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Makin' music in the summertime... Sweet music in the summertime...All songs are available on .. or at CDBaby.com What's more important, the words or the music? Rosetta Pebble unravels the riddle. Sweet acoustic ballads flow into power pop; Stradivarius meets Stratocaster; peace meets pulse; summer meets fall. Steve Gulian and Eric Frakes joined up to showcase their musical ideas and carefully wrought lyrics. They both play acoustic guitar, and trade off lead and harmony vocals. The viola playing of James Gross adds a distinctive grace to many of their songs (see video below).
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Songs from their latest CD, Clear Across Summer, can be downloaded from Apple's iTunes or YahooMusic. On CD, Rosetta Pebble's music shines, thanks in part to the creative input and expert production of Indianapolis music legend Tim Brickley. Brickley is a fantastic musician singer/songwriter whose infectious hooks and melodic solos can be heard on a variety of instruments throughout Clear Across Summer. His Indianapolis recording haven, Hit City, is where Rosetta Pebble also recorded their 2002 debut CD.
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Stories That The World Once Told, is the junction of two less-traveled roads. The journey continues with Clear Across Summer, released in the fall of 2005. Rosetta Pebble's songs stick to the roof of your heart, with words and music that last long after the last notes fade.
Rosetta Pebble began as a two-man songwriting collective in 1999. The members, Steve Gulian and Eric Frakes, had been searching for a forum for the acoustic-based songs they'd been writing individually on hiatus from other bands. Rosetta Pebble proved to be the ideal project for each, providing them a stage to present their musical ideas and carefully wrought lyrics in an uncluttered manner, showcasing the integrity of the songs themselves.
Rosetta Pebble is actually Steve Gulian and Eric Frakes, two multi-talented musicians from metropolitan Detroit. In performance, Gulian and Frakes play acoustic guitar and sing lead vocals by turns, with the other handling the percussion and background vocals. The one-of-a-kind drum set is a work of art in itself. This collection of hand percussion from far-flung parts of the world is arrayed on iron stands created by several metal sculptors. Although the band is often joined by guest musicians, the core Pebble sound can stand on its own. Both singer/songwriters daylight as elementary school teachers in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
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The group first formed in Barcelona, Spain during the summer of 1999. Longtime friends from the Detroit area, Gulian and Frakes met up overseas that summer, each with a guitar and a notebook filled with song ideas. Gulian had been traveling westward following a year teaching in Indonesia, and Frakes had been on holiday in Germany. The duo continued throughout Europe that summer, writing songs and performing wherever they could. Upon their return to Detroit, Rosetta Pebble was born.