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Dead Leaves Rising
12+ albums
singer-songwriterindiesadacousticDeRosa
about
Dead Leaves Rising was basically the project that was born from the ashes of my first project Fade, and one which I spent over five years of my life working on. Musically, DLR showed a complexity and an aggression that was absent in all of the Fade material. The acoustic guitar was still the basis for all the songs, but I began to really appreciate what you could do in the studio, inspiring me to experiment with layered guitars and other instruments. Vocally, I hadn't really found my range, which means I tended to strive for notes well below what I was capable of. This also somehow resulted in a slight British accent, which is inexplicable to me today but seemed completely normal at the time. The first album Shadow Complex was recorded from September 1996 through January 1997, at Waterlands Studio in Colts Neck, NJ with John DeGrazio behind the mixing board. I funded the project through part-time jobs during what turned out to be a hectic senior year of high school and released the CD myself in June of that year on my own Brighter Records, limited to 500 copies. The whole process was a real learning experience. I learned about manufacturing, preparing artwork, mastering, and all the essentials. Still I knew nothing about distribution at this point. As far as I remember, I made up the term "shadow complex" to describe the social phenomenon I saw in a lot of my friends/acquaintances. Here were attractive 20-somethings from affluent upbringings with college educations, doing h
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albums
Waking Up On the Wrong Side of No One
Shadow Complex
A Cat-Shaped Hole in My Heart
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Cat-Shaped Hole in My Heart
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The Power of a New Aeon (Musical Impressions of the Tarot)
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Waking Up on the Wrong Side of
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The Power Of A New Aeon - Musical Impressions Of The Tarot - 2
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The Power of a New Aeon - Musical Impressions of the Tarot 2
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The Power of a New Aeon: Musical Impressions of the Tarot (disc 2)
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The Power Of A New Aeon CD 2
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The Power Of A New Aeon II
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The Power of a New Aeon: Musical Impressions of the Tarot