heyrosetta

hi. this is tim.

it was about 10 years ago now that i was tearing my hair out trying to name the little band of friends and string players i put together to try and lift my solo tunes up to a higher louder better level. its the hardest thing about being in a band maybe, the name. that or the winter cross canada tours (hehee - http://heyrosetta.com/tour/ ) basically what i ended up going with, was something i liked the sound of, with a meaning that i felt really resonated with what i was trying to write about. the name is reference to the rosetta stone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone )...a calling out to it, to a thing that could suddenly open up a whole new way of seeing life, and sort of asking for another. yeah.

Well, the main thing is just getting on and off the island. We had a brutal drive across there last week and ended up missing the ferry. Good ol Newfoundland winter. Josh

tim here. yeah. i noticed this preponderance. got messaged about both. people love to alert you to the fact that you are not original. it is interesting. i learned about it from my yoga instructor in st johns this past winter as an meditation/intention to focus on. and it rang a bell in my brain cause it was such a perfect metaphor for what i was going through and trying to write about. its a pretty elegant idea and image. i'm not surprised it strikes a chord with people. and i guess the whole zeitgeist at large.

hey. tim here.

i love new zealand and wish i was there right now. we landed there once for a 5 hour layover on the way to australia and i rode the bus into auckland and walked around in the sun. the bus driver was like a comedian doing little bits about every stop. everyone that got on and off was so friendly it was like that scene in beauty and the beast when everyone yells bonjour out their windows. the place feels a little like a storybook to me, and though i'm sure theres all sorts of dark sides to it i would love to go there, whether to play or just visit. hopefully both! now...

the couple in the simplest thing i guess was me and my girlfriend at the time. its probably the most intimate thing i've ever written. and yeah we did end up breaking up, but as is always the case in songwriting, it was a lot more complicated in real life than in the tune.

as for cathedral bells thats a sort of narrative about love and lust and commiseration mostly. maybe its the start of a relationship like in the simplest thing. but its hopeful. i like beginnings better personally.

seated venues definitely feel different than rowdy bar shows. people are more engaged rather than chatting with friends. I personally feel a little more pressure from those theatre gigs because you really have to nail it.

we will be out and about after the Fredericton show, feel free to flag one of us down.

--Phil