STARS OF STAGE AND SCREEN: Dying To Meet You

Stars Of Stage And Screen

Dying To Meet You

© 2002 Stars Of Stage And Screen (788037013223)

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Alt/brit-pop/shoegazer duo from NYC, combining layered guitars, beautiful vocals and great songwriting.

tracks

1 Dying to Meet You
2 Silver Memories
3 Sallow
4 Full On
5 Not the One
6 You're So Cool
7 Julie Loves Her Toys
8 No Fun Here
9 Electro
10 Super Blue
11 Million
12 Born to Be Wild
13 Fool
14 Fade / Fail
15 Fill the Space
16 Metal Love

notes

Just a brief note to say that Stars of Stage and Screen have a new CD that was just released (jan. 2006)! you can find it here at CDBaby.com (of course!) at http://www.cdbaby.com/starsnyc2

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New York City's alternative/shoegazer/dreampop duo Stars of Stage and Screen began, in a way, in the fertile musical spawning ground of early 1990's Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Daughtry Carstarphen played guitar and sang in the all-girl group Faustina, while Timothy Roven played guitar and violin in the late-great glam-pop band What Peggy Wants (former WPW drummer Tom Maxwell went on to lead the Squirrel Nut Zippers to platinum success).

When What Peggy Wants disbanded in 1994, Timothy moved back to New York City, his original home, and spent a year playing guitar with other former Chapel Hillians - The Veldt (Polygram). In addition, he and his brother James recorded violin and cello respectively on records for Jolene (Sire), and Savoy (EMI) the New York based band fronted by a-ha guitarist/songwriter Paul Waaktar and his wife Lauren Savoy.

Daughtry's musical career began in 1995 with the duo Soma (with Holly Harding-Baddour of the Minor Drag) which eventually turned into a trio with the addition of drummer Melanie Maxwell (wife of Tom Maxwell from WPW/SNZ). They released one album as Faustina called 'Brittle Star' which showcased their ability to meld raw guitar sound with beautiful two and three part harmonies. Faustina disbanded in 1998 when Daughtry also made the decision to move to New York City.

The beginnings of Stars of Stage and Screen emerged in 1999 when Timothy and Daughtry started discussing building their own studio where they could write and record music at their own pace and on their own time. Early material was written and recorded but dismissed as they learned more and more about the art of production and mixing - an art that most guitar/vocal based bands tend to leave to others but that modern DJ's and electronica musicians are intimately familiar with.

In early 2000, the duo formed officially as Stars of Stage and Screen and decided to upload their first songs to mp3.com in the hopes of getting some feedback on their work. Not knowing how it would be received they invented the monikers thnmnt @ cpck (pronounced thinmint and cupcake) to hide behind in case the whole idea was a tragic mistake. 2 years later they are still uploading drafts of their songs to mp3.com for feedback - and getting lots of it. Even though they feel that their pseudonyms are no longer necessary and have begun using their real names, many stars listeners enjoyed the mystery and continue to use them in their letters. With over 100,000 downloads and hundreds of emails from listeners all over the world offering praise and encouragement Stars of Stage and Screen set about compiling their best songs into a CD release.

The decision to release the CD themselves was an easy one for Stars of Stage and Screen. They felt that they would rather, initially, control the release of their first CD by pressing a limited number of copies and pursuing a more grass-roots approach to selling. If after that it made sense to bring in outside help, they would consider it at the time.

In keeping with the spirit of mp3 the Stars have continued to offer all of their songs on mp3.com available for free download. "It's a wonderful testing ground for new material" says Daughtry "it's an amazing world-wide focus group - not that we run home and change things of course, but it's nice to know!"

For the release of their first CD 'Dying to Meet You', Stars of Stage and Screen compiled 16 of their favorite tracks, weighing in at over 65 minutes of music. 'Dying to Meet You' is an exploration of the various sounds that they have explored over the last 18 months. Both Timothy and Daughtry sing and play guitars and bass on the CD. Sampled strings are combined with live violin and viola to create lush orchestral textures. Synthesizers also play a strong role as do sampled drums, found sounds (many from field recordings in NYC). The only additional musician on the album is the cello on Sallow played by James Roven, Timothy's brother.

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  • not before time

    After a good few years of having the half dozen or so tracks that were freely available from MP3.com kicking about my iPod I found this avenue to a purchase of their CD. Must be good, after all how often do you pay for music you've already been given gratis by the artist themselves?

  • The "Stars" can hear the "it".
    author: (Rastus) Nelson J

    Psychedelic Music is alive and well. This CD "Dying to Meet you" [Track] Silver Memories (for example) radiates turning brilliance, and refuses to wear or age, no matter how many times I listen to it. A big, timeless offering here- how does the word 'realization' work? I am so hooked.

  • awesome music from an awesome band
    author: matt

    i heard a few of the songs from this cd on their website. i liked what i heard and bought the cd from cdbaby.com. the cd was absolutely brilliant. great music from a great band.

  • author: CD Baby

    If Tangerine Dream (and the like) had much more direction and emotional interest, if you took some of the cheesiness out of the 80's New Wave trend, and if you blended in nostalgic bliss of synthy pop, you would have this CD to take along with you as you cruise down the highway in your convertible on a starlit, summer night. Whatever way you like to chill, this will hit you like the warmth of Scotch going down.

  • One of the most facinating CD's I own
    author: Christy

    This is an inspiring CD. The lush tapestry that it creates is just the thing that I need to work on my novel. Thanks for the opportunity to have it in my collection.

  • It doesn't get any better than this.
    author: Drew Bentley

    Stars of Stage and Screen knew what they are doing when they created this cd. The songs are so sensational you find yourself playing them over and over in your mind even when its not being played. Anyone who likes Hooverphonic or similiar artists will love this album. It just doesn't get any better than this.

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