"I never thought it was a good idea," Gayleen Froese says of her debut CD.  "From a marketing perspective, I figured it would be a nightmare.  But i can't help what I write."
  That first CD was a collection of eerie voice and piano songs called Obituary.  It spoke about possessiveness, jealousy, schadenfreuede...all the unacknowledged emotions that stalk love.  Obituary was a darkly beautiful album, but Gayleen didn't think it was anything people would care to hear.
  She was wrong.  Obituary charted on campus radio stations and received excellent reviews from across Canada.  Gayleen was invited to showcase at NXNE in Toronto, and western Canada's All Indie Weekend.  CBC's Definitely Not the Opera gave her an undiscovered artist award.
  Using music to reach people has been a strange experience for the 26 year old Saskatoon musician.
  "Growing up, I preferred being alone with my piano to playing with other kids."
  Gayleen started piano lessons at the age of seven, and later added voice lessons to her training.  While she acquiring a Bachelor's degree in Radio and Television Arts from Toronto's Ryerson University, she learned the basics of digital recording, and put together a demo.
  For Obituary, Don Schmid recorded Gayleen's music live to DAT at St. James Anglican Church in Saskatoon.  Her second CD, Chimera, was recorded on a digital multitracker in her home.
  "I wanted to do the backing vocals a hundred times if I had to, without some poor guy in  the control booth having to listen to it.  And besides, this was personal."
  The result was a rich and intimate album about illusions and belief that seems to come from a larger story.
  "I won't say there's a coherent narrative between the songs," Gayleen says, "I don't think there is.  But there's definitely a theme.  I tend to take an idea and worry it to pieces."
  Gayleen's CD release date is February 26th, and her release party will follow on March 5th.  These days, she's busy performing live and polishing the videos she's worked on throughout the past year.
  Chimera is available through mail order and will be officially released in late February.  Both Obituary and Chimera are on Saskatoon's Rockin'' Rod Records label and available across Canada through FAB Distribution.

for more information :Management:  Kenn Scott (416)699-1644
email vgarry@dlcwest.com
Correspondence: Gayleen Froese 1319a 11th St. E. Saskatoon, SK, S7H 0G4
phone: (306)343-1019

    But I think you will learn more about her from this list of twenty TRUE FACTS, which I, her room-mate have compiled.

    1)  Gayleen is a huge fan of the Nero Wolfe books by Rex Stout, and has a complete collection, which, according to my research is actually quite a feat.
    2)  Gayleen puts way too much salt on everything.
    3)  Gayleen has a passion for Hershey's chocolate syrup, which is similar to the passion that William Burroughs had for heroin.
    4)  Gayleen prefers classic trek over next-gen.
    5)  Gayleen has rarely been so happy as she was the day she bought the dress for her upcoming CD release party.  It cost four bucks at the Sally Ann.
    6)  Gayleen thinks Mulder and Scully are in love, and that anyone who says they aren't, including Chris Carter, is trying way too hard to look the other way.
    7)  One of Gayleen's favourite comedians is Dennis Leary.  They have a similar outlook on life.
    8)  Gayleen is an autumn, meaning that she looks best in rich, earthy tones.
    9)  Gayleen named her dog Rabies.
    10)  Gayleen has had many rats over the years.  They have been named Mephistopheles, Ambrose Bierce, Wolfe, Archie, and her current pair are named Jarod and Angelo.
    11)  Gayleen once said, "David Cronenberg is dreamy."
    12)  Gayleen, despite seeming like a city-bound goth chick, is actually very outdoorsy, and likes, every once in a while to head out to the bush for a few days.
    13)  Gayleen freely admits to having been a fan of the 80's band Glass Tiger, and even if she didn't, there is too much physical evidence for her to deny it.
    14)  Actually, one of Gayleen's hobbies in high school was ambushing rock bands who played in town, and demanding their autographs.  To help in this she "acquired" blueprints of the Centennial Auditorium in Saskatoon so she would know how to sneak in more efficiently.
    15)  Gayleen once did some work on a comic book that didn't work out.  The artist feels so bad about it, that he posted a public apology on the internet here.
    16)  Gayleen collects really stupid comments and posts the on the wall of our apartment, calling it the Wall of Shame.  So far she holds the record for appearances.
    17)  Gayleen and I have a tv and vcr in every room of the apartment, but she has vetoed the idea of putting one in the bathroom.  Go figure.
    18)  Gayleen once said, "I'm fat," and then added cheerfully, "but my hair is thin."
    19)  Gayleen plays a wicked cover of "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch."
    20)  Gayleen is an advance scout for an alien invasion.  The safety of the planet Earth depends on how many copies of Chimera are sold.  If sales go poorly, we are all doomed.  I swear to God.