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Tia Roos

"And the World should know"

About Me

I'm a singer, songwritter and guitarist from the south coast of the U.K. I started playing guitar when I was 9 years old and have been singing since I could speak. The first guitar I got was that of Andy Summers (The Police) and I think he wants it back!? My first love became The Beatles and now my tastes lead to to people like Kelly Joe Phelps and Ani DiFranco, although I listen to anything from Led Zeppelin to Mozart, anything to get inspired. I've been gigging with many big names around Dorset and through some of them such as Robbie McIntosh, I met my former band, consisting of drummer Ady Milward, guitarist Smudge and bass player Phill Evans-Jones. We gigged around Dorset for a couple of years doing full original sets, untill I decided to go back to my roots and go solo. I finished my Degree in Music and then decided to take a look at New York. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/24/2005
Band Members: me.
Influences: The Beatles, Kelly Joe Phelps, Paul Rogers (seen him naked in the flesh, nice package!), The Police, Jeff Buckley, The Band, DR. John, Bonnie Rait, Freddie (there's only one!), Led Zeppelin, Little feat, Paul Simon, Fleetwood Mac, Red Hot Chilli.., Jack Johnson, Bjork?, Dire Staits, Cream, Bad Company, Partner (Dutch band), Paul Weller, The Clash, Fiona Apple, List, Loudon Wainwright III, Sheryl Crow, Al Green, Prokoviev, Beethoven, J.S Bach, Harry Saksionie, Leo Kottke, Ry Cooder, The Hoax, Don Mclean (real poetry!), Jose Feliciano (best guitarist ever!!!), the rat pack, Dusty, Stevie Wonder, Elvis, Muse, Gomez, Tom Waits, Ray Charles, Jackson 5, Green Day, Supertramp, Billy Holiday, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, The Kinks, The who, Aretha Franklin, Candy Staton, Southerland Brothers, The Eagles, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Frank Zappa, Steely Dan, E.L.O, Susanne Vega, Randy Newman, Abba, The Rolling Stones, The Great Paraguayan, Extreme, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Eyrithmics, Mendelssohn, Faure, John Williams (guitarist), Bob Dylan, Albert King, Crowded House, Mammas and Pappas, Dobie Grey, Cat Stevens, Jackson Brown, Santana, Wings, Eric Clapton, Matt Chamberlain (best drummer), Goerge Porter Jr. The Hollies, Judy Tzuke, Buddy Guy, Charlie Parker, Morgan, The Sparks, Everlast, The Roaches, Crash Test Dummies, James Brown, Portishead, Shawn Colvin, Tenacious D, Lenny Kravitz, Lional Ritchie, Prince, Moloko.Not bad since 2 of those are blind and 1 has a glass eye, oh and another needed glue and extra skin!
Sounds Like: or so I've been told by audience members... Sheryl Crow, Joni Mitchell, Alanis Morrisette, Fiona Apple, Joan Biaz (ahhhh!!), Bonnie Raitt (better), Jewel, Sussane Vega, singer from Moloko and me... I hope I sound like me. I don't think I sound like Lowell George, Stevie Wonder, or Al Green.
Record Label: Etiker
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

My visit to Holland

My Dutch and slightly German Holiday 31st August We arrived in Amsterdam, that's my mum and me.  I got all our train tickets organised so that we didn't have to panic and we could smell the dis...
Posted by Tia Roos on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:20:00 PST

Best conversations!

Ok!  What is the best conversation any of you have had?  Also what are the best conversation topics?   I wish I could somehow take a vote but I can't.  Also what are the worst conv...
Posted by Tia Roos on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:01:00 PST

Child Development

It's idiotic, pathetic and boring  when training for anything as a psychologist you must know how children develop into adults.  If it's not stating the obvious its certainly something a moron c...
Posted by Tia Roos on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:49:00 PST

It's all been done before!

After having a life influenced by wonderful music of the now, old times, I have to say over the years, I've been thinking every now and then "It's all been done before!"   The only twist is that ...
Posted by Tia Roos on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:16:00 PST

New Album!!!

I finally finished my first and only full album before Christmas last year! It consists of all the songs I liked enough to put down.  It took me 7 days to complete, using an 8 track recording sy...
Posted by Tia Roos on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:37:00 PST

Written another song!

I have finally written another song, inspired by a friend last night who came over and after messing around on guitars and teaching him his major scale   we started making stupid lyrics, to some ...
Posted by Tia Roos on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:11:00 PST

A Dutch Christmas

This year my friend Weia who lives in Sellingen Holland, sent me the best early Christmas present ever!  It reminded me of my family in Holland, and although it bought a tear to my eye, it remin...
Posted by Tia Roos on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:04:00 PST

The Wessex Muse Magazine 1st issue

In late 2005 Muse Magazine released its first issue, featuring a covered story by the publishing executive Roger Kaye on Tia and her music. When Tia was nine, she picked up her first guitar.  She...
Posted by Tia Roos on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:25:00 PST