I am releasing my debut album, Stories To Tell. I have a truly awesome box full of CDs in my living room and am selling them for $15 a copy. If you are interested in purchasing a CD, please get in touch. The track listing is as follows:
1. No Expert
2. Bill Stickers Is Innocent (lyrics by Stephen Wordsmith)
3. Aquamarine
4. Bibliophile
5. Song For Shane
6. Hollowed Out Hillside
7. Things I Shouldn't
8. Better Than You Know
9. Not So Much
10. This Is Not A Love Song
11. Without Me
12. The Hand You're Dealt
This has been a long, long road and I am so excited that I finally have these babies in my hot little hands. Sooooo many people have been sooooo amazingly helpful and stuff all throughout this that I just have to mention them on my blog. Just because. So here we go.
First off, there's this guy Jacob and he's actually kind of awesome. He has been amazingly supportive with this CD in so many ways so I have to mention him in my thank yous. He has been a very dear friend for quite some time but something really random happened recently - we started dating, it's completely insane. I'm going to have to stop writing songs about unrequited love. Oh, I hope I don't start writing really horrible soppily romantic drivel - if I'm ever tempted, I'm going to have to bang my head against a wall repeatedly until the urge passes (or until I pass out, whichever comes first).
There has been much praise of the incomparable Stephen Wordsmith on this blog. I am sure the trend shall continue. He has been an encouragement, an inspiration and a fantastic sounding board throughout this entire process - not to mention the whole letting me use Bill Stickers on the album thing, which I am thrilled to be able to include. Through it all, he has also been a supportive friend and I am very, very grateful for his contribution.
The wonderful Libby did some rather awesome backing vocals for Bill Stickers, both on the album and during certain gigs. She was there when I finally got the music sorted for Bill Stickers so she's pretty much my muse and I really value her contribution.
Album photography was taken care of by my dear friend Matt, who took some awesome photos that I managed to sort out into some kind of form of... album artsy stuff. It looks great, honestly. If you get a copy, you can actually see Matt's toes in one of the shots. Look really closely. There are no prizes for finding those toes except the satisfaction that comes from discovery.
My parents. Who bought me recording equipment. Oh, how I appreciate that. Mum and Dad have been nothing but encouraging throughout the entire process and I am so, so glad that my mother is in the country as this album comes out. I graduated from university this week, which is why Mum is over (my parents live in Sydney) but it's even cooler that she's here for CD. So yes. I have awesome parents. And I love them lots and hope they're proud.
All gig organisers - particularly Jimmy (Folkin' Good Times) and Patricia (Music and Artist's Social Club). It's been great getting the chance to play and I've had so much fun doing so. It's definitely brought my confidence up and without that, I never would have made the CD so it's all pretty fantastic. Patricia booked me my first ever gig and that's where I met Jimmy, who got me involved with Folkin' Good Times which has been a seriously awesome thing to be involved with.
50/90 and FAWM. Where do I start? Songwritng inspiration. Actually making me write. Feedback feedback feedback. Not to mention an awesome community of fellow songwriters. My fellow 50/90 and FAWMers are all kinds of awesome. Special mention must go to three songwriters I've worked with closely - Nancy, Helen and Meg. These lovely ladies have become dear friends as well as fellow musicians and always inspire me to keep writing and do better.
The original version of this CD was worked on by my friend Chris - he put in so much time and effort and I learned a lot from him. So he deserves to be showered with praises for all his hard work - even though I didn't end up using his material (except for the hidden track at the end of the album... yes, there's a hidden track!) it was all part of the process and it really paved the way for what I've come up with now. Also deserving thanks for the first version are Charlene, Stuart, Grace and Phil. It is very much appreciated.
My flatmates Tamsin and Elle put up with the weird sounds coming from my room. How crazy is that? They were really good about being quiet, not throwing things in the hallway, not running around screaming when I was trying to record, all that good stuff. Which is appreciated. On a slightly more serious note, Tamsin and Elle have been really, really encouraging and great friends to me throughout this entire project so they deserve massive amounts of thanks. They also have to put up with me singing and guitaring and generally being odd most of the time so they deserve massive amounts of sympathy.
I've been expanding on my liner notes because this is a blog with no space constraints and I missed out some people on the liner notes which is very sad but I will quote this bit from the liner notes because I can:
"Jacob, Stephen, Libby, Louise, Lorenz, Matt, Val, Krista, Tal, Tamsin, Elle and Jonny. For help through rough times, for supporting my music and for (sometimes quite literally) catching me when I fall."
There are many other people who've been a part of this, who've encouraged me and been generally supportive which is awesome but the 12 people I just listed have gone the extra mile for me in so many different situations and places and will always be people I feel deeply grateful for.
This is getting awfully long-winded, which is terrible, but I am allowing myself a little self-indulgence here. I'm excited. I've finally done it. This is a great feeling.
If you're interested in buying a copy, email me at rosedeschamps@gmail.com - if you're out of New Zealand, however, hold tight for a bit as I will sort out selling them through CD Baby in the New Year. Copies are selling pretty fast at the moment so I might have to do a reprint! It's insane! But it's exciting and I'm very, very proud of the album itself. I think I did okay :)
Much love,
Rose
who is still pretty much floating through sheer excitement
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