcloud.com/e-riemer/already-there-2

Thursday, November 27, 2014

When Black Friday Comes...!#dealsonmusicalequipment#blackfridaydeals#guitarsonsale#holidaydealsonguitars#bestsalesondrums#joelearyandthebarnshakers#

Hi Everyone!

The Video below is just me playing in my living room. It is the full acoustic version of Meeting Across The River, from our album The Barn Sessions! Below that or to the right column of this blog is the best Black Friday DEALS on Guitars & Musical Stuff You are going to find anywhere! Unleash the musician in you, or if you are one, get that sweet guitar or whatever for the best price of the year!!
Happy Thanksgiving from Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's!! Subscribe to our Youtube channel!! There is going to be some real cool stuff coming up on YouTube soon, and it will be for subscriber's only!! So subscribe now!!

Check out the banner below for some great deals!! Check out my vintage surf green strat in front of me! That guitar rocks!!
Hey REMEMBER!! Our album The Barn Sessions would be a cool download for christmas!!
You can get it with 1 click on the link in the right column!




Saturday, November 15, 2014

Not Fade Away Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's




This is our impromptu version of Buddy Holly's GREAT song Not Fade Away. In Barnshaker fashion, we do it our way!! Again our keyboard player was either gone by then or , well who knows, but he wasn't up there with us. I think he left to go away for the weekend!! Remember, Get The Barn Sessions!! Just Click on The link on the right column of this page!!
This is a youtube channel I just started. We are learning as we go!! Hope you like our take!!
Thanks, Joe

Us Live Playing Puzzles Worry & wonder From our Release!#iTunesnewmusic#iTunesNewbands#livenewmusic#indiebandsplayinglive#Bostonmusicscene#newsongsonyoutube

Hey Everyone!!!

Her's a little snippet of a song on our new album called Puzzles,Worry & Wonder available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon MP.3, and CD Baby!!

Come on give the little guy a chance!!

Hey Get The song or the whole CD!! It costs $8.61!! Keep us on the road and able to release new music!! Our fans mean everything to us and our dream is to play live in front of each and everyone of you!! The album is called The Barn Sessions, we need your support!! Thanks Joe Leary
Singer Songwriter /rhythm guitar player Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's!! There is a link to the right side of this blog!! To buy the Cd!! We need your support!

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Alert! New Demo Video From Joe Leary!!#newmusic#indiebands#newmusicvideos#newstuff#coolhomemadevideos#newmusicvideos#videosfrombostonbands

Hello Everyone! This is really raw uncut footage!
Once you realize who we are, you will become a fan, because there are no pretensions or B.S. with us! As a matter of fact, shame on us for not playing out live anymore! We will get that together, it always happens!

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Meeting across The River solo#joeleary&thebarnshakers#newbands#newmusic#indiebands#newreleases#iTunes

Hey Everyone in Barnshaker Natiion!
I have heard that video just about says it all!

Well if that's true, check out me doing an impromptu snippet from one of our songs on our Album available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon MP.3 called Meeting Across The River! It is just me and my guitar on a crappy iPhone 4!

Hey, what do you want we are an indie band!! The album is called, The Barn Sessions! Get it now for less than 2 Happy Meals!! Come on everybody!!! I love Eddie Cochran!

Something about being unplugged and unedited!!! Remember Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's, The Barn Sessions!

Friday, October 10, 2014

We Got A 94 this Week on radio Airplay!

Hi Everyone,

We are trying like hell to sell this album! We have no other form of income but the band! I have told everyone before that we are in this forever, but we need people to share our music and spread the word virally! We have no budget, we have no resources, but Goddammit we have the material! Radio airplay, Jango Radio has given us a score this week of 94! That means that 94 out of 100 people that hear our songs give it a positive rating! So what am I missing?
If 94 out of 100 people hear it and like it, how do we get them to buy the album? HELP!!!

Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's
The Barn Sessions
available on iTunes. Amazon MP3 and Google Play!

Thursday, September 11, 2014

We Just Got A CRAZY HIgh POP SCORE ON TUNECORE!!!

Hi Everyone out there in Present or Future Barnshaker Nation!!!

