Dereck Rose

Just a thanks to all the people who joined or followed me. A lot have recently. I’ve been maxed on 500 subscribers for years now. But I think you can still follow?
I’ve been in a slump without music for several years now but am wanting to hit it hard again soon. Wish me luck and the drive to do so!!
I like getting msgs and try to read them all and reply when I can.
I have a few more songs on the online stores and music apps. Just search my name and look for album Tense and the song Breeze was listed I think on there? It’s an old school song from a long time ago now, yellow album cover.
Anyways, I look forward to more msgs. If you want to contribute in any way, feel free to msg. Thanks, Dereck

Sorry for very late reply but thank you all for listening and messaging me. I like getting my messages on here and learning which songs are liked and the different praises I get often. Songs available on iTunes and others online. Dereck

Hello everyone, long time since been here. Covid, family issues, life….. The normal stuff apparently? Anyway finally listed a new completed song but is more of an alternative song than rock. I listed the album Tense with 3 songs on it for now for sale. I’ve got around 10-12 on the album but not all completed recording and mixing and some need composing finalized.
Anyway, give it maybe a WEEK. For those new items to get active and show available in the online stores. If I could get everyone HERE to BUY just one song of mine this month??? IT WOULD BE A NICE BOOST TO MY MORAL AND RECORDING FUNDS!!! Just search my name on any online store and the album breeze or tense and click related to see all available usually. If you want your chance to help or make a difference, NOW IS THAT TIME to engage and purchase at least one song. It’d be interesting to see which song is most popular. Without everyone doing this I may have to pack up my dreams soon and get on with REAL life of making money and living. Thank you so much. Dereck Rose

Hello everyone, TuneCore has unlimited song listings promotion right now so sometime in the next month or so I’ll upgrade to that. Then I can add another couple of new songs that I already have done and ready to list. I have probably a good 50 literally ready to start recording and compiling but Time, Money, and Mood has to do with getting any new recordings done. Although I have some very nice songs, about 6, that I think are just awesome and would be great recorded and mastered, but my songs on online stores are either not selling well or they just aren’t paying me one?? iTunes has sold some but not even an income. I don’t advertise for one, so word of mouth and email from all of you here is really all the have in way of spreading music and getting anyone to buy them. They’re all .99 or $1.50 each, so that’s nothing. If I can take enough in to pay for time and recording then I’d love to take it up again and record a couple of those I’m excited about, but that is genuinely up to everyone of you right here. I’ve had thousands of streams on here but they are free and everywhere else only pays $.01c per 5 streams I think? So that’s just not worth even thinking about as a source. Purchases are the only thing that would enable any sufficient amounts to pay for new songs and studio time. Please try your best to refer my songs to one friend each and ask them to refer to one friend each and so on and maybe that would become a reality?? Thanks so much in advance for listening to my contributions to music and any feedback you have messaged me. I really enjoy any messages from you on here and read everyone and try to reply to everyone as well. I’m doing all this solo so I don’t have a band or support group for this. Any donations toward recording new music would be astoundingly appreciated and please just message me for my PayPal address to do so. Other than that, just keep checking iTunes or whatever digital store you like in about a month for a new song or two if you like my sound. Again, I appreciate and enjoy all of my subscribers on here.
I have a YouTube artist channel opened but not in action yet. May be a bit until I’m able to engage and maybe could record so live videos playing guitar solo with vocals if a couple of songs of mine?? Thank you.

Hello everyone, been away awhile with all this COVID bull. Working on some new songs. Getting new recording equipment soon to lay it all down. The 3 songs I have on here are available to purchase digitally, or on disc if want from Amazon, but it’s only $1 I think to own in your music on your phone. And that saves to your iPad or computer too. Do me a favor and pick your fav song and purchase it to your phone from whatever online store you are used to. It should be available there. Song Last Chance is running behind on showing up but should soon. I wish y’all the best on life and hope to see some comments and feedback soon. Suggestions on songs, anything really. Although purchases just for a single song will show me the support I’m looking for, just popular wise, to record a new batch and upgrade to more subscribers and dong space here. Thanks again, and I think you will be able to purchase from this site if I do upgrade soon, but for now just search your normal song store online to find. Dereck

