Stacie Rose

With the release of a new 11-song compact disc, "This Is Mine" (Enchanted Records), the music of Stacie Rose is beginning to attract major attention. She appeared on national TV singing the chorus of Simon & Garfunkel's "America" in August of 2002 when ABC-TV launched a campaign for Peter Jennings' six part series "In Search Of America." "Mine", the title track from the album, This is Mine, was utilized in an AMC promo campaign the entire month of March 2003 on American Movie Classics, while "Shine" - the third track from her disc of all original material - found itself in the independent film "Closing Time."

Stacie Rose chose producer Robert L. Smith, and not just because he's the fellow who recorded discs by Rickie Lee Jones, David Bowie, Garland Jeffreys, Puff Daddy, The Spin Doctors and many others while having produced and recorded Long River Train and The Prodigals. His experience and Stacie's vision was a very successful pairing: the music has a polished sound without feeling too slick. That down to earth vibe is an integral component of Rose's artistry.

Born and raised in Jersey to music loving parents the New York based singer grew up surrounded by song. Sounds of the Beatles, Billie Holiday, Billy Joel, Frank Sinatra, and the Bee Gees - from jazz to folk to classic rock these impressions steered her creative development, so much so that the future vocalist/writer began playing and singing at an early age.

In her college years Rose bought a guitar in a London pawnshop, the instrument rife with rebellious bumper stickers served in putting her thoughts and ideas into musical form. She started The Stacie Rose Band as soon as she graduated Ithaca College, and a rep from, Maverick Records, liked the songs and the voice, but not the heaviness of the group. Stacie knew she wasn't in the right place or the right situation, so she went back to square one, wrote more songs, and on a quest for someone to help her shape her sound.

Robert L. Smith was one of a half dozen producers who came to see Stacie live. Having cut his teeth on helping such singers as Mariah Carey develop their sound, he knew what was needed to get Stacie's songs the attention they deserved. Surrounding her with some of NYC's best musicians proved to be the key to retaining a simple and clean elegance.

Interviews in the February 2003 issue of the prestigious FemaleMusician.com WEBzine by Theresa Orlando, the ever present Aquarian's Arts Weekly by Wes Soriano and The Hudson Current brought print attention to the woman who was seen nationally on ABC during times when Monday Night Football, The Practice, and other ABC Prime Time shows aired.

Five songs from the "This Is Mine" CD were released in early 2002 with the full CD promotion initiated in the fall of that year, the disc officially released in February of 2003. The engaging artist is a conversationalist who first performed at the age of four singing "You're A Grand Old Flag" in a huge church to a great many people - this while she was in Lollipop Nursery School. In college Stacie played in her room late at night, at parties, and to roommates. Rose wrote and wrote and wrote, experimenting with her voice, playing Neil Young songs, always making a statement.

A gifted artist with many talents, Stacie Rose has the intuition and drive to not only create great pop tunes which future generations will love and cherish, she has the potential to develop a wide audience as the music unfolds, fans experiencing music that corresponds to the recordings live, never copying exactly what the musicians and she crafted before. The mainstream needs something to move people and bring some harmony, heartache, and maybe a little hope and joy into their lives - and that's what Stacie Rose is expressing, continuously challenging herself and the musicians performing these original tunes, sharing her individuality with colleagues and audiences. It's a mission that Stacie achieves with a simple elegance that has already garnered appreciative reviews

Stacie is not a product of the studio. A real singer and writer, and performer, her most recent project, 'This is Yours' is a prime example of an artist in touch with what What it takes to transform studio perfection to live energy. Originally intended as a document for personal use, the performances captured, along with endless requests from fans, demanded the Recordings to be released.

Stacie Rose is putting rock as we know it in a slightly different direction. Those who take note of her in 2003 can say, "I told you so" in 2004 and beyond.

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