Welcome to the albums page for new country singer and recording artist Retta Stone. Here’s where you will see the story of each of their creations. You can also play the entire album vs. the single selections around the website.
Paradigm © 2012 female pop artist Retta Stone, All Rights Reserved.
This is our work in progress… We’ll soon be adding a page where you can vote for the songs you want on the album. We usually work from about 50 tracks and through a very critical process of elimination widdle it down to 20 tracks for the final cut.
This is where you will come in. We are tracking the popularity of the songs posted on the website and the Top 20 will make the album… kind of like American Idol! Okay, not at all like AI for so many reasons we cannot even begin to count, but in regards to the voting, our loyal fans will decide. Sounds like fun to singer Retta Stone (especially since she’s competing against only herself)!
Just so you know that we’re working on our part, here’s a preview of the cover album. Be sure to visit the Retta Stone guestbook and leave your comments.
We know you want to hear the music, so scroll down and you can listen to the other albums previously recorded. And if you want the Classic CD, you can click to your right for purchase options.
Songs About You © 2006 Retta Stone, All Rights Reserved.
This took several years to create, and about 3 months in the studio. There are so many fun stories about recording this album and song selection that it could take several pages. It all began while going through a breakup, so the music is definitely inspired and sometimes poignant.
The funny thing about it, is that looking back at it now, I don’t feel the same as when it was recorded, but can definitely appreciate the ensuing catharsis I had to go through at that moment in my life. Now that I’m on the other side, I so appreciate where I am now, and give thanks for the energy to create such powerful vocal performances and the good fortune not to be in that place anymore.
In the studio, while recording the song Not Ready to Make Nice, the producers felt there needed to be more emotion, and my husband kept pestering me to get madder. It is one of the more difficult songs to sing, so after about the 5th consecutive attempt, patience was beginning to wear thin as were my vocal chords. He poked at me until I was really agitated, and then told the producers to record one more run. Well, the “told you so’s” have been coming ever since, because, yes, it made the album.
So take a listen, and be sure to let me know your faves.
From A Pebble To A Stone
© 1999 Retta Stone, All Rights Reserved.
This was my first official release, however I did have a demo entitled Enough About Me, released in 1991.
I would make them individually as they would be requested and was thrilled to distribute them freely. Someday sure to be a collector’s item :), the cover photo is actually a compilation of two different photos. The young one is of me around three years old I would guess and I’m sitting on my father’s lap. The other is of my girlfriend and me and both her and Daddy-O ended up on the cutting room floor… electronically that is. Both photos were taken in photo booths albeit 30 years apart. Pops and my girlfriend were both a little miffed at the time, but they soon forgave me and now it’s a story they both tell. Take a listen and let me know what you think of my freshman effort.