The Rose Phantom - Here It Is

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Don't You Bother
Your eyes are in the way
The skies are all but grey
Don't You call her
The tide will wash away
The thoughts that make You stay

Here It is
All the laughter and the shame
There It was
All the nights You left me pain

Searching for life
When all outside is bright
I'll find You in the night
Seeing inside
I've realized my time
I'll walk straight down that line

Here It is
All the laughter and the shame
There It was
All the nights You left me pain
Here It is
All the crying in the rain
There It was
All the times You said to change

Leaving You
Giving myself to You
Holding all your love and truth

Here It is
All the laughter and the shame
There It was
All the nights You left me pain
Here It is
All the crying in the rain
There It was
All the times You said to change

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A red rose left on the doorstep of a pretty girl. This romantic act by a young man gave him the name of his alter ego—his name as an artist: The Rose Phantom. Friends have known him by that for years, though the man behind the curtain is Ted Newsom. He is a musician, songwriter, photographer, videographer, painter, and performer. With music being his medium of choice to create with, he began making it in 2003 when he started his first solo musical project, revideolized, when he was still in high school. The debut album by revideolized released in December of 2005, was an instrumental exploration of dark electronic soundscapes, with haunting whispers to the influential artists he idolized, Depeche Mode, Clan of Xymox, Tears for Fears, Jean Michel Jarre, Alphaville, and Red Flag, though the music he created was his own—a dark road into the night with splashes of color on the pavement, and ghosts watching from the forest of sound.

Music and art runs deep in his family, and from 2005-2010 The Rose Phantom was the keyboardist/back-up vocalist in his brother, Zakkary Hale’s progressive/rock/alternative band, Melodramus where Zakk was the lead vocalist and guitarist. While recording his second album with Melodramus the The Rose Phantom wrote songs with lyrics for the first time, and decided he wanted another outlet for his creativity. He formed the goth/rock duo, Sleep Slid iN with Whitney Willow where he explored songwriting, and made his debut as a vocalist. Sleep Slid iN’s album, The Open Diary (December 2009) showed he could sing, and with Whitney Willow’s vocal talent created a potent mixture of goth/rock brilliance.

All of his projects, especially Sleep Slid iN, were a prelude to things to come, and set the stage for another incarnation of the constantly evolving artist who in late 2011 abandoned all previous project names, and decided to use his alter ego’s identity, The Rose Phantom for all future releases. Abandon, his first full-length release under his nom de musique, is an album over two years in the making. The sound is a mix of pop rock and gothic darkwave, with hints of industrial. It’s very close to being a concept album about personal struggle and self-doubt... with moments of hope and love.


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