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 Rosie Thomas's Profile |
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These Friends of Mine Out Now! |
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| Location: | SEATTLE, Washington |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 26, 2008 (559 days back) |
About Me |
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copy and paste the html in the box below to add this banner to your profile! "PRETTY DRESS" VIDEO Here is a little info. about Rosie and about her record These Friends Of Mine One night in suburban Detroit, a twelve-year-old Rosie Thomas lay sleepless in her bed, obsessively dwelling on what she perceived to be her lack of life purpose. Then, well after 2 AM, it suddenly hit her. She sprung up and raced down the hall. “Daddy, Daddy, I know what my mission in life is,” Rosie exclaimed, poking her father. “I just want to entertain people.” Fast forward one decade later, recently transplanted to Seattle and frustrated with her decision to attend theater school, Rosie sat one night voicing her disappointment to new friend, singer-songwriter Damien Jurado, when he promptly turned to her and said, So, Rosie came to the city, trading the stiff route of producer-led studio recording from her previous album for the modest confines of a Brooklyn apartment with Sufjan and another songwriter friend, Denison Witmer. They set no deadlines or official recording schedule. The group of friends simply set up one or two microphones in a bedroom, living room, or kitchen and captured the songs as they happened. “Whether you are a musician, painter, or whatever, there is a passion that sometimes gets lost because all of the sudden you have to clock-in or have deadlines. I sort of wanted to get back to that time when I played music for nothing,” Rosie says. Most of the songs were recorded immediately after Rosie wrote them, with Denison and Sufjan scrambling to quickly write their own parts before Rosie herself forgot the songs. The laid-back gatherings, conducted off and on over two years, sparked a healthy creative process. By the end, Rosie realized that the recording had produced something completely unintended, an album. Eventually, those songs, hastily recorded outside of a proper studio, became the aptly titled These Friends of Mine, her fourth release. The recording process was so liberating that Rosie’s even left the proper label practice behind, opting instead to release the album on her own imprint through Nettwerk Records. Possessing a homespun familiarity, many of the songs on These Friends of Mine are characteristic of Rosie’s other work, with her fragile falsetto lilting over sparse piano arrangements, like on “Kite Song,” a hushed, near-lullaby that attempts to find the supernatural in simplicity. Rosie’s music typically exists in the intangible realm of memory where childhood idylls meet adult expectations, and this album is largely no different. But These Friends of Mine finds Rosie more often channeling the concrete – the actual concrete, the streets and sidewalks of New York City. “New York has always been this obsession of mine. So, that makes it all that much easier to write about. It’s just such a huge theme, especially when you are actually living there like I was when we were recording,” Rosie says. Songs like “Much Farther To Go” and “New York City” reflect Rosie’s city-centric approach, where lightly strummed guitars meet whispered vocal harmonies imbued with a sense of plaintive longing. But more than location, the songs and their origins emit friendship. Co-written with Sufjan, “Say Hello” came to life as the pair thumbed through a hymnal for inspiration while seeking to pen their own version of the many call and response standards. Even the three cover songs on the record were chosen because of the kinship they embodied. While on tour with Rosie, Denison covered Fleetwood Mac’s “Songbird” and Sufjan performed a re-imagined rendition of R.E.M.’s “One I Love.” Rosie recorded her own versions of the songs to pay tribute to both of them, also including a cover of Denison’s own song, “Paper Doll.” Well over a decade ago, a teenaged Rosie knew that being an entertainer was meaningless – even impossible – outside of a fostering community. “When I woke my Dad up that night, even then I understood that you couldn’t be an entertainer unless you did it for the benefit of other people. That’s just a valuable lesson I have to keep reminding myself,” Rosie explains. And for Rosie that reminder took a familiar incarnation, a gathering of friends, collaborative creation, and, in the end, a sincere celebration of music and people called These Friends of Mine. |
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Music:Member Since: 10/5/2005Band Website: rosiethomas.com Influences: CD Available @ Amazon Your Local Indie Retailer Borders Barnes & Noble Digitally Available @ iTunes Nettwerk eMusic Rhapsody Sounds Like: For more Rosie news please join the mailing list! I am 13 years old or older. Email Address: Name: City: State/Province: country: zip: Gender: male female Record Label: Singalong Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Indie / Folk / Alternative) |
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My Blog |
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Rosie Joins Teddy Thompson on West Coast This Spring |
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| Rosie is thrilled to have been invited out for a short run of dates with the wonderful Teddy Thompson this spring. We hope you can join them for what is sure to be a special night together.March 25 -... Posted by Rosie Thomas on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:54:00 PST |
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For The Kids Compilation |
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| Rosie has a song on the new For The Kids III compilation. She sings a duet with Damien Jurado called "Small As Me". Other artists on the album are: Moby, Of Montreal, Barenaked Ladies, O.A.R. The Form... Posted by Rosie Thomas on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:48:00 PST |
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Festival cancellations |
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| Dear Rosie fans,We regret to inform you that due to unforeseen circumstances, Rosie Thomas won't be able to appear at either the Greenbelt festival in the UK or Bumbershoot in Seattle in the coming we... Posted by Rosie Thomas on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:12:00 PST |
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Rosie Thomas: All the way to NYC (and beyond) |
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| If you're in NYC this Thursday, May 10th, you're in for a treat. Barnes & Noble has invited Rosie to join in this months "Upstairs At The Square" series, held at the Union Square Barnes & Noble in Ma... Posted by Rosie Thomas on Mon, 07 May 2007 02:14:00 PST |
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Sheila's official tour blog! |
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| Click here for Sheila's tour blog, reporting from various stops along Rosie Thomas' recent US tour!... Posted by Rosie Thomas on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:46:00 PST |
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New European Tour Dates! |
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| Check out the tour section for details on Rosie's tour to Scandanavia and the UK! Posted by Rosie Thomas on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:26:00 PST |
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New Rosie Friends Forum Live on Rosiethomas.com! |
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| If you go into the "Links" section on rosiethomas.com you'll see there is a fancy new message board for you use to chat about all things Rosie! Use it to meet other Rosie fans, to talk about the set ... Posted by Rosie Thomas on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:38:00 PST |
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These Friends of Mine"" Available TODAY!! |
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| There is so much going on right now it's a little bit overwhelming, between the new record coming out, tour dates, a new website AND the prospect of spring right around the corner, we're not quite sur... Posted by Rosie Thomas on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:12:00 PST |
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Video Interview with The Palestra from Sundance |
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| Rosie recently sat down for an interview with Palestra Music at Sundance.
Check it out at http://www.thepalestra.com/music.php?id=3059... Posted by Rosie Thomas on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:26:00 PST |
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These Friends of Mine Available Online Today! |
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| These Friends of Mine , Rosie's beautiful new album is available now through these fine digital retailers: ..emusicrhapsodyThese Friends of Mine was written and recorded in New York with Rosie's frie... Posted by Rosie Thomas on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:26:00 PST |
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