Rocco DeRosa - Solo

Solo Music

While Rocco is often called upon for his production and engineering skills, he has a steady stream of original music being released. You can find all of it on his BandCamp site.

Stenographer - EP

Produced by Rocco DeRosa

Basics recorded at The Noise Floor with Chris Chase

Piano at Dimensions Sound with Dan Cardinal

Mixed by Brian Scheuble

Mastered By Andy Wilson

Stenographer is a budding collaboration between two long-time friends and musical partners, Rocco DeRosa and Elizabeth Vaughan. Formerly of Boston-based indie rock group The Naked Stills, Rocco met Elizabeth (formerly of precisely zero bands) at an open mic in 2012 and they soon began performing together in Do I Do, a wedding band still gigging in high gear to this day. After a few years of belting covers at raucous receptions, Rocco and an initially timid Elizabeth took a stab at recording some of her originals (which ultimately became an EP optimistically titled Start With These Words).

As the recording process unfolded, so too did a mutual enthusiasm for co-creating. Many shows and studio hours later, Rocco and Elizabeth are excited to present their eponymous debut EP, Stenographer, released June of 2018. Born of shared love of R&B, jazz, classic rock, and folks, and infused with probably way too many feelings, these songs are their own form of musical stenography, melodic shorthand for love and loss. Hopefully they're just the first of many to come.

Tall Heights

Rocco’s long time friends Tall Heights are an international sensation. In December of 2016, in support of their new release Neptune, they came to his studio to record an original version of Joni Michell’s “River”. With the help of Persistent Productions, they created a one of a kind version of this deep cut Christmas classic.

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Anna Snow - Is This Us?

Produced by Rocco DeRosa

Recorded at 37’ Productions with Sean McLauglin

Mixed by Brian Packer

Mastered by Mark Donahue

After moving to Somerville, Massachusetts in 2013, Anna Snow joined forces with guitarist Chris Keiffer to hone her sound and create her own style of ambient-folk music. Since teaming up, the duo has played countless shows around the Boston area including stops at Arts At The Armory and The Burren in Somerville, as well as the Lizard Lounge, The Lily Pad, and The Cantab Lounge in Cambridge.

Snow and Keiffer complement each other’s sound perfectly, allowing them to move beyond the typical singer-songwriter and folk paradigms. Snow has a strong voice that floats nicely over the top of her songs, which paired with Keiffer’s tasteful guitar licks, leads to an infectious sound. Local singer-songwriter and engineer Rocco DeRosa produced Is This Us, and gave it a tight, driving, yet ambient tone.

Snow connects with listeners through deeply personal lyrics about family, the in-between places of love, and hope for loved ones in distress. Her voice is filled with such passion and sincerity that listeners hang on her every word.

Along with Keiffer’s evocative guitar voicings and aesthetic riffs Snow’s music is able to transport listeners to another place.

Elizabeth Vaughan - Start With These Words

Produced by Rocco DeRosa

Recorded at Dimensions Sound with Dan Cardinal

Mixed by Brian Packer

Mastered by Mark Donahue

Elizabeth has been in love with music since the age of two when she would demand that her mother sing through the entire catalog of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes for hours a day. Piano lessons came next, then choir and afternoons spent imitating the vocal stylings of her idols Ella Fitzgerald and Joni Mitchell. This is Elizabeth's debut album and it’s a power-house album. Basics were recorded at Dimensions Sound and post-production was recorded at Rocco's studio. Rocco recorded, produced and played guitar, keys, and aux percussion on this record.

The Naked Stills - Cochecho

Produced by Rocco DeRosa and Chris Chase

All basics recorded at The Noise Floor with Chris Chase

All vocals recorded by and mixed by Brian Packer

Mastered by Dana White

Cochecho boasts a hooky blend of rock and americana without a fear of a healthy dose of pop. The Naked Stills’ influences, including Ryan Adams, Wilco, and Dawes, can be heard throughout the album, but they also aren’t without the occasional bluesy sound, as heard in “Is That Enough.” The lead track, “Impossible,” pulls the listener in from the start with a full rock and roll sound, and the bass groove on “Let It Go” will keep you there. “Touchdown in Boston” is sure to touch the heart of any beantown native as it paints a perfect picture of the bleak nature of Boston in the winter and the “homelessness” of someone who travels more than they care to while searching for somewhere to grow roots. Cochecho blends genres seamlessly to maintain a cohesive feel as an album, but every track can also stand on its own.

Rocco was the co-writer and co-producer on the 2012 debut release of The Naked Stills, Cochecho. He wrote all lyrics, performed all vocals, all rhythm guitar and lead guitar on "My Dream".