Fun Valentine’s Day Giveaway: Author Imogen Rose and alt-folk-punk group She Said Save Me release the album PORTAL
I interviewed Imogen Rose right before Halloween last year. She had just released her paranormal YA novel Uprising, the second book in her Bonfire Chronicles. She also writes a related series (the books share settings) called the Portal Chronicles. She recently teamed up with the acoustic, alternative, punk group SHE SAID SAVE ME from Toronto to write lyrics for an album to support her Portal series. Since I love the idea of artists teaming up and bridging creative mediums, I wanted to hear more about how their partnership came about. Imogen’s story is below. Bonus! => To celebrate the album’s release, she’s offering a chance to win 10 Signed CDs of PORTAL, 10 Portal Album Necklaces, and 5 Fridge Magnets. Welcome, Imogen!
The Portal Chronicles
Soundtrack Single!
About a year ago, when Imogen Rose, author of the cult bestselling series, the Portal Chronicles, was surfing YouTube she stumbled upon a song, “If We Fall” by SHE SAID SAVE ME, and instantly fell in love with both the lyrics and the male vocal. She put the song on her writing playlist and looked up the Toronto-based band on Facebook… and liked their page. A while later, Imogen received a PM from Joe Vercillo, saying that if her books were ever adapted for film or TV she should feel free to use his music. She had no idea who he was, but looked him up. Imagine her fan girl squee moment when she discovered that he was the lead vocalist for SHE SAID SAVE ME! Imogen and Joe have been Facebook friends ever since.
The Portal Chronicles starts off with a serendipitous meeting in a London pub, which propels the lives of the characters into a time warp of what-ifs. During the prologue, which is the key to the story, Rupert is humming a song in that London pub where Olivia and he seal their fate. Imogen Rose always wondered what he was singing. Until late one night, when she closed her eyes and “heard” it. Imogen wrote the lyrics and SHE SAID SAVE ME put it to music. What better day than Valentine’s Day to release this song that defines the romance that is PORTAL?
Joe Vercillo – vocals, guitar
Randy Lee – violin
Mike Olsen – cello
Ryan Granville-Martin – producer, engineer, arranger
Mastered by Nick Rawson
Lyrics by Imogen Rose
PORTAL
Tonight you wished upon our star
I had this feeling
Releasing dreams into the dark
Starlight revealing
A shooting star of promises
No delusions
Fades into the lights below
A spark of illusion
It’s fantasy, unwritten destiny
A portal to a secret wish
Is this real, or is this just a midsummer night dream’s what-if
Is this a dream of you and me
Is this a dream of you and me
Is this a dream of you and me
What if you’re not real, just hallucination?
An imaginary fixation
What if we escape to a new dimension?
Through a time warp in a broken constellation
It’s fantasy, unwritten destiny
A portal to a secret wish
Is this real, or is this just a midsummer night dream’s what-if
Is this a dream of you and me
Is this a dream of you and me
Is this a dream of you and me
For Soundcloud free download link, click the album cover above or here.
For i-tunes link, click here.
Imogen Rose Links:
SHE SAID SAVE ME Links:
PORTAL BOOK LINKS:
Click here for the Rafflecopter link.
Click here for my October 2013 interview with Imogen.
Interested in more Valentine’s Day links?
Check out my 2013 10 Things to Do or Give for Valentine’s Day list
Or click here (SWAK, Part I) and here (SWAK, Part II) to read about the legal consequences of sealing something versus the romantic consequences of kissing someone. 😀
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! Thanks to Imogen for the great giveaway!
JILL ARCHER 