Jack Conte
| Jack Conte | |
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Jack Conte (with Pomplamoose)
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| Background information | |
| Born |
July 12, 1984 San Francisco, California, United States |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, Producer, Entrepreneur |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion, accordion |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Associated acts | Pomplamoose, Nataly Dawn, Julia Nunes, Wade Johnston, KNOWER, Louis Cole, Ben Grant, Foxtails Brigade, Danielle ate the Sandwich, Lauren O'Connell, Ryan Lerman, My Terrible Friend, Carlos Cabrera, Project RnL |
| Website | Official website |
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 his wife 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. Conte's use of Electro-Harmonix audio equipment has been featured by the company in several different videos.
Conte is also the co-founder of Patreon.
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.
Conte first gained widespread attention when his video Yeah Yeah Yeah was featured on YouTube's main page. The video, animated in stop motion, has garnered over 954,000 views as of August 2016. 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:
Conte formed the band Pomplamoose with Nataly Dawn in mid-2008. 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.
On May 7, 2013, Conte announced the launch of Patreon, a crowdfunding venture together with cofounder Samuel Yam. The startup is "like a kickstarter for people who release stuff on a regular basis."
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