Well we joined this program called Tunecore. The reason being we are an indie band who has virtually no money! that is the industry, that's the  cold hard truth!
We have been in this music business for a long, long time. I personally have not made a penny in playing music for, I hate to say it, 40 years now.
Well I am here to tell you. Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's is The Real Deal.
We joined this program and it is fine. It gets your music published on a bunch of different sites at the same time. The only thing I will continue to bitch about is, you can't get your money for 2 months! I mean come on we are in the Paypal age aren't we????????
Anyway, I just want to let you know, we are on Jango Radio, heavily! Our song, On The Road this week got a pop score of 87%!! that means that 87 out of 100 people who hear the song have a positive reaction!!
I don't know about you but I am really proud of that. I mean the Beatles probably get 100%!!! I don't know if you get it or not, but On The Road is what they are calling, "an underground, indie hit"!!
I could care what it is, it just goes to show you, that if you follow your dreams, things will come true!! Go take a listen to it and buy it!!! Hell buy the whole Cd, The Barn Sessions, Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's! I don't care, all I care about is that 87 out of 100 who hear my song dig it!! I'm good!
Really Good!

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

The Cover We Chose Seems To be Working!!

Hey everyone/and hopefully NEW Barnshaker Fans!!
We were really conflicted about putting a cover on our new album. First of all if you do it right you don't get a dime from it, that's why our CD is only $8.61, because we chose the right thing to do and not collect any royalties for the song.
The song we chose was off of one of my all-time favorite albums by Bruce Springsteen! It is called Meeting Across The River. That song ,although not probably one of the biggest songs from that Cd obviously moved me tremendously. Clarence's moody sax intro, to Roy Bittan's beautiful piano passage always gets me.
Well we re-worked that song, so it is probably not recognizable to the average fan, so I think we can call it our own. But the crazy thing is, people are digging our version. We have had a lot of positive feedback from that and that makes me feel good. It is the most stripped down songs on our album. It is simply, my guitar, a squeeze box, masterfully played by Brother Cleve an upright bass and some brush drums also done by my foil Ed Reimer, who is so talented it is beyond belief!
Check out our version on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon mp3 or Google Play!
As a matter of fact check out the whole album, we are getting a lot of positive feedback from Jango radio stations associated with the Zac Brown Band, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Darius Rucker and Keith Urban along with Tom Petty and Elvis Costello!! Go figure..
Anyway, check it out when you have a moment, and we'd greatly appreciate your support by buying the album or at least a few songs!!
Thanks,
Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's
The Barn Sessions

Friday, August 15, 2014

Get Our New Release! It's All About The Fans!

Hi All you future Barnshaker Fans!!
This is just a little update for everyone that has been following us and the power of Tunecore and Jango  internet radio!
We have just released our 3rd song on Jango radio from our release The Barn Sessions which is available through all the tunecore platforms. It seems the most popular sites are obviously iTunes, but, Spotify, Google Play, Amazom MP3 and CD Baby have been huge for us also.
The new song is a mid-tempo slide guitar driven rock tune and since going live 3 days ago, we have picked up 35 NEW Fans! I don't know about you, but an indie band that manages ourselves, this has been a huge boost to our visibility. I have had no problems with tunecore, except when we signed up we didn't realize you don't get your money from all songs purchased for 60 days, which I think is a little slow! As far as Jango radio you can customize your songs to different artists stations, so tyou get to target the genre of music that you think fits the tune! This is a great feature and it also gives you analytics about what your fans are also listening to, which is an invaluable tool. For instance, our song, On The Road(which is on the album) we got a ton of fans who also love Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp and Rascal Flatts! So you get to target your audience, pretty cool.
The new song is called Puzzles, Worry & Wonder and it is doing great as I have said. We personally reply to every single one of our fans and ask them to spread the word and visit our Facebook Fanpage for Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's. It also gives you the ability to send friend requests through Facebook too, which is another great way to keep in touch and increase your visibility to your fans and hopefully their friends.
Anyway, we are presently setting up gigs for the fall and we have gotten a lot of pretty good gigs by implementing this simple guerilla marketing thing we have been doing. So please check out our album, Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's- The Barn Sessions and please sign up for our email list so we can keep you up to date on where we maybe playing in the fall, plus some other interesting bits of who each one of us are and where we all came from.  The more people know about you, it seems the more they feel connected, it is just simple common sense. So keep on listening, and if you haven't already, check out the album it costs less than a MacDonalds meal, and certainly won't give you the heartburn you get with that!! Thanks for reading and please keep following us and reading this blog, we really do appreciate it!
Joe Leary singer/songwriter
Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

The Planets Have Aligned?

