— MTV News staff report
As an A&R rep, Rosey used to be the answer to every struggling musician's prayers. But now, the dealmaker turned songmaker is doing exactly what her former clients could only dream of doing.
From DJ to concert promoter, from intern to artist rep, Stamford, Connecticut's Rosey boasts a resume that's almost as eclectic as her music. So how do you make the move from scouting other talent to becoming one of Island/Def Jam's newest stars?
"I brought my guitar into work one day and I was just playing and that's when my boss saw me," Rosey recently explained. "Once they saw me, they said, 'What are you doing here? You should be at home practicing. You shouldn't be in the office, on the phone, faxing. So get out of here and go home and, when you're ready, come back and we'll give you a record deal.' "
It turned out to be all the push she needed. Rosey took her guitar and hit the streets, criss-crossing the country and playing any club that would book her.
"I booked my own shows and I coordinated all the gigs and the rehearsals. It was really hard," Rosey said.
With that ambitious tour schedule came a departure from her record label desk job and an introduction to the world of waiting tables.
"I ended up randomly getting a job at this restaurant in the theater district by day, and it's where all of the record execs ate their lunch," she recalled. "So, here I am giving out my demo tapes to these people and they were pretty receptive."
One of those demos finally landed Rosey her first big break. She's since turned up on the soundtracks of "Bridget Jones's Diary" and "Shallow Hal," and now, Rosey stands on the brink of the release of her debut album, Dirty Child, which arrives on June 25. So far, she's earning raves, as her debut's been called everything from "an ultra-sublime hip-hop spiked, alt-blues jam" to "a steamy blend of sensuality and a soft pillowy groove" to plain old "groovy."
But the singer/songwriter's been around the biz long enough to know that a label deal and a bit of buzz hardly guarantee success.
"There is nothing really glamorous about it," Rosey said. "The odds are so against it, so at least I'm having some fun now."
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