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Make Believe
Rosanna Lee
Solo acoustic folk/rock at its best.
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Description
It took Rosanna Lee some time before she embarked on the journey of being a performing singer/songwriter. In her past lives she was a news assistant at a TV station, an elementary school teacher, a producer of a benefit compilation CD, and a talent scout for a historic record label. Her search for her true calling ended when she took the guitar she'd been playing at home down to the Park St. subway station in Boston in the spring of 2002 and tested out her own material. The response that she received that spring playing underground and in the summer playing on the streets of Boston and Cambridge encouraged her to pursue this singer/songwriter thing seriously. Boston producer Tom Dube (Aimee Mann, Martin Sexton) heard Rosanna playing one of his favorite Neil Finn songs on Newbury St. one day and offered to work with her on a debut CD. "The Girl With The Red Guitar" was recorded that fall and as soon as it was finished, Rosanna began sending it to clubs around the U.S. so that she could hit the road. And hit the road she did.
In 2003, Rosanna put over 15,000 miles on her car going from gig to gig. She performed 80 shows in 20 states at venues such as The Kendall Cafe in Cambridge, MA, The Living Room in New York City, Uncommon Ground in Chicago, The Evening Muse in Charlotte, and the Make-Out Room in San Francisco. Along the way she gathered legions of Rosanna fans including Zoe Montana, a DJ at www.radioio.com, who said, "'The Girl With The Red Guitar' is beyond essential. Rosanna's performance on it is like a friend in your living room singing only for you." Ed Hyatt, a fan in Virginia wrote, "I haven't been able to listen to Patty Griffin or Jonatha Brooke much recently because I can't bring myself to take 'The Girl With The Red Guitar' out of my CD player." Seven Days VT declared, "Rosanna Lee is getting known for her intricate folk-pop gems." 2003 was a busy year alright, and in 2004 a new stage of Rosanna's journey begins with the winter release of a new 5 song EP called "Make Believe".
On "The Girl With The Red Guitar", Rosanna demonstrated her willingness to look the complexities of human beings and their relationships straight in the eye. The songs on her new EP "Make Believe" share the same direct approach, delving even deeper into the places where people hide the truth about what they feel. The subjects tackled on this record are not for the faint of heart: insanity, infidelity, grief, redemption and last chance love are all covered here. In addition to her new EP, Rosanna also has a new blonde guitar (having retired the red one) and being eager to introduce both to the world, her 2004 touring kicked off in January with a trip to California and Florida. Shows in New York, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania will follow.
Like "The Girl With The Red Guitar", "Make Believe" will be released on Big Girl Records, the label that Rosanna created in 1998. The label's original mission was to build a bridge of support from songwriters to literacy by contributing a portion of the proceeds from every Big Girl Records release to literacy organizations. With "Make Believe", the label is expanding its mission to include supporting any organization that aids the people it serves in a life altering way. $1 from the sale of every copy of "Make Believe" will be contributed to The Children's Room in Arlington, MA, an organization that provides a safe and caring environment for children, teenagers and their families where they can receive the support they need while grieving the death of a loved one. The subject is close to Rosanna's heart as she lost her own father while in high school. She now volunteers at The Children's Room and has witnessed first hand how invaluable the place is to the families who go there. For more information, visit www.childrensroom.org.