Hey, this is Joe Leary from Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's!!
This is a little update on our new release available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon MP3, Cd Baby and a whole lot more!!
We have had 2 songs on Jango internet radio for awhile now and man are they picking up steam!!!
The 2 songs so far are "On The Road" and "Fade To Blue"! Both on the new release but i have to tell you we have gotten 100 fans in the last 7 days!!! Now I don't know about you, but to me that is damn good for a band that isn't known from atom and people are hearing this stuff on stations that cover their favorite artist from Keith Urban and Zach Brown Band to Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.
What does that tell me? Well it tells me that our music crosses boundaries, which is huge for me!! or us I should say! We are as successful in the rock/country segment as we are in the rock n roll segment!
But I really don't give a shit because in my mind a good song is a good song and that targeting or whatever the f it is called nowadays is baloney anyway! What it tells us is people are digging our stuff and that is all that matters, and that's the truth! So you should really check out our new release because it is really good and we are really proud of it, and I think there is something for almost everyone in there! The Cd again is called The Barn Sessions and just plug in our name in the search box of those sights and it will come up.
I will tell you the next song we are throwing at the radio is called Puzzles, Worry and Wonder and it is totally different than the other 2 but still Barnshaker music! Does that make sense? Well it does to me, because these guys I am lucky enough to play with are some of the best collection of musician's in the Boston area. Everyone of them have been in huge Boston bands and everyone of them are so talented it is just ridiculous. I bring songs in and they have them sounding like, well, incredible songs after they figure out the chord progressions! I never ever have to tell any one of them what to play and that is special. They just add their mark and it is always just right. A rare thing in the music industry, a very rare thing!! So give us a listen, we are getting some momentum and again we manage ourselves and record and produce ourselves. Go to those websites and give us a listen. Leave your comments, visit our Facebook fanpage and leave a comment or a like! You will be heard and you will get a personal response!! That's all for now from Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's!!! remember we manage ourselves so for bookings get in touch with me @ jleary60@hotmail.com, we play for anyone and everyone!!!

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Jango Radio is Live!!

Hi All,

Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's has been out for a little bit now. The digital album is called "The Barn Sessions". I have to tell you that we are really happy with the great feedback we have gotten from internet radio!!!! It is like a shot in the arm! We have released 2 songs from our Album on radio and it has gotten us great reviews from the U.S as well as Russia, the U.K, Australia and more.......Please check out Jango Radio and our CD on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon mp3, Google Play and a whole bunch of other sites! We are really proud of our release and in some ways it is a testimony on something we totally believe in and are so dedicated to. We are going to keep going and writing and releasing new music as much as we can!!
We are primarily a live band and we are always looking to play! It is in our blood, that's where we cut our teeth so if you want to book us, please call 781-626-0511. Yeah that's my number!! We manage ourselves because we don't trust anyone else! But I will promise you this....... You will get a very entertaining extremely talented band for a good price.
We are located in Boston, but hey, we'll play anywhere. Please go and listen to some of the material we just released on the above sights. It will give you enough to know if you like the song, or for that matter all the songs!! We are 100% behind everything we have done on this CD!
So go ahead, hire the Barnshaker's and be prepared to be really happy! Buy the album please it is a measly $8.61 for some great music! Rock on everyone!
Joe Leary........
The song we have now on Jango is " Fade To Blue" and we are getting serious positive response for it, it always went over live too, so hire us and see!!

Friday, June 13, 2014

The Barn Sessions is on Sale on iTunes!!!!

Alert!! Alert!!!

We are proud and excited to announce that our new release is now live & FOR SALE on iTunes!!
This is a huge moment for us!
We really hope you like the music and hope you support us!!
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!! Now go buy our CD! Please!
Go to iTunes search for Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's and the CD is called
The Barn Sessions!!!
YAHOO!!!!! Rock n Roll.............

NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES!!!!

It Is Finally Done & submitted!!

Hi All of you Future Barnshaker's Fans!!
We have submitted our new digital CD to Tunecore! It is going to take a few days for it to be available on iTunes & Spotify! There are a whole bunch of other sites where you can get it , also including the actual hard copy of the CD from Amazon on Demand, but, that won't be available for a few weeks unfortunately! Anyway, below is the CD cover artwork and again I will notify everyone when you can check it out on iTunes & Spotify because they will be the first to offer it! Check out our cover below and keep on rocking!
Also we are getting internet radio play for one of our songs about 100 times this week so see if you can find that I believe the Youtube or internet site is called Jango!!!


We are extremely excited about this!! I guess it has been played a few times already in the last 24 hours and 178 people joined our email list as Fans!! Sign up for our email list to the right of this blog for some unreleased material we will be offering in the near future and to find out our touring schedule for the summer!! 
JUMP ON THE BARNSHAKER BANDWAGON!!!

Thanks, Joe Leary

Friday, May 23, 2014

Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's Playing an Oldie But Goodie!!

Hi Everyone,

Check out this piece of video of us playing one of our go-to cover songs at an impromptu live performance!! Our keyboard player had already left but hey, anytime you get to play live in front of a bunch of people is a good time!! Long live Buddy Holly!!



Make sure you check out our fan page on Facebook! Please leave a like or share it with friends!! We would really appreciate it. Look for our upcoming CD on iTunes in about a week, titled "The Barn Sessions". Sign up for our email list for other cool stuff like, unreleased tunes, live performance schedules etc... Long Live Rock n Roll!!

Sunday, May 11, 2014

CD Is Finished!!

Hey Everyone,

Well the CD is finally finished and will hopefully be available on tunecore, iTunes, Spotify, Amazom mp3 etc..
The name of our band is, Joe Leary & THe Barnshaker's, and the CD is titled, The Barn Sessions!
Please look for it where you shop for new music. We really appreciate it! You can also visit our Facebook Fan page ; Joe Leary & The Barnshaker's and check that out. We just posted a short video clip of most of the band performing another song that is featured on the CD. It was an impromptu performance without our keyboard player at a super huge backyard cookout awhile back!! Check it out and if you like the page, please leave a like on it for us!
We would really appreciate it!!
The Barn Sessions, coming to an on-line music store near you, SOOON!! Rock On everyone!

Friday, April 25, 2014

Hey FREE Download of One of My Songs from My Upcoming CD!!

Hi Everyone,

Jeez how time passes when it comes to writing these damn blogs! Well anyway, believe it or not I just want to say thanks for hanging in there! I have had a pretty good amount of visits to this page for someone has pretty much completely ignored posting on here for such a long time!
So thank you again!

Well as you may have guessed I am a musician and have been in bands since well let's just say a long time. We are a primarily a live band and haven't released any recorded music in forever! Our band is called The Joe Leary Band(what an original title) eh? But anyway, we are about to release a CD on Tunecore in a couple of weeks and decided to release a preview song that I wrote, that will be included on the CD. It is downloadable through the link below and we sure hope you download it and spread the word if you like it! The song is called "To The Bone", so really go ahead and listen and download it and spread it around on whatever social network or any other vehicle you use to talk to your friends etc...

We are looking for gigs and booking agents to work with and we are very proud of how things have come together on this CD. It is tentatively titled "Everything's For Sale". So please look out for it, since we don't have some crazy advertising budget to promote the music. Same old story, right. It always bothered me that there is so much great music out there that no one ever gets to hear because of one thing or another. Hopefully we get lucky and some of the right people hear our music and like it. Hey, stranger things have happened! It's good to dream right?

Anyway I will be updating this blog more frequently and the link for the download is below. You can also get the download on our Facebook Fanpage that we just started and it would be really cool if you could throw a "like" on the page if you visit it. So far that's really the only thing on there right now, but any little bit of momentum or promotion helps right?

So thanks for still reading and here's the Free Download link;;

http://soundcloud.com/e-riemer/to-the-bone-1