Working on some brand new stuff everyone. I hadn’t really had the impact on iTunes, apple store, Apple Music and google play that I thought I would since starting this profile. If each person on my list could purchase one of my songs on the phone music store, it’s only .99c and you own it forever through each changed phone or device you still own. That would show me some support to help me gauge where I stand. I e already quit playing for a good 5 year stretch. Just picking back up again and going to soft rock, bluesy, and alt country sound kind of unplugged right now. I’ve still got rock in me so don’t worry about that. I just need a boost from any fans rights now. I have a music Facebook page if everyone here could swing by and follow me there? Not my personal fb but my music page. I’ll send a link to help out shortly. Thanks for any positive energy you can send. Dereck

I’ve got Tense online and Breeze is active now and may list Last Chance soon. Just go to iTunes or google play or amazon unlimited, etc... all online stores should have it. Spotify, ... if everyone of you could possibly grab one copy of one of my songs, it would give me a little boost to start out. If y’all can make it happen I’ll list more songs for sale later this month. Thanks so much for listening and adding me on here. Dereck

My Tense song is up on iTunes right now and Breeze will be in a week or so to purchase as well. Will try to have the album ready with the first 3-5 songs available around New Years if want to help support it with purchases and share with friends to do the same?? I would greatly appreciate any purchases to help support my goal and ambitions, as well as any contributions would be greatly appreciated. My PayPal is Dereckrose@(expired link). Even $5-10 from anyone here and there will add up and allow me to list the whole album online. I still have about 5 songs that need finalized and recorded professionally, but I’m waiting on funds to get this done. So far I haven’t had many sales from Tense, and that it my favorite song, that I’ve released online myself.
Breeze has a nice smooth bluesy alternative sound and was a song I did several years back but wanted to include with the new album. I’m just testing the web with a few songs for now and I really hope the song sales pick up soon. I’ve barely made enough on Tense to pay to have it on iTunes for another year. So it may just not be that popular but I stand by it myself.

Thank you all who will participate in supporting my music.
I hope you all enjoy my music. Dereck

Please share my posts on here all over your Facebook for me and maybe that will invite more views and purchases for me?! I must not be getting much advertising except for on this site because I’m getting Spotify streams but still not many purchases from iTunes and nothing from Google Play yet, just streams on Google Play accounts.

I want to personally thank everyone of you who took a moment to message your compliments to me on here. And feel free to start a conversation about my music on my Facebook page, Dereck Rose Music and get engaged in debates of your favorites. Just visit the page and leave your favorite song on a comment and I’ll get a better idea of the style the public likes more. I really appreciate anyone who has shared my music and posts along the web and you all are awesome for letting me know how much you like my songs on my very first online listing of my music. Dereck Rose

Hey Guys, I just wanted to reach out and say thank you for listening to my music and subscribing to my page! I’m new at selling online but have played guitar off and on for 20+ years now. I started self teaching at an early age. Im am really trying to make a heavy start in my first sales report for my first online song “Tense”!!! So please share with your friends and ask them to buy just one copy of Tense, on iTunes or Google Play or any online store should have it really. Amazon, etc... .99c USD is not much at all to keep a high grade copy of my music. And if sales go well, at least average for me, then I’ll put up another 2-3 songs online right away. If they make at least average then I put the whole album up. I’ve got so many new unfinished songs to make 3 more albums easy. But just need the motivation to finish and record them, and a little finances to go through with it too.

Anyway I hope you all find my sound and tone as deep and real as I tried to portray, as the feeling I remember when first writing this song. Basically, I’d say a lot of people feel the same way?? Tense a lot of the times and possibly very peaceful when you find someone who wants to be with you and go through living together. That’s as real as I can share for now. Hope you like the other two songs on my page. Not for sale yet unless you really want a copy ahead of time, then message and can make payment via PayPal for now. Thanks Dereck