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Perhaps one of the most distinctive sounds in the music industry this talented female entertainer is making a name for herself as she is proving that she has real star power and music comes in all shapes and sizes. It is our pleasure to introduce to the readers of Junior’s Cave something new, something unique, something refreshing, and something irresistible.
Main SItes
roseymusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/rosey
Isaac: Briefly elaborate on why being an entertainer for you is important?
Rosey: It helps me to find some clarity in a world where people’s heads are full of muck. I like to pull that mess out, smooth it about, and put it in a sweet soft melody and language that soothe and help to begin the cleansing. I think that’s all songs are...new mantras to distract and help to change the programming a bit, if we're lucky...
Isaac: Expound on your rise to being a solo female artist and a little about your background:
Rosey: I am the child of two singers. There was always lots of fighting in our household, but music was something we all loved and agreed upon. My parents turned me onto every
kind of music, from classical to show tunes to the blues and 60's hippy folk songs, jazz & rock. I was writing songs in my head as a tiny little girl. I picked up a guitar for the first time at 22 and began to write a song right away. At that moment, I knew I had found my path, and I’ve been walking on it ever since.
Isaac: One of the biggest draws to your music for our magazine is your overall unique style of music? What have been some feedbacks you have received from others?
Rosey: People often call my records eclectic, sometimes to a fault. I can never seem to make all the songs sound the same. But maybe that's not such a bad thing... as an artist, I guess you get all kinds of feedback. I look at all of it as constructive criticisms, so I can sleep at night. The best feedback I got lately that I can remember clearly was from an older man who told me that my new record made him feel like it was all right to love again. I guess he had been in some pain for a while before that. Words like those make me feel like I’m on the right track. Hallelujah!!
Isaac: Another aspect to your music is your incorporation of various musical styles? Which one has been your biggest influence and why?
Rosey: The blues has had its grip on me forever. Those singers have been my greatest teachers. The emotion they feel is unmistakable...it's so real, and so alive. I’ve always
wanted to be like that, open and bleeding. It’s helped to keep me honest and free & that’s' all I want really...
Isaac: What is the most rewarding aspect to making music currently for you as an individual musician?
Rosey: A really strong chorus is always very exciting to me….
Isaac: What has discouraged you the most about making music?
Rosey: Bad producers who try to turn every song into a crappy of the moment sounding pop song….
Isaac: How do you handle musical disagreement between you and your managers and production team?
Rosey: A little compromising is necessary in all parts of life I guess. Luckily, I haven’t run into much of a need for that in my professional life, as I’ve only surrounded myself in
the last few years with really lovely, positive and creative people who seem to get me and help to push me & let me push them. I produced Luckiest Girl myself, so I had no one to fight with in the studio...it was painless & wonderful. I didn’t sleep for weeks, and I did the best I could. That’s all I could hope for.
Isaac: What does being a female entertainer in today's industry dominated at time by groups mean to you?
Rosey: I seem to care less and less about what’s popular and trendy. That’s probably part of the reason I started making jazz records. Just when you buy into a trend it tends to change, and then where are you…? I’d rather focus on being creative, and then I can be happy with whatever I do in life.
Isaac: When you are performing live in front of an audience, what are the thoughts that are running through you head?
Rosey: Let go- let go- let go- let go!!!! And don’t forget the words!!
Isaac: Why is being an independent musician important to you?
Rosey: Because being tied to a big hulking major label sucks… I’d much rather be free to put out different projects on different little labels (that pay less money) and have a chance to get more music out there, than to be on a major label & live with the possibility that my record may never see the light of day, as that is truly heartbreaking.
Isaac: Do you think the Internet has altered the path of music as an industry? If so, how?
Rosey: Well, these days anybody can have a band and play their music online. This bugs a lot of people, but not me. Crappy music will always find its way into the mainstream, just as real talents will always come through to find an audience. So I guess there’s something out there for everybody right?
Isaac: Any advice for other musicians out there when it comes to using the Internet as a medium for getting their music heard to the masses?
Rosey: Never sleep. Just stay up all night posting, posting, posting…
Isaac: What kind of recording software do you use and why do you prefer using it?
Rosey: I use protocols, cause it’s really easy…
Isaac: I know that everybody has his or her idea of a dream artist, someone whom for whatever reasons that person would just love to listen to and admire. As an entertainer yourself, if you could play with one of your "dream" musicians, anyone at all, who would it be and why?
Rosey: Willie Nelson. He’s seen it all and done it all and is still killin it out there!!
Isaac: What are you hoping to gain from your experience of being a musician and making music?
Rosey: A deeper understanding of the moment and how to stay in it for the entire 60 seconds that makes it up…
Isaac: What are you hopes for your music in the year 2008/2009?
Rosey: Just to keep writing and touring and making enough money to keep writing & touring…
Isaac: This is our Shout Out time. Please give props to anyone and everyone that matters the most to you.
Rosey: Everybody matters to me. So people please be kind to one another, and stop driving like such maniacs!! ;)
Isaac: This is Shameless Plug time: Give us some updates on new releases and other projects in the works.
Rosey: There are some great remixes in the works for Luckiest Girl which will be available for download on iTunes soon. I’m such a huge fan of remixes!!
My electronic/trip hop band Lal Meri has a record coming out in January of 09 on Six Degrees. You can check that out at Myspace.com/lalmeri
& I’m currently making a blues record with my friend Tschanz which is so much fun!!! Myspace.com/roseyntschanz
Isaac: Final thoughts:
Rosey: There's no business like show business...it can suck the life right out of you. But, i wouldn’t trade it for the world.
