After my 2nd pub deal, I decided to stay in LA and started focusing on performing live. That's when I started Denise Marsa & The Mother Band...what a blast! We had our first show at The Roxy. After a year or so of shows, I decided it was time to put out my own CD. We started recording in 1996 and completed the CD in 1997. SELF was my debut release, and what a journey it was.
DMarsa live w/Eric Gorfain, Richard Diamond, Davie Chamberlain (skirt) :) and Samir Varma.
Handling every aspect of the project from production to promotion to the release, I learned how to release a CD as I was actually releasing the CD. There is so much work that goes into releasing one body of work.
We had some amazing shows around LA and Las Vegas...and we had many Triple A stations ( it was just around the time that the format started) playing various tunes from SELF. I worked night and day and when all the CD's were sold, I decided to move back to NYC. I was missing